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Christmas LED lights
December 23, 2008 in change, consumerism, dilemma, disappointment, haiku, holiday, illusion, light, loss, observations, poetry, pop culture, regret, technology, tradition, winter | 1 comment
Like laser pointers
they blind in red green blue as
they save the planet
Abandoned haiku blog
December 21, 2008 in haiku, hope, illusion, loss, observations, poetry, regret, sacrifice, thoughts, writing | 2 comments
My door open, but
the rooms are empty, thoughts like
forgotten relics.
Away too long
December 21, 2008 in connection, detritus, friendship, haiku, integrity, loss, poetry, regret | Leave a comment
Stories always tell
of the one who wanders, then
returns home…like me.
Unemployed Christmas
December 21, 2008 in accomplishment, change, consumerism, disappointment, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, holiday, hope, loss, nervousness, observations, regret, sacrifice, status, tradition | Leave a comment
Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments -
fragile, out of reach.
Not among the 6%
July 19, 2008 in change, desire, detritus, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, haiku, hope, loss, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, travel, writing | Leave a comment
“Let’s go to the beach!”
One kid, online, shrugs as the
other keeps texting.
“In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own.”
from The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger
Already mid-July
July 19, 2008 in disappointment, haiku, loss, nature, observations, poetry, regret, seasons, thoughts, writing | 1 comment
And so summer goes
like fishing line cast into
swift moving waters
Job search
June 11, 2008 in accomplishment, desire, disappointment, food, haiku, loss, nervousness, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Panera’s didn’t
call, nor Applebee’s. Rejec-
tion’s hard at sixteen.
Senior Ball
May 9, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, change, curiosity, delight, desire, dilemma, dreams, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, magic, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, tradition, writing | Leave a comment
Formally over
twelve years of learning to look
good on this one night.
Study hall
May 2, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, connection, curiosity, desire, dilemma, disappointment, embarassment, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, nervousness, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
The play was about
them. His unrequited love
her indifference.
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls
April 16, 2008 in celebrity, consumerism, cooking, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, embarassment, food, haiku, holiday, hope, illusion, loss, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, travel, trends, writing | 1 comment
All around it, the
town is dead. Pity the poor
taken investors.
Inexplicable sadness
April 1, 2008 in connection, family, haiku, loss, poetry, regret, writing | Leave a comment
In wordless despair
M dissolves in tears clutching
me like a life vest.
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.
Why I need to sleep
April 1, 2008 in curiosity, evil, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, loss, observations, oddball, pain, paranoia, poetry, sleeplessness, thoughts, time of day, tired, writing | 2 comments
When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Back pain
April 1, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, fear, haiku, illness, loss, pain, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, tired, writing | Leave a comment
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
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.
Why
March 20, 2008 in detritus, disappointment, disgust, evil, haiku, loss, pain, paranoia, regret, writing | Leave a comment
on another blog
gross comment deposited
like defecation
In memoriam: Mrs. G
March 19, 2008 in change, detritus, friendship, haiku, illness, loss, nature, pain, poetry, regret, seasons, spring, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Now that the snow is
gone, her neglected garden
pokes up stalks of loss.
Silda Wall Spitzer
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, change, conformity, connection, curiosity, death, desire, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, pain, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, shameless, status, success, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”
Saving grace
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, fear, haiku, illusion, loss, nervousness, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, writing | Leave a comment
While I throw pennies
into a coin jar, Bear Stearns
gets a big bailout.
Eliot Spitzer
March 11, 2008 in accomplishment, curiosity, death, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, evil, family, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, status, success, thoughts, trends, writing | 1 comment
When a righteous man
is caught with his pants down, it’s
likely he’ll get spanked.
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.
High school play
March 9, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, celebrity, change, delight, dilemma, disappointment, dreams, embarassment, haiku, illusion, loss, magic, mystery, observations, oddball, poetry, status, theatre, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Geeks transformed into
leading men stop hearts, but then
revert back next day.
Lost cell phone
March 8, 2008 in change, disorganized, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, loss, nervousness, pain, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, technology, travel, writing | 1 comment
Left in Manhattan
cab. Friends’ numbers, pix of my
kids in strangers’ hands.
Daylight Savings Time – March 9
March 5, 2008 in accomplishment, change, dilemma, haiku, illusion, loss, oddball, opportunity, poetry, sacrifice, spring, time management, time of day, writing | 1 comment
Spring ahead and lose
an hour. What I could have done
in that length of time…
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