Dave Brubeck - My Favorite Things For The Weekend

3WW

non descript
placid quirky
yes
all of the above
(sigh)
talented geeks
a thinking woman's
crumpet

A Study In Suspended Animation

Mid Week Motif PU

dio mio
george pell should never
have bet the vatican jewels
on that nag in the fourth race





a young richard dawkins
has a ping moment
he realises
he is omniscient
there is no god
because he is

Haiku Horizons

george and ringo good mates
we like humour down under
but soul like this...well

it could reduce a
tough bushie to tears laughing
at the same time

Sunday Scribblings 2

saw him at the market
a colourful hippy knight

not unusual at the channon
everyone dresses so bright

twas many years ago now
eight years today this fall

indeed it is a puzzle
why i don't miss them much at all

For The Weekend

Loop Poem

his music never dates - it's been a long time
time stands still when it comes to van
van morrison not heard much any more
more's the pity -  what a musical man

Shadorma





i'm in love
with his jagged voice
talented
wonderful
northern irish song writer
who sings from the heart

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Strelitzia

carpe diem haiku kai

bird of paradise
wears her regal headdress
with great dignity

Gravity

Midweek Motif PU





the astronaut
dropped a feather
and hammer
they landed simultaneously
on the moon
yep
galileo was right
i hope he was watching
bet he was chuffed
pope urban viii was watching too
said oops,,, bloody aristotle and his theories
griks are always causing trouble )

Haiku Horizons

3 am
silent night in the city
for a few hours

Trinet

Trinet



 2266622

slow down
too fast
am not a sack of pears
just kindly get me home
before it gets too dark
my aunt
worries

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For the Weekend

story of my life
everything happens to me
so it seems

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

a little taller
would be nice - one can always stand
on a table and pretend

Blue Lotus

your gift
of a blue lotus
shades basho's frog

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
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You're Fired

Midweek Motif PU

even though
the moon belongs to everyone
the best things in life aren't free
sadly for most of us
a job is required for survival

this charming little outburst
of choreographed
spontaneity
in a city office
would probably
end like this






want food on the table
fruit for the sideboard
bills  paid?
best wear a deep shade
of conformist grey at work



try to fit in
don't stand out
smile and nod
on cue
pay attention
to dress code
ties in particular

St Patrick

carpe diem haiku kai






st patrick
rid ireland of all the snakes
sent them down under

thanks :(

Haiku Horizons

this non friendship
has been over for decades
let it sail away

Oddquain Butterfly

1 3 5 7 1 7 5 3 1
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rain
on the roof
the sky opens up
drowning out the tv sound
rain
filling the tanks up at last
the frogs will start soon
glorious
rain




we
are drawings
etched on a blank wall
are not real people at all
we
are enjoying each other
dining together
outline on
line

Thoughts Of Holland

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

tulips and clogs
millions of bicycles
windmills and dykes

For The Weekend

When October Goes....Nancy Wilson

3WW...absorb empty certain
Sunday Scribblings 2 
Acrostic haiku with Chevrefeuille MLMM 
OctPoWriMo

when october goes
it will be hard
to absorb the fact
the empty hole
you left behind
may never be filled again

yet all things pass
you tell yourself
it's fairly certain
life will go on
even though no -one
knows how
they are going to survive it
at the time

so long october
adieu to laughter and love
dull never looked so good

School Days

Mid Week Motif...PU

the teacher
looks like a movie star
arrives with a hangover
turns off the lights 
falls asleep on the desk
the kids watch a movie

does not give homework
no questions or talking
before 11 am
allows food and drinks
to be consumed
in the classroom

she is classified
as a bad teacher 
most of her students
probably
would not agree

Blue Orchid

carpe diem haiku kai

a  blue orchid stem
floating on the waves
you remembered my birthday

Haiku Horizons

in the scheme of things
our worries are trivial
storm in a tea cup

Bullies

all bullies
both adult and children
taunt
ridicule
humiliate

online
being the favoured
modus operandi
 
adult bullies hide
behind facades
lurk in all kinds of jobs
from the dog collar
to the classroom
needing constant approval
to bolster defective egos

they particularly like to  hide
behind  occupations
which take responsibility
for the young and the vulnerable
(easy prey )

thrive
off cruelty and suffering
wearing the approval badge
of respectability







Shadorma

innocent
a lovely nature
beautiful
sensitive
too good and kind for this world
they drove him to death

For all the victims of bullying
who found it impossible to sustain the torture
and took a way out 

This poem is dedicated to you

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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

the lonely flower
my companion 
for one night

Chevrefeuille

petals crushed
wilted in morning light

October 2015

haiku kai
october anniversary
carpe diem



chevrefeuille
laden with haiku gems shoots
sparkles into poets' hearts

For The Weekend

Sunday Scribblings 2


Photo of Cro Magnon (without permission) of Magnons Meanderings
challenging local fauna.


toro struck by fear
carrying no illusions
knew
he was no match
for the mighty matador
and his gingham tea towel

defeated
toro
prepared himself for death
by pointy end
of the wooden spoon