Wade on Birmingham

Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

inventory of a four-door

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Ice scraper, glove, old
chestnut, napkins, sticky notes,
dog biscuits and grime.

• • •

Read more haiku.

a flat cloud of dust

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Two-dimensional
world goes gray with boulders of
nasty allergens.

• • •

Read more haiku.

internalized deadlines

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Rushing to meet those
artificial cutoffs while
not achieving much.

• • •

Read more haiku.

deck shuffle

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Traffic patterns wind
past pedestrians and rows
of poorly parked cars.

• • •

Read more haiku.

election bulletin

Friday, March 7th, 2008

So far, it’s down to
white dude, black guy and white gal
to run the country.

• • •

Read more haiku.

network 2008

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

It’s my money, and
I want it now! (But shouting
won’t make it happen.)

• • •

Read more haiku.

mentally junked

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Cluttered room nothing
compared to cluttered mind. Maid
should sweep brain’s cobwebs.

• • •

Read more haiku.

waiting room habitat

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

The weary patient
lugs his belongings on a
wobbly cart in tow.

• • •

Read more haiku.

lion’s march

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Light changes as fresh
days spring to life. Welcome the
warmth, savor the sun.

• • •

Read more haiku.

cardiac cramp

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Feeling of dread starts
somewhere inside, expanding
to swallow hope whole.

• • •

Read more haiku.

trapped in the atl

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The flight is delayed
two hours. Even cattle
cars keep to schedule.

• • •

Read more haiku.

extra 24

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Will February
never end? Bonus day brings
a leap of trouble.

• • •

Read more haiku.

mark of the sharpie

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Trusty pen betrays
without warning. How do you
get ink out of pants?

• • •

Read more haiku.

mystery machine

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

We can’t pretend to
know the universe when we
don’t know others’ hearts.

• • •

Read more haiku.

words fall through me

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Falling slowly, eyes
that know me. I can’t go back.
It’s time that you won.

• • •

Read more haiku.