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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

past and present

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The days and months and
years pile up, until you’re left
with what could have been.

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a long political season

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Maybe we could vote
tomorrow and end the long
stream of ads, pundits.

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toss, turn, repeat

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

So much is riding
on this, as eyelids refuse
to close for slumber.

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the stadium village

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Stuffy warehouses
feed on wandering strangers
beneath the forum.

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post-modern corporate riddle

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

What’s worse: being axed,
facing the ax, or grinding
through a sucky job?

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unmasked worry

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Scrunchy face makes for
tension frowns and furrowed ruts
betraying uncalm.

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the little girl in me

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I want a pony,
one I can call “Princess” and
feed carrots by hand.

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sing along

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Make up the lyrics
and forget the ones that come
originally.

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modern movie magic

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Great cinema comes
when theater avoids rings,
chatter and glitches.

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upscale downtown soiree

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Sculpture garden blasts
DJ’s grooves as ingenues
take summer’s last gasp.

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aunt lulu

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Aunt Lulu stepped off
the front porch to shoo the stray
dog eating her weeds.

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the hardest summer of all

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Misfortunes, mayhem
strike over and over. When
will sad season end?

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seamless sky

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Dull gray blanket wraps
tightly around parched landscape
slowly drying out.

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rejecting the satellites

Friday, August 15th, 2008

“Hello, cancel my
subscription to beamed-in crack.
I’m snorting Netflix.”

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the less fortunate

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Our comfortable
existence rarely crosses
paths with downtrodden.

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