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Haiku XVII

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There’s a game today?
Something between commercials?
Cool! Maybe I’ll watch

Madonna’s on too?
Figures — her wardrobe has been
One big malfunction

“Bridgestone Halftime Show”
Shouldn’t be surprised that it
Seems like a retread

Had one good movie
“Desperately Seeking Talent”
Or something like that

Seriously, she
Likes exposure, so halftime
Ought to be flashy

And what’s the match-up?
New York and New England? Jeez,
What’s new about that?

But everyone else
Will tune in, so pass the chips,
Roman numerals

Yeah, Eli’s coming
To battle Brady bunch — let’s
Watch till “Downton” starts

“Can’t freeze this” haiku:

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Feb. 1 birthdays: Don Everly (1937), Rick James (1948), Mike Campbell (1954), Exene Cervenka (1956), Lisa Marie Presley (1968)

Don Everly, half
Of a national treasure
Vocal dream, come true
http://youtu.be/i90r6OX3RYo
Hammer stole his riff
But James freakin’ outfunked all
MC? Can’t touch Rick

Rick Campbell breaks hearts
With killer writing, guitars
Tom Petty’s main man

LA punk power
“Desperate, get used to it”
Exene marked the spot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzkNdOY03Q4
Only