Instead of seeking/
the best you can get, just be/
satisfied with great.
Tag Archives: blogging haiku
Smelling Prejudice: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
Today I got an email from a relative, entitled “How to catch Obama”. It shows a box trap with a watermelon attached to the trigger.
Having just seen the movie “The Help”, I can only agree with Malcolm X, who wrote that the deepest, worst prejudice doesn’t come from the South, but is hidden in the North … until it is exposed.
To smell prejudice,
don’t search deep in Southern swamps.
Mother’s emails reek.
Everyday Doldrum Silence: Revolutionary Blogging Rhyming Haiku
Sometimes the doldrums/
of the everyday leave you/
with nothing to say.
Live Improv Poetry Problem: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
About live po’try:
When you perform improv poems,
nothing gets written.
OR
About improv poems:
When you perform live po’try,
nothing’s written down.
I Feel GREAT! Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
Say: I feel GREAT! A/
mirrored memory from long/
ago, it still works!
Surrendering To “What Is”: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
When one surrenders/
to “What is”, then one gives up/
what could and should be.
Ending Rituals: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
They spoke how they were:/
Finishing their rituals./
Should one stop good ways?
Reading Others’ Writing: Romantic Blogging Haiku
She’ll read others’ words./
Poems, prose, verse written before./
Her’s are not enough.
I Have What I Need: Revolutionary IMprov Blogging Haiku
I do not need man’s/
nor God’s praise or approval./
HIS love is enough.
Wer Suchet, Der Findet: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
If you look for good/
or bad reasons to stay or/
leave, they will appear.
Wer Suchet, Der Findet — He who searches, finds. (German quote of Jesus in the Bible)