MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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An Early Door-Buster Black Friday Afternoon Sale at the Haikulodeon
By MrSmith1 on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 9:16am |
The Haikulodeon gets the jump on all those other haiku emporiums by opening it's doors early in order to beat the Thanksgiving Weekend poetry rush ...
So ... here's this week's heap of haikus:
And so, we gather
to rejoice and to give thanks
for we are so blessed.
Let each turkey slice
and wedge of mom’s pumpkin pie,
demonstrate our thanks.
Mash the potatoes,
baste the turkey, eat some pie,
then take a long nap.
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tanka haiku:
My tenth great grand-dad
was at that first thanksgiving ...
I imagine him
saying the turkey was fowl
and the yams needed more salt.
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double haiku:
In the barber's chairs,
boys squirm and fidget ... meanwhile
dad's reading Playboy.
Sweeping up the hair,
old men argue politics ...
kids want lollipops.
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L. L. Bean, Best Buy,
Mrs Field's Cookies, Macys ...
Mall s assimilate.
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On a dock in Maine,
he watched as the lobsters were
removed from their traps.
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Deer in the headlights!
Brakes slammed, tires squeal! Seat belt grabs!
Adrenaline rush!
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Ever wonder why
the stars shine in the sky? Two
words: Surplus Twinkles.
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tanka haiku:
I need your concern,
your help, your solace, your strength,
your love. I need you.
No, I'm NOT needy! Are cars
without gasoline, gassy?
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Hampered by the rain,
we still managed to play a
full set of tennis.
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tanka haiku:
Do birds in the trees
sing happier melodies
than ones in a cage?
Does freedom of movement trump
the freedom from fear? Don't know.
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Finding peace-makers
is never as easy as
finding warriors.
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Thoughts, planted wisely,
blossom in reluctant minds,
when the time is right.
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What if we're all cogs
in a huge, complex machine,
just trying to mesh?
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double haiku:
Morning eased gently
into my consciousness, like
melting caramels ...
gooey imagery?
Perhaps, but still better than
a kick in the shins.
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A crumpled fender,
wrapped around a barber pole,
could mean a close shave.
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At the sky’s edges,
mountaintops still pierce the clouds,
to peek at heaven.
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Do not weep all night
then wonder why the world seems
so full of teardrops.
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A haiku for writers ...
haiku: The plot thickens when
you're married to the ending
but wake with a start.
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Through an iron fence,
I watch autumn leaves fall on
empty park benches.
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Pretending we'll meet,
each time I turn a corner
makes me walk faster.
(A variation taken from one of my favorite Cy Coleman songs; "I Walk a Little Faster.")
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A yellow note was
pasted on the scaffolding ...
"Soft heads need hard hats."
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A tiny sparrow
is chased by a feisty pup
pulling a young girl.
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Reading comic books
and playing travel bingo
got them to Grandma's.
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Live a life of love,
look to better angels, carve
your own walking stick.
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tanka haiku:
I have been too bad
to be a saint; too good to
be the anti-Christ.
What does that leave me? Only
a quite boring middle ground.
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In snowy woods, I
follow tiny footprints, which
suddenly vanish.
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It's not that I find
you intriguing, it's just that
in you, I see me.
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A glorious day
seeps through my window shades, and
withers all my fears.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING - CHANUKAH! Gobble, Gobble, Mazeltov!
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Comments
Well happy Thanksgiving Day to you Mr. Smith
I like comic books
Like Salon & Huffpo &
The rest of the sites
There are Supermen
& Batmen & other fakes
& the wantabes
We gotta pretend
That we are just someone else
So we look at pix
But today we pretend
That we are a family
Pass the green bean dish
hahahahaha
by Richard Day on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 3:54pm
hahahahaha, Happy Thanksgiving, DD.
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..
by MrSmith1 on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 9:16pm
Here's a couple more I forgot to include:
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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by MrSmith1 on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 9:59pm
Happy Thanksgiving. No door buster shopping for me.
by trkingmomoe on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 7:30am
I sometimes ponder
the wisdom of door busting ...
How do you lock up?
Happy (slightly belated) Thanksgiving, trkingmomoe.
by MrSmith1 on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 9:02am
There are bucket lists.
My fuck it list is bigger.
What I will not do.
by moat on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 8:18pm
LOL, moat!! Thanks for the laugh this morning! Hope you're enjoying the Thanksgiving weekend.
My list now includes
looking for my bucket list ...
mobius strip search.
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 8:45am
Mobius strippers,
without buttons or zippers,
twist and join the ends.
by moat on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 10:52am
Hmm, perhaps Iron John's Sons (say it fast...) should become Moebius Strippers..
by jollyroger on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 4:30pm
Good to see you Jolly! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Iron John sons tried
to Free Willy, but needed
full metal jackets.
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by MrSmith1 on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 5:49pm
xclnt in all regards, thanks. Back at ya'
by jollyroger on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 10:04pm
More youth in Asia
won't keep hands from moving parts;
Hark, blind Venetians.
by moat on Sun, 12/01/2013 - 8:34pm
This will float your boat;
Naked Gondoliers is what
makes Venetians blind.
by MrSmith1 on Sun, 12/01/2013 - 10:44pm
Good one, moat!
The ecdysiast
that men find teasiest, zips
up the easiest.
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by MrSmith1 on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 5:41pm