The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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Another Sleepy Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:




 

What-the-bird-at-the-racetrack-is-thinking-ku:

The two legged things
sit on the four legged things
and run in circles?!

 

(Thanks to Kristina Rebelo for the use of the photo.)

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A rosy outlook
can still have thorny issues.
My advice? Wear gloves.



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Winter reminder-ku:

Though snow has fallen,
remember, it has fallen
but it can't get up.


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An eager puppy,
tail wagging, strains at his leash.
So many new friends!


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When you think of friends,
round their 'rough edges', and put
smiles on their faces.    



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Stuck. Like in cement.
His life's going nowhere, and
the stage has left Dodge.




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Skies with quiet clouds,
boardwalks sparsely peopled with
Old folks lost in thought.



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( I forgot to post these during peak foliage time ... )


Maples, elms and oaks
burst with yellow, red and orange;
the forest ablaze!

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As the earth prepares
to take its winter snooze, the
foliage blushes.


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A tangled mass of
branches peer into the stream
searching for lost leaves.



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COMPUTER CAP LOCKS
SERVE A PURPOSE!   ALLOWING
ONLINE MIMES TO SCREAM!




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Bottle openers are
useless ... till you need them.  Like
Condoms in wallets.


 


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Oh sturdy vine, on
which we all depend, wither
not at season's end.


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A tiny bird pecks
at what it thinks is food, and
man thought smoke-able.


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Do not suffer fools,
gently educate them and
elevate their souls.


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Purple swirls may make
you dizzy, but old love songs
may well make you blue.


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And so it begins;
the cold month that ends each year.
Be mild, December.


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To be committed
is to fly through each sunset
in search of the dawn.



(Thanks to Kristina Rebelo for the use of the photo.)
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 tanka haiku:  

Now that I am old,
I don't have to ask for help,
nice folks will offer. 

Of course, what they offer is,
seldom what I really need. 



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Immortal souls that
live in mortal bodies ... That's
one of God's jokes, right?


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( still one of my faves ... )

haiku: A garden pathway
lined with purple violets
absorbs all sadness.

 

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Double haiku:

They used to say, "See:

ya in the funny papers" ..

Now, it's understood.
 

We are ALL in the

funny papers ... But the world's

no longer funny.

 

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Of a sanguine mind,
he always disagreed with
the cynical blokes ...

 

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Advice-to-vampires-ku:

Don't become smitten
with young maids you have bitten;
there's too much at stake.

 

 

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The ecdysiast
that men find teasiest, zips
up the easiest.

 

 

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This'll float your boat;
Naked Gondoliers is what
makes Venetians blind.

 

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Tomorrow is my
birthday ... One more year gone by.
Where's my slice of cake?

 

 
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Comments

You got that right, I fell asleep early on Friday and slept all night.  Enjoyable read. 


A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

To a December Child

But not cold hearted

hahaha

 

Sometimes I use caps

I wish to be recognized

Emphasis my plan

 

We began winter

Early this year; November

November was BAD

 

December is WORSE

December is much much WORSE

But...I have a home

 

Actually my goals

Are all wrapped up in pay days

Less so in seasons

BUT DAMN IT'S COLD

HAHAHAH

 


Thanks, DD.   As always, you inspire me. 


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