Wednesday, February 29, 2012

100 haiku challenge, 40

It used to be a bigger deal
Last time, I forgot
Leap year. Will I remember
next time? I doubt it.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

100 haiku challenge, 38 and 39

I'm not done with this one yet. Here are two iterations.

#38
Dream: a museum.
The archives of a writer--
typewriters and shoes.

#39
Dream: a reflection.
Archive of a writer's things--
typewriters and shoes.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

100 haiku challenge: 36 and 37

Spring is coming, slowly, slowly. Many of the haikus these days are about my longing for light and warmth.

Also, this week, I've encountered several people who have disagreed with me and cut me off, without asking for clarification or more information first. It's aggravating. So I wrote a haiku to remind myself not to do it to others.

#36
Here is what I've learned:
When you think you disagree,
ask more questions first.

#37
New growth emerges.
Pale green-white from wintered wood.
Hurry, we whisper.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

100 haiku challenge, 33, 34, 35

Airplane to Austin
The end of the flight
Stale air, foul breath, smells like farts.
People are stinky.

Voted best honky-tonk in Texas
At the Broken Spoke
Two steppin', honky tonkin'.
Everyone's happy.

Return trip
My heart is two sides
of a rubberband. One here,
the other stretched home.