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A Decently December Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 12/02/2016 - 4:58pm |

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

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Another Thankful Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 11/18/2016 - 4:30pm |

Through an iron fence,
I watch autumn leaves fall on
empty park benches.

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A New Beginning on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 11/11/2016 - 6:18pm |

On the eleventh
Month, day and hour - at long last,
the guns fell silent.

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A Nearly Saturday Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 11/04/2016 - 10:49pm |

If you need a laugh,
ask a child what adults say
when they're whispering.

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A Ghastly, Ghostly, Very Scary Friday Afternoon at The Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/28/2016 - 5:51pm |

Here's this week's headless heap of horrifying haikus:

Frankenstein's Monster
pursued by an angry mob
"Alive, Alive, NO!"

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An Autumnal Frost on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/21/2016 - 5:56pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

An Autumnal frost,
withered pumpkins on the vine,
squirrels breathing steam.

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Meanwhile, John Kerry and most of the rest of the world do something about greenhouse gases.

By MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/15/2016 - 10:29am |

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/greenhouse-gases-deal_us_5802309de4b0e8c198a86131?section=&

Is it too little, too late or too much? (Sorry, I was just channeling the MSM.)

Good Grief, It's Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon!

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/14/2016 - 6:25pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

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Singin' the Blues on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 6:21pm |

Slouched in a corner,
of a dingy juke joint, a
young man learns the blues.

A Wind-Swept Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 3:26pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

He buried his fear
in the pleats of mother's skirt.
( ... wiped his nose there too.)

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Fear is a fabric
that folds under stress, and when
in hot water, shrinks.

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Finally, a Finely Fried Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 6:16pm |

In that 'long ago',
all of us are ever young ...
never more alive.

A Deplorable/Adorable Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 6:09pm |

Thoughts, planted wisely,
blossom in reluctant minds,
when the time is right.

Autumn in Hiding on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/09/2016 - 4:27pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

A golden surfer
rides a quiet wave to shore
the world is at peace.

Yet Another Laborious Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 4:14pm |

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

Autumn taught 'em, when
the first leaf falls from a tree
Summer soon will wane.

( I saw that first leaf today, lying quietly on the sidewalk.)

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A Feckless, Freckled Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

By MrSmith1 on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 4:39pm |

Drunk and bewildered ...
Well, here I am, 2 PM.
Heck, what day is it?

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The Hidden Trump Vote?

By MrSmith1 on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 3:36pm |

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-trump-polls_us_57bda57de4b03d51368bbf0f?ngynmz2nluy9icnmi

A Republican pollster insists there is a large number of "hidden" Trump voters that will come out of the woodwork to vote for Trump in November. I say, let's help them by feeding their delusion. From now until election day, let's tell every online poll we can find that we support Trump for President and every in-person pollster that we support Clinton. I know. That wouldn't be right. But it might be fun.