Democracy

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

Freedom for Egypt?!

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

Cars

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

Henry VIII

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

Blue blazer

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

Snow

Shoveling only three
Syllables in shoveling
Darn darn oh heck darn

Monday after Sunday

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

Sunday Sunday

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

Hockey

Too sad hockey games
Tomorrow another day
Two more hockey games

Twice a year

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

Monday no, it's Wednesday

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

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

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

Who I am

Christopher Blackman
Christopher Laurence Blackman
Christopher Blackman

Sick

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

Ahh winter

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

pushing it

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

Snopes.com

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

Our government

House Republicans
read our Constitution on
this historic day

Snow days

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

Day 5

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

Distraction

26 inches
A Very large monitor
Wow it looks so great

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

Winter Solstice

Moon struggles with sun.
Darkness abates from the sky
The sun shines again.

2010 so far

a new year and still
haikus have only drifted
slow like rare snowflakes.

News

Announcing baby
Williams, not Stoll. Shall be called
Vivienne. A girl!

smooth jazz

light saxophones tweet
over soft "sexy" vocals :
I'm in music hell

spilling the beans

Lacking the ring, it's
not official, but Mom has
a surprise in store!

Reader, I said I'd
marry him! Diamonds aren't required:
sparkling eyes suffice.

this is all a dream, however

in reality
clouds jealously watch as we
roll back into bed

(post courtesy RK)

Barrel of Monkeys

Must pass on haiku
Friend from college is actress
Chicago band of jesters:

why the stairs left me breathless

he smiles and carries
all the bags upstairs with grace
simple act floods heart

yo, where is everybody

it's spring, trees blossom
new leaves emerge, nobody
writes - much too busy!

Saturday, Another View

rainy rainy day
our creek runneth over but
our basement is dry

Guest Haiku: Heather B. of Top Shelf

Original post
on Top Shelf Feb 29th
Sabres Haiku - yay!

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The Sabres are dumb
Montreal’s powerplay, great
Stop taking stupid penalties you stupid morons

(My rhythm is off a little on that last line. I had to warm-up, okay?)

I hate Kotalik
He really pisses me off
Please trade him right now

Max is really fast
That’s all he’s really good for
Please trade him right now

Harry Neale is old
I think he’s going senile
Please trade him right now

Henrik Tallinder
At least he’s still real pretty
Unlike tonight’s game

Winning is big fun
But we’re better at losing
God hates Buffalo

Harry Neale is old
He thinks we should score goals
No shit, you old man

One more goal for Habs
Crunchy’s five hole was gaping
This game really blows

This game really blows
Haikus are a lot more fun
Like them more than hockey

Carey Price in goal
Looks really good there tonight
Sabres won't shoot the puck

This is not much fun
When does football season start
Bills can’t be much worse

Second goal for us
Price looked like a rookie there
Too little, too late

Sabres playing hard
Games are sixty minutes long
They just don’t get it

Habs are really good
I think they’ll win the conference
I hate them for it

Two-on-one again
Henrik breaks up the passing
Ryan muffs rebound

Game is really bad
Mark turned off television
Can't really blame him

Buffalo Sabres
are never winning again.
Wish I could quit them

From Ross to his Family on Valentine's Day

Roses are all red
I like Roses but you more
more than anything

Lindsay

a room full of toys
the one she chose to play with?
her bellybutton

one more night

Diagnosis grim.
pain too much for cat and me.
Tomorrow, she rests.




Little girl cat purrs
raggedly, facing away
already leaving

I stroke her soft ears
she twitches her tail, annoyed.
not time for tears yet!

Santa Writes Haiku

i'm itchy

oh my gosh i itch.
and itch and itch my dry skin!!!
winter must be here...

parking lot nature film

crouching by windshield
hawk tears raw flesh ignoring
car's rightful owner.

High Security Building

STOP. Show ID. Smile.
Now you are on record here;
you may go upstairs

lunch presentation
stranger walks in; does not eat
a stranger walks in?

how did she get here?
nobody knows who she is
sits biting her nails

shy to confront her
she might be from M-E-P
hoping for free lunch

progress

leg still unsteady
physical therapy helps
drove my car today!

