word for prompt: CUSTOM
my first valentine
roses in many a year
things are looking up
technology rules
communication is not
what it used to be
breaking of the glass
jewish wedding tradition
l'chaim mazel tov
no guns or sabres
hiding up our sleeves so we
shake hands to prove it
achoo God bless you
we say to protect you from
the bubonic plague
facebook valentine
love in the virtual world
unreal surreal
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ReplyDeleteThese are so humorous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry
Deleteisn't it custom
ReplyDeletein a haiku to include
the given prompt word?
not necessary
ReplyDeleteyou can suggest the prompt word
that is the custom
too esoteric
ReplyDeletefor a dumb dinosaur bird
accustomed to rules
Example...it is customary to kiss the bride at the end of the wedding ceremony
ReplyDeletethe priest smiled and said
you may now kiss your sweet bride
" oh no! well here goes"
Example .... it is customary for French men to kiss one another
ReplyDeletewhat's this all about?
baisers français between men?
most peculiar
what's peculiar
ReplyDeleteis the rugby football game
scrum - too much contact
Lol ....
Deletehuddled together
pushing, shoving and hugging
men grabbing at balls
ca c'est le probleme
Deletetrust the english to invent
this game - degoutant!
Public school, I'm afraid. They also "invented" one or two other unsavoury past times. Don't confuse these types with a true Englishman. Watch Sharpe if you want to understand a Brit.
Deletehave you anything
ReplyDeletelike booze you'd care to declare
customs official
uh oh no i don't
ReplyDeletestrip search useless -am wearing
a locked steel corset
With innovations all around love never gets this easier to put in touch & reach out everyone but oh so unreal to feel inside.
ReplyDeleteWell Kelvin, humans are rapidly transforming into robots so feeling anything will be
ReplyDeleteirrelevant soon and in fact will be an undesirable hindrance.:)
..oh..o.. & soon all sort of feelings: mad, sad, happy, scared will all be put in a microchip along with foods & beverages so by the moment we starve & feel like eating we can easily just insert a microchip inside our silicon skin & we will all be solved---sucks! thank God, i'm not destined to live a hundred year. Though, i feel pity for the succeeding generations. aww.
DeleteAnd the small minority group who resist will be regarded as subversives and persecuted and so history will repeat itself which it does over and over again...meanwhile we are poets and we will inhabit our own lovely worlds which no one can take away from us. It is Sunday evening here...I am just about to eat (real food) and I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening Kelvin!
Delete..well, enjoy the real taste of a real food while you may... before microchips dominate... hihi... the night is near here at the moment & soon i shall prepare for dinner too (sadly, i'm alone again.. the prize of independence)...have a good night!
DeleteNo you are not because you have all these poets to talk too:)
DeleteA real feel of what's coming in the not too distant future! It is going to convenient with lots of surprises. Written with wit too. Great Rallentanda!
ReplyDeleteHank
Thanks Hank. I enjoyed your poem too!
Delete'Love in the virtual world, unreal surreal'. This is the sad state of affairs our world has come to. I enjoyed your haikus. You've chosen the perfect images to complement them :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed them.
Deletenice take!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Vandana.
DeleteThe flowers you received are truly beautiful! It is nice to be celebrated on Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary. It was a surprise.
DeleteInsightful snippets and illustrations! So much fun and thoughtful, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan.
Delete“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy;
ReplyDeleteit is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.
We can cure physical diseases with medicine,
but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love.
There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread
but there are many more dying for a little love.
The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty,
it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality.
There's a hunger for love,
as there is a hunger for God.”
(Mother Teresa)
Who could argue with these beautiful words of Mother Teresa?
DeleteThank you Dodo for taking the trouble to share them with us.
love these drops of humor and the conversations that followed....
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed these!
ReplyDeleteAh.. were is the like button here.. belated happy Valentine and so happy for protection for the bubonic plague
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine Belated day to you too Bjorn...no buttons here...any plagues around... you can always count on me :)
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