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Silence
December 21, 2008 in accomplishment, create, disappointment, habit, haiku, regret, writing | 2 comments
You don’t notice the
absence of sound until you
strain to hear something.
She watches me…
July 19, 2008 in connection, create, curiosity, disappointment, family, habit, haiku, integrity, jealousy, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
…create. Impatient
that I won’t pay attention
when I’m writing stuff.
My biggest fan
July 19, 2008 in consumerism, delight, habit, haiku, housework, observations, oddball, poetry, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Directed at me
all day it follows me from
room to room in heat.
Dog tired
April 21, 2008 in curiosity, embarassment, habit, haiku, laziness, observations, poetry, serendipity, spring, thoughts, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
Our longer springtime
walks knock him out. There he lies
fat happy fur child.
Natural born plant killers
April 2, 2008 in accomplishment, death, embarassment, evil, fear, habit, haiku, housework, laziness, nature, oddball, poetry, regret, shameless, writing | 2 comments
No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.
You take after your mother
April 2, 2008 in connection, curiosity, dilemma, family, habit, haiku, observations, oddball, poetry, shameless, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
My weirdness is as
apparent in my kids as
streaks in a fake tan.
If gum were chocolate
April 2, 2008 in change, consumerism, curiosity, delight, desire, food, habit, haiku, nature, obsession, oddball, poetry, writing | Leave a comment
Like cows with their cud
we would chew constantly, and
then we’d all swallow.
If chocolate were gum
April 2, 2008 in change, consumerism, dreams, food, habit, haiku, illusion, magic, writing | 1 comment
One piece would last for
hours and have few calories.
(I’m working on it.)
500 haikus
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, dreams, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, magic, observations, obsession, opportunity, poetry, writing | 2 comments
From a Revealing
start to this auspicious point -
my life in short form.
Laptop
April 1, 2008 in conformity, connection, consumerism, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disgust, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illness, loss, obsession, oddball, paranoia, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, status, technology, thoughts, trends, writing | Leave a comment
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
What a bargain
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, delight, desire, dilemma, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, food, habit, haiku, housework, illness, nervousness, oddball, opportunity, poetry, pop culture, regret, serendipity, shopping, trends, writing | Leave a comment
Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.
Offsite meeting of the computer geeks
March 29, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, death, disappointment, disgust, habit, haiku, poetry, pop culture, regret, technology, tired, trends, writing | 2 comments
We all complain there’s
no place to plug in. One by
one, our laptops die.
Why I’ve been absent
March 20, 2008 in accomplishment, connection, create, curiosity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, loss, nervousness, opportunity, pain, paranoia, peace, poetry, regret, time management, tired, tradition, writing | 1 comment
Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.
Disorganized
March 20, 2008 in accomplishment, change, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, embarassment, habit, haiku, hope, housework, illusion, laziness, obsession, poetry, regret, sacrifice, shameless, time management, writing | Leave a comment
Incrementally
I clean unearthing a clear
space on the table.
Fuzzy logic
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, conformity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, loss, observations, obsession, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, shameless, sleeplessness, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
I need sleep, but I * need to work but I need sleep * to work can’t think straight.
Last minute
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, create, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, laziness, nervousness, observations, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, politics, regret, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, technology, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.
Earl Grey
March 9, 2008 in delight, food, habit, haiku, hope, observations, peace, serendipity, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Bergamot infused
leaves unfurl comfort. Problems
dissipate like steam.
For whom the bell tolls
March 8, 2008 in beauty, curiosity, death, delight, detritus, dreams, habit, hope, magic, opportunity, poetry, serendipity, status, thoughts, time management, time of day, tradition, writing | 2 comments
From an estate sale -
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.
Among extraordinary women
March 3, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, connection, detritus, embarassment, fear, habit, illusion, integrity, jealousy, loss, nervousness, observations, opportunity, politics, success, thoughts, tired, travel, writing | Leave a comment
I am the dull one, struck
mute by accomplishment
what I do, nothing.
haikouldn’t ask it of you
February 29, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, connection, create, curiosity, delight, desire, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, observations, obsession, oddball, opportunity, poetry, shameless, success, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
“Read my poem? Please?”
In real life I’d get blank stares.
Here, you’re back for more.
Dubious milestone
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, detritus, disgust, dreams, embarassment, habit, haiku, holiday, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, thoughts, tired, writing | 1 comment
Just over five months
This one four hundred fifty
Art or wasted time?
I’ve lied to you
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, laziness, loss, magic, nervousness, observations, obsession, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, status, success, thoughts, time management, tired, tradition, trends, writing | 1 comment
A haiku a day?
Not quite. Some days the tap runs,
some days it’s bone dry.
Inconstant blogger
February 24, 2008 in connection, desire, dilemma, embarassment, habit, haiku, integrity, laziness, obsession, opportunity, poetry, regret, serendipity, shameless, time management, writing | Leave a comment
see also Constant reader
Like a lover who
wanders I return here to
check in now and them
WV Oscar night tradition
February 24, 2008 in celebrity, curiosity, delight, film, food, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, obsession, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, television, tradition, writing | Leave a comment
They walk the carpet.
We eat takeout Chinese and
scream for our favorites.
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