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Category Archives: Writing
What You’re Supposed To Do Melancholy: Haiku Lament
When you fail to do
what you feel* you’re supposed to,
melancholy hits.
OR
*know
*know
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Signs Of Hope Spring: Haiku
The greening of old/
oak trees is a sign not just/
of Spring, but of hope.
On Being Cool: Rhyming Haiku
One time, someone cool/
told me I was cool. From then,/
to my shock, I am.
Wisdom On Serving From John The Younger: Haiku
Think. Don’t be so quick/
to raise your hand to serve, cuz/
most really don’t care.
Breaking Rules: Haiku
It’s impossible/
to break all the rules if none/
have been established.
No Excuse To Snap Out: Haiku Lament
When I snap at folks,/
regardless of why, I find/
I don’t like me much.
Facing My Own Kobayashi Maru: Rhyming Haiku
Writing a haiku/
on Kobayashi Maru/
is hard. Done. I won.
Yearning Returning: Rhyming Haiku
The empty, aching
yearns have returned. I’ve learned. I’m
past treading old paths.
OR
The lonely, aching
Yearnings are returning. I’m/
past treading old paths.
So This Is The New Year, A 3 Year
My daughter posted a New Year’s Instagram reel of photos, with Death Cab for Cutie’s song “The New Year” as the background. Watching the 2022 retrospective filled me with melancholy, especially with the lyric: “This is the New Year. I don’t feel any different.”
I’m going into a “Three Year” numerically, a year when I will be happiest and most fulfilled when I’m creatively doing things. With that in mind, my melancholy turned into resolve, and I wrote this haiku:
This is the New Year:
A time I can choose to act,
be, and feel diff’rent.