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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

and thus, half the year was gone

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

The calendar does
not lie, nor does it stand still.
Onward, year that’s left.

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dumping the dot-matrix

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Goodbye, old printer.
You made my dreams into reams
of sprocket-fed sheets.

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toasting with sharks

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Volley of drinks and
come-ons make for social scene
fraught with odd peril.

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grunts of respect

Friday, June 29th, 2007

We don’t often sing
the praises of those who take
on worst of the work.

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brisk break

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Nine minutes isn’t
enough time to powder nose and
check messages, too.

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rumbling bumbling dehydrating

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Is it allowed to
be this hot? Because the fake
thunder gives me chills.

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not an actor

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Director picks me
so I can look pretty for
the camera. Cut!

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flip flop flip

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Seven out of 10
respondents say they like this,
but OK with that.

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the 12-hour day

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Some days drag. But the
marathon sessions fly by
in an unseen blur.

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forward mingling

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Frenzy of goodness
as motivated crowds meet
needy do-gooders.

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urgent renewal

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

The chance to begin
again never defeats us,
but instead gives hope.

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five cents, please

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

We could give advice
at reasonable rates, you
worthless helpless fool.

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pond skim

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Basin shows bottom
bereft of sparkling waters,
filled to brim with dry.

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natural conservation

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Don’t shower. Don’t wash
the car. Don’t water the lawn.
No big change, really.

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persistence of division

Monday, June 18th, 2007

The sorrow isn’t
in being alone. It’s the
habit formation.

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