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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

concrete savanna

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

From on high, urban
structures kneel to the crushing
sky, brick versus steel.

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halfway to mud

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Season of rebirth
wrung wet with rain ritual
in nurturing ground.

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questions beget questions beget questions

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Greet. Ask. Listen. Ask.
Nod. Repeat. Ask. Inquire.
Listen. Pause. Listen.

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blogerati

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Everything becomes
fodder for the select few
willing to share it.

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complimentary

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I can’t take a joke
or a compliment. Either
way, it’s attention.

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preparation

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Preparation is
an illusion. What comes our
way, we face and guess.

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down the line

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Down the line, sirens
scream the news. “Death is coming,
death is coming!” Rats.

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the city through new eyes

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

We storm the city
like old friends, new explorers,
drinking in the mead.

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tax season

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Form 1040, where
each number added becomes
less in our pockets.

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broken link

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Snapped. Watch band ceases
to function, though watch face moves
ever onward round.

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nap attack

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

A rush of drowsy
zombies infiltrate the nerve
center of awake.

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all aboard academia

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Our roots are in the
global classroom, to teach those
who have much to learn.

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a connecting point

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

A to B to C
needs a who to see that they
should be a linked we.

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ennui excitement

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The boring monster
slayed the villagers with an
apt non sequitur.

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if tweets and nuts

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

“How was your day?” “I
talked to an online squirrel.”
(pause) “Did he talk back?”

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