Thursday, February 10, 2011

20 years

Today a chapter
closes; a door also but not
locked. Farewell to sleep

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Democracy

Democracy works
When all do participate
When not, not so much

Friday, February 4, 2011

Freedom for Egypt?!

In Cairo Egypt
The people have risen up
For freedom and votes

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Cars

Ahh snow covered roads
No garbage pickup in days
Now my tire is flat

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Henry VIII

Ways to end marriage
Annulment, behead, divorce?
Poor Elizabeth

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Blue blazer

I learned today how to
Set whiskey on fire so blue
Blue fire hot drink yum

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Snow

Shoveling only three
Syllables in shoveling
Darn darn oh heck darn

Monday, January 24, 2011

Monday after Sunday

One red oil light on
One smoking engine gone bad
A new car for us?

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sunday Sunday

Two hockey game wins
really smoking smokey car
Towed to repair shop

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Hockey

Too sad hockey games
Tomorrow another day
Two more hockey games

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Twice a year

Twice a year we go
To visit a wonderful
Dentist, to fight plaque

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Monday no, it's Wednesday

At eight twenty-four
the bus arrived. 30 minutes late
oh joy, oh rapture

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

iTunes

Oh my thirty-five
Pages of terms and conditions
What a long reading

Come on

Single parent week
Words I didn't want to read
Another snow day

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Heming way?

Ernest Hemingway
Never wrote haiku, why you ask
His name is too long

Silly

I c y u got
DWI in NYC
U drink 2, 2 much

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Who I am

Christopher Blackman
Christopher Laurence Blackman
Christopher Blackman

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Sick

Chilling waves run over
All of My goose pimpled flesh
I hate being sick

Monday, January 10, 2011

Ahh winter

My wife: cough cough hack
That is all I heard last night
Now I: cough cough hack

Saturday, January 8, 2011

pushing it

5 a m hockey
late night party with friends
all good very tired now

Friday, January 7, 2011

Snopes.com

O snopes.com how
I love thee, let me count the
Ruinous rumors

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Our government

House Republicans
read our Constitution on
this historic day

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Snow days

50 thousand tons
7 days NYC garbage
Really makes you think?!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Day 5

On haiku per day
Three hundred sixty-five days
Can you do the math?

Monday, January 3, 2011

Distraction

26 inches
A Very large monitor
Wow it looks so great

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Bad start

6 minutes too late
For a resolution to
be well kept this year

New years resolve

One one eleven
One a day a new haiku
So I do resolve