Blasting Walnuts

black walnuts falling
squirrels take aim at car windshield
direct hit cracks glass

falling black walnuts
scare buyers off; garage sale
makes only six bucks

good friends come over
commiserate with our plight
help eat the walnuts

right now

iphone in my hand

Glorious Silence

I slid out of bed
ages ago, drove through the
dark muck to my work

Dark offices greet
I sit at my quiet desk
No boss yet, haiku!

Soon the drones file
in like disgruntled ants at
some crappy picnic

Apology

Ack! I'm so sorry.
Work, toddler, baby on way
silenced my haiku

None a good excuse
though true I must do better
my promise to you

where did you all go?

where did you all go?
no one blogs here anymore.
come back and blog please! :)

new obssession

the cat doesn't know
we're laughing out loud. But pics
don't need to hear us.

tired and happy heap of sleep

hotel room: three
boys, one girl all love music
booze and cigarettes

Yippee! Tomorrow
Is No Nutrition Thursday!
Feast away, my friends!

19

DWI
a wiry idea
Ohio icy

How To Stay Awake

how to stay awake
on long late night drives without
caffeine, write a haiku

Poor Wife

She slid on the ice
a purple cast to her leg
a shame she can't hike

political

Bumper Sticker says
Pray for Peace, so I ask you
Did you vote for Bush?

Test

I drive Iowa
to Iona in my home
state of Ohio

WTHS Appetizer

airport airport bus
taxi; Hockey Hall of Fame!
massage in hotel

EPIC meal...missed Ging
wine sushi lamb creme brulée
friends arriving soon!

spam love

please to remember
spam-ku are how I got started
counting syllables

and now some guy eats
spam for thirty days on end.
lovely salty pork!

you have dandruff

gentle snow falling
on wood and green formica
of the reference desk.

An ode

Pottery Barn, you

are the anti-kitchen so

no more purchases

Please my darling wife

the Pottery Barn is bad

good things are bought there

although they are nice

they eat up kitchen money

here we go again

hmm

this did not work the
way that blogspot intended
i will try again

a wish for wings that

an ocean away

is a simple thing with which

to blog from afar

a test to this blog

a test to this blog
here now we see if nature
can redirect a blog

I write to priase haikus / It's not that they are easy / But that I am hard

Some friends discussed poems
Alliteration? Couplet?
English Lit was tough!

I struggled with words
Sounded like a dork on drugs
Why was it so hard?

I like my haikus
Poorly penned, nonsensical
Can I have some pie?

Old Library Guys

sandalwood and soap
leathery hands massaging
newspapers and books

She Shoots! She...

hockey tournament
fun-fun-fun-fun-fun! ...until
broken tibia

Jersey summer

Jersey summer heat
sticky at 8 AM, it's
the humidity

Seaons

Louisiana!
Its cursed summer is but
heat, heat, and more heat.

We have three seasons:
Summer, summer, and spring.
I want to see snow.

By way of introduction...

Ah! My first haiku
It should be spectacular
and yet it is not

Long Absence rebound

Many months of no
writing the haiku so sad
winter would be nice

boys still skating here
wife skating much too but so
now summer not over

To: Newest Member

Hearty Welcome sir
who writes iphone haiku
wish i had one too

Poor Poor wife muttering

Obey the circles
stay inside them, do not ever
waiver bad bad pen

this is a something
you could do, were you willing
not tonight very sleepy

Poetry Challenge: Found Poetry in the MFA Student Handbook

To be considered
In a manner consistent
(With the exception

Of wishing to take
Longer) will not be given
Ordinarily.

Criticisms from
Persons familiar are
Required. Decisions

Show evidence of
Background denied and thus, be
Reconsidered

On the quality
Of original judgment—
Evidence ready.

Skills compatible—
Compatible with ideals
Evidence ready.

When obvious, a
Particular guarantee
May defer, may be

Penalty. Make such
A request prior to growth
Without penalty

Make request, make such
Request primary concern
Is necessary.

But circumstances—
We may grant circumstances.
Unusual, though.

