The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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A Dopey, Door-busting Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon



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Rain evaporates
The Autumn leaves decompose
Snow melts.  Life goes on.


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A Fairly Freezing Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

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A doormat thrown in
the trash has obviously
worn out its welcome.

 


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A Clear-Eyed Clean-shaven Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 


 

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Halloween's over.
We have saved enough Daylight.
Next stop: Thanksgiving!

 

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The Drubbing ... Where do we go from here?

Dems lost big last night.  What do we do now?  It's hard to feel optimistic about anything.  If our ideas are so great, why do so few people support and vote for them? 

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A Mostly Ghostly Frightfully Scary Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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(Ding-Dong!)  Trick or Treat!!
"Who are YOU supposed to be?!"
(Candy dropped in bags.)

 

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A Flirty Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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(More from the series, "At Rest" ...)

 

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An Extremely Late Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 


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A Ludicrously Lovely Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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I keep wondering:
Will such wonders ever cease?
Not in this lifetime!


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Another Autumn Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 


 

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Her name is Sandy.
She's a goddess of the beach
made with kelp and shells.

 

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A World-Weary Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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Shy birds on the line,
trying not to heed the call
of Mother Nature.

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A Lazy, Hazy and Crazy Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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A beach umbrella
keeps a lonely vigil as
the tide starts to turn.

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An Oddly Autumn Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 


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A Laborious Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

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Labor Day double haiku:


Forty hour work weeks,
Safety and child labor laws ...
a minimum wage.

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A Relaxing Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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Sunshine and whiskey
are a lot like love; they all
can make you go blind.


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A Silly Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

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The scent of jasmine
scatters as the door is slammed
and she rushes out.
 


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A Painfully Obvious Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

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A Delightfully Sunny Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Breezy Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 

 

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The ocean so vast,
and the waves so persistent ...
I'll swim tomorrow.

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