This week's heap of haikus ...

 

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Where is happiness?
In the hearts we make glad, and
the souls we comfort.

 

 

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Do you twiddle thumbs
or just go on Facebook when
boredom overwhelms?

 

 

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If you twist my arm ...
then my shoulder will pop out ...
but never mind that.

 

 

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Where-ever I go,
I feel I am at home, which
makes me laugh sometimes.

 

 

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Obviously, she's
fishing for a compliment ...
get me off the hook.

 

 

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How do you quiet
the voices in your head that
always criticize?

 

 

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Anticipation ...
and then, the day arrives and
You step to the plate.

 

 

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Some situations
won't resolve themselves until
you change your mind-set.

 

 

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It's often said that
mischief stalks the mundane to
make it more human.

 

 

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Brightly colored flags
flapped happily in the breeze;
quite a stirring sight!

 

 

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While the music played,
he tried to think of the words,
but his mind was blank.

 

 

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Dreams may never die,
but hopes can be defeated,
when you do not dream.

 

 

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In the realm of dreams,
visions come, emotions go,
and answers are found.

 

 

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Mom was smiling,
as her young son danced with glee.
(He found a quarter.)

 

 

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Running on empty,
he found a closed gas station
and while waiting, slept.

 

 

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He had to stop and
take in the view when he reached
Ausable Chasm.

 

 

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tanka haiku: Take away my pain,
and range of motion issues ...
who do I become?

  Am I who I was before?
  Or have I learned something new?

 

 

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Comfy and cozy
and wrapped in a patchwork quilt
she sipped some hot soup.

 

 

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Is there any point,
in arguing about this?
it's spelled with a "Q".

 

 

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He rushed to get there,
flashed his Press credentials, and
entered the crime scene.

 

 

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Do you remember
our first date? Your dad drove us
to the junior prom.

 

 

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Imagine her shock;
the room was filled with empty
soda pop bottles.

 

 

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The doctor is in,
the receptionist is out.
will you get your 'scrips?'

 

 

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Juggling toothpicks
is not as hard as it looks ...
(nothing ever is.)

 

 

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Not a day goes by
that I don't think of you and
regret what happened ...

 

 

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At the sandwich shop,
the boy wearing flip-flops slipped
on some spilled mayo.

 

 

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Then the blushing bride
ripped off her clothes and whispered,
"Wanna consummate?"

 

 

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She did not know why
her mom was so fatigued ... then
she had her own kids.

 

 

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That man is staring,
Is it me? Does he hate me?
Well, back to the shrink.

 

 

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over-heard-mall-conversation-ku:

"Where are you waiting?"
"I'm over by the pretzels."
"Next to the fruit stand?"
    "Yeah, I'm squeezin' some melons."
    "Okay, have fun, see you soon."

 

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