Understand we may
Grant substantial penalty—
Understand these are

Necessary, but not
Sufficient of themselves and
Approval is rare.

Only if there is room.

Weekend

High school days never
seem to end nature is nice
twenty years go by

Poetry Challenge

Poetry challenge
At Vermont residency
Found words in handbook

I took the challenge
Many stanzas in haiku
thanks for the practice

I will post poems
when life is less chaotic
until then--ta-ta!

Hopefully, I'll Live Through It

Laura Stamm clinic
ten hours' badly burning thighs
torture every year

repeat kids in class
(I got older; they didn't)
stared at me in awe

possibly they thought
I would not survive the year?
ghost or not, I skate

New blog haiku

Calling mamas who
have the right stuff, and can say
there are some moments

Of mama-hood that
just really suck. Make us ponder
tubal ligation

If this hasn't scared
you yet, e-mail me for an
invite tout suite, ok?

Just call out your blog,
your e-mail address, subject
Worst. Mama. Ever.

a present

last execution
august, 1941
scots guard fire squad

pixie didn't know
death in the tower was done
she sentenced a mouse

ripped from the headlines

totally cheating
to use another haiku
don't care. want iPhone.

http://breckinshire.blogspot.com/2007/06/stop-haiku-time.html

Anger

Haiku therapy

for anger unrelenting

Anger takes over

Take away feeling

And all that is left is stone

where once was a heart

hi there!

new to haiku-ing
i know that is not a word
excited to post

just finished finals
let's see what the summer brings
before senior year

hope i entertain
look out for funny stories:
a slice of the past

Incoming!

heads up everyone
new poet writing Haiku!
smart, young, sharp-witted

fresh blood to revive
our waning poetic drive
she will heal us all!

ok, not really
by way of introduction
i went overboard

just a little bit
not too much; see for yourself
she will join us soon

spare time

an hour to spare
already had manicure
what to do with time?

find stoop on 15th
pirate internet uplink
write haiku for blog

secret

secret's hard to keep
when you're a blabbermouth and
like to share good news

got to tell someone
but can't broadcast on blog yet
please keep my secret

unexpected yet
supremely desired there
were two pink lines - shhhhh!

Lindsay speaks

Little bitty girl
with so many words to say
bubble, bye-bye, boo.

5 am

Fight to wake vanquished.
rise naturally, dress, greet sun
power-walk alone.

I disgust myself
with new good health. Self-righteous
but not for long. Ah, french fries!

haiku to wear

shameless commerce here?
why not - it's a pretty cool
t-shirt. I'll buy one.

I've just been busy

Is it really wrong
To enjoy that time of day
during school and nap

A chance to put up
loads of dishes, laundry, sweep
Some flurried housework

Other days it's feet
up on the couch with a book
or "stories" catch up.

Company was so much fun :)

Company was GREAT!!!!!
Wish they could have stayed longer.
Now I have to work :(

A Sabres Playoffs

Trip is imminent
Sabres in round 3 again
youngest son queries:

"Dad is there..." "Yes, Lars.."
"..TV in Arizona?"
Yes there is TV.

Last Sunday

Lake Placid complex
holy grail of hockey rinks
Wings took second place!

invasion of the centipedes

many legs move fast
struggling against bathtub wall
drowned in a trice

bad smoothie

all i can say is
if you don't like being ill
check expiration.

mirage

last post a mirage
aberration (not haiku)
technorati link

thought it would be quick
post recognition; delete
but it took three days

now, our poem blog
needs some serious linkage
we are lowest geeks

test

Technorati Profile

Rain, rain, everywhere
The downpour is reversing
Water comes up now.

No sign of stopping
Power flickers on and off
Dark clouds screen the sky.

Will we float away?
Flood insurance not paid here
Just in Michigan

Leaves me wondering
if it had been wiser to
Buy a boat, not house.

Long Overdue

good things on wednesday:
latte, sunny, trains on time
late wake-up thursday

lovely sangria
waiting in 'fridge since sunday
fruit chunks make me sneeze

now what?

big talk is over
voices heard, air cleared, all done.
now, nothing to say.

friend is still a friend
but ghosts of what was crowd in
no room for new start