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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

but i’m willing to give it a try

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Please give me something,
because someday I might know
my heart. Know my heart.

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get on up

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

The real test isn’t
measuring potential, but
what you do with it.

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talk to the casing

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Conversation in
this era: chatting with back
of phone or laptop.

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digital unity

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Convention abuzz
with ideas and intros
through the corridors.

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gals can do anything

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Except kill insects,
produce a Y chromosome
or laugh at this verse.

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forecast of doom

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Whether it’s the cost
of goods, the betting line, or
the rain, we’re all doomed.

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bad cop

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

You be the one who
smiles and plays nice. And I’ll be the
the complete bastard.

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the birth of the cool

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Rash of heat subsides
as autumn breezes in the
back door with a grin.

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listen and learn

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Narrator explains
through car speakers, nearly drowned
out by sirens’ wail.

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b & e 5

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

You can’t tell someone
invaded this space, save for
dark ghostly footprints.

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b & e 4

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Tough new deadbolt goes
in, while the broken lock sits
on the piano.

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b & e 3

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

The memory test
begins. What’s missing? What’s left
behind? Think, think, think.

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b & e 2

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Clothes strewn about. Bits
of glass in crunchy heap. All
touched by stranger’s hands.

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b & e 1

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

He came by bike to
smash his way into a man’s
(once secure) castle.

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rocky outlook

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Hilltop outcrop holds
cultured fish swimming in a
pond unto itself.

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