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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

oh, the places they’ve gone

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

To hear about sites
of recent trips is like a
sharp living postcard.

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leaving new orleans

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

No parades, no sun,
no parting words with new pals.
Get in the truck. Go.

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swift of imagination

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Team of runners take
on Christmas theme in April,
with Santa’s wheelchair.

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doghouse design

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Even pooch needs place
to rest wagging tail, floppy
ears to dream of bones.

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chessmaster of magazine street

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Knight to queen’s seven.
Checkmate in 13 moves and
less than five minutes.

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world cafe

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Waitress scurries, cup
in hand, chicory at the
ready. Order’s up.

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four eyes, can’t see

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

The river stretches out
to a distant shore while we
wave to the barges.

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jazz ain’t easy

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Zip zazz, a-hoodoo,
skeet ska wah-wuz-sebedoo.
I can’t scat at all.

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hat parade

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Bright bonnets bob from
perches atop mounds of hair
to peek from each pew.

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the preciousness of air

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Tire tires of
inflated existence, goes
flat on principle.

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winey behavior

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Loosen up. Slip off
worries of the office with
a glass of stomped grapes.

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moods of april

Friday, April 6th, 2007

It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s
hot. It’s cold. Spring, such a coy
mischievous season.

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time out passed

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

If ever there were
a time for vacation, it
would have been today.

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deconstructing aphrodite

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

A fool and his love
are soon parted. At least, that’s
what she said to me.

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week wound up

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

That blur you see is
me trying to keep up with
schedule gone awry.

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