Drinking used to be
an event; something I would
look forward to. Now:
its something I do, to look
forward to something. Salud…
(This tanka [variation on haiku, 57577] brought to you BECAUSE of Ayako Kigoshi)
Month: February 2012
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“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough”
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Apparently, “Genghis Kahn Was Very Tolerant of Other Religions”
To Genghis Kahn, kids
are equal to everyone.
Murder-tunity.
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Hotel Rooms
Distance: a pressing
matter; does funny things to
the brain, heart. Mind-fu(n)[c]k.Trees and billowing
blows my thought like dust or snow.
Recent historybringing its mostly
crazydeliberate change to my
attention. Andthe thinking I do
is cold and warm, warning me
not to allow theirrational words
of my fear or yours bother
the lovely stasis.
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Steps Forward Are Often Frightening and Blindly Traveled
Thought moving forward
and self-doubt holding; fear is
and I am subject
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Fury Prevention
Breath. Breakfast. Breath. Walk.
Breath. School. Breath. Rehearsal. Breath.
Dinner. Breath. Work. Breath…breath.
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Despite the Sickness Found by One of Our Compatriots, the Night Was Found With Arms Raised High In Stupored Joy As Well As Filled Spaces
Foods and drinks and friends
and musics and dances and
more foods. Love: birthdays.
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GUEST SUBMISSION #6 – “Interwebz”
By Aaron Quinn.Why Does This Always
Happen on a Saturday
Night? (Thanks Interwebz)
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GUEST SUBMISSION #5 – “Birthday”
By Drew Harris
We were watching Duck
Tales, and doing our chores late
when you were born, Al.
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GUEST SUBMISSION # 4 – “Birthday”
by Shane Harris
Happy birthday to
You, happy birthday to you
Best. Haiku. EVER.
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GUEST SUBMISSION #3 – “Library”
by Greg Sigman
LC call numbers
order erupts from chaos
pigeonholes for all
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My Window Offers a Perfect Portrait of Winter Transgressions Covered
I am cold and soft
Unwanted some, beautiful,
though mostly: burdenI fall without light
to greet the sun and morning
Again, trampled onOpportunities
to use me grow as I do
yet I feel a choreWishful, I breathe the
same air, but exist without
my own intentionI am called a touch
when I am more than nothing
And I love quiet
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I Would Like to Sleep Perpendicularly to My Eyelid Line
My pillow was too
stiff, but my new one is too
soft. My life is hard.
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C0/\/\P|_1C@+3D and Simple
I have trouble with
simple, though mostly in thought
I: complicated.But I strive for less
to achieve more with short strokes
I: simplicity.
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Coffee and Coffee and Coffee and Coffee
Also, the amount
of urine I have expelled
today brings concern…
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Morning Time is My Time to Shine
Some morning things are
better than others. Hot and
fruit and together times.
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