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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

creaks and gasps

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Age has funny way
of catching up to you at
least convenient years.

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up the academy

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Best Pictures often
fail to match hype. Let’s throw an
awards cavalcade!

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torn

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Work awaits, and yet
compels me not. All kinds of
distractions persist.

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cacao connection

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Not everything can
be fixed, but chocolate can
work sudden wonders.

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learned, burned

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Hard lessons come to
us, whether awake or just
going through motions.

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outfidel

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

It seems to me you
lived your life like a cigar
in the wind. Cough cough.

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a credit card offer or two

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

The mysterious
stranger who once lived here still
receives his junk mail.

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chore of babylon

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Cleaning, vacuuming,
ironing, correspondence.
These things won’t get done.

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her needs outweigh the many

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

A sense of whimsy,
she said, all others need not
apply. Her mind? Set.

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friday night at the coffeehouse

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

No troubadours, just
slurpers and their laptops at
work while playtime waits.

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moving fast

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Sometimes, life isn’t
a blur looking back but a
blur ahead as well.

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have a heartache

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The heart keeps pumping
even in the absence of
another beating.

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whole-hearted half-marathon

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

She ran and ran so
the little girl could find a
way to run herself.

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travel brochure

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Pack your bags and go.
Discover distant places.
Pack your bags and go.

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fine lines

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Father Goose delights
with crafty verses for a
flock of listeners.

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