Wade on Birmingham

Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

the curiously cute scarecrow

Monday, June 1st, 2015

The curiously
cute scarecrow failed to ward off
vermin but scored stares.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

the suggestive jester

Sunday, May 31st, 2015

She would tell a joke.
Her audience would laugh, then
giggle thoughtfully.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

minister of offense

Saturday, May 30th, 2015

Get in front of the
story, and keep the players
eligible first.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

harmless rain

Friday, May 29th, 2015

It trickled. It poured.
It seemed to never stop. The
ground soaked it all in.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

self-flagellation

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Why are you hitting
yourself? Why are you hitting
yourself? To improve.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

the countdown to moving out

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Each lazy day brings
the ripe collegian closer
to new surroundings.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

numb to criticism

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

Enough jabs and tweaks
at the hide make it callous
to compliments, too.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

extended salute

Monday, May 25th, 2015

Honor our war dead
by taking proper care of
their grieving loved ones.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

a holiday, not a holy day

Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Let us honor the
fallen without piety
or such idol worship.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

the lonely dunes

Saturday, May 23rd, 2015

I walked along the
lonely dunes and found myself
at one with others.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

sea breeze

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

Not so much currents
of air as a lullaby
made of atmosphere.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

the black eye of the gulf

Thursday, May 21st, 2015

It dwells below the
depths, a cesspool of mankind’s
oil addiction.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

thanks, dave

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015

Late night no longer
a time to sleep, but a chance
to laugh and unwind.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

the platinum age of heroes

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

Comic panels spring
to life on 50-inch screens
with little Spandex.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

a sip of tea

Monday, May 18th, 2015

The steam lazily
drifted ceilingward, with dark
eddies swirling round.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.