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A Blissfully Ignorant Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

Quietly, the dusk
soothes the ocean waters and
calms the day for night.

 

(Photo courtesy Kristina Rebelo)

 

 

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Special Edition: *You-Do-the-Haiku*

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A Non-Dystopian Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

 


Here's this week's heap of haikus:

 


Love may seem like a
fallowed field, but Love won't yield
a random harvest.

 

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An Unindicted, Unendorsed Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

Hiding in shadows,
waiting for the sun to set,
and the moon to rise.

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Another Star-Spangled Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

The rockets' red glare,
bombs bursting in air, gave proof
that we love fireworks.

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An Extremely Late Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

Somewhere in the deep
recesses of my brain, sleep
forgotten haikus.

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An Historical Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

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The usual, ineffective rant in knee-jerk response to another shooting incident ...


Hi.  Again.  

Well, it happened again.  Just like we knew it would.   We will cry and make statements like:
"No-one needs an AK47.  It is a military weapon designed to kill people as quickly and efficiently as possible.  That is it's only purpose.  It is not a gun used for target practice or to hunt for food or protect one's home and hearth.  It is a killing weapon.  Period.   F*ck the NRA.  F*ck Everyone that supports the NRA.   If you are an NRA member, you support the Death of Innocents.  Their blood is forever on you."  

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A Jittery Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

 

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South wind, cloudy sky
the ever present mountain
never once asks why.

 

 

 

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A Fearlessly Friendly Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 


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Remembrance of war
a flag of the rising sun
will be going home.

 

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Another Getaway Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

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A Quiet, Rainy Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

Darkness overwhelms,
but then, the morning sunrise
peeks through my window.

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A Presumptive Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

 

 

Yesterday-ku:


Cinco de Mayo?
Torpedo a condiment!
(Yeah, it's a cheap joke.)

 

 

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tanka haiku: 

 

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Playin' the Poem Card on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

 

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I often wonder
what cows in fields must think when
men on bikes ride by.

 

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Elements of style,
Hallmarks of erudition ...
Shut up, already.

 

 

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An Un-Salacious Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

We're royally screwed;
The Queen's alive, Prince is dead ...
Stephen King's okay.

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A Well-Deserved Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

Here's this week's heap of haikus:

 

Bring your broken-ness
to the altar of repairs ...
Hallelujah, fixed.

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On-this-day-ku:


When Titanic sank ...
Young Leo DiCaprio's
heart did not go on.

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A Fastidious Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

Never a doubt 'bout
that Okie from Muskogee ...
Merle was a badass.

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Coming and Going on a Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

He's close enough to
stare, and old enough to know
what's worth staring at.

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A Really Good Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

 

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The Easter Bunny
scared her so much, she went to
church without a peep.

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A Theatrical Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

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