Here's this week's heap of haikus:

tanka haiku:

All one ever knows,
Is what they’ve experienced,
Or taken on faith.
    But, like silt in riverbeds,
    Both can muddy the waters.

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Here's this week's heap of haikus:

To whine is but to
rant with specificity.
Silly lad, rant on.

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triple haiku:

It has been a long while since I posted one of PsycoSuperMom's video.  This one landed on my Facebook page.  I am still laughing.  

Like she says, it works for randy old white guys. 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

Wear a morning coat
of paint in afternoon light
while it's evening.

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ever so often

sudden impulse tells the mind

change one's avatar

All you have to do is stick your feet out from under the covers. There is a scientific reason for this. Many people do like to stick a foot out from under the covers. 

Now you can bore your self to sleep counting sheep or arguing with ducks on TV.  This might just do the trick and send you off to dream land. 

Well I am headed to bed.  Good night. 

I watched a documentary about Glenn Campbell on CNN. Yes, him. The country music star known for such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Wichita Lineman", the teen actor alongside John Wayne in "True Grit" and an honest-to-goodness shucks ma'am down home good 'ol boy TV show host. He was also diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years ago. The documentary focused on his last album and tour after learning of his illness ... though it's not quite right to say they learned of it. It was just official.

I just shared these videos on my FaceBook page. They express better than I can how I feel.

This little beauty is a Digbyana Orchid.  This one dates back the the 17th century and originally came from Central America. It's name is Brassavoa nodosa Lady of the Night after a Italian Doctor, Antonio Musa Brassavoa. This is an original species but there are hybridized variations now.  This one is one of the easiest orchids to grow. At night it has a lovely citrus smell almost like lime.  That is why it's nick name is Lady of the Night.  This plant is around 15 years old. 

A person I "met" on Tumblr because I reblogged his photographs, Bouwe Brouwer, from the Netherlands [here is his Tumblr site Pjotr's pics ] got into a discussion now that we are friends on Facebook, he does a lot of creative writing, most of which hasn't been translated into English. But he shared with me some of his haiku poems,many of them translated into English.

Here is one:

oude stadsmuur

vervaagde namen

van tieners

I published today this post "E-Expectations" on my own website elusivetrope.com (yes now I have my own website) and repeat here. I just started the site so there isn't much content and since I try to write something every day, it does help me keep things short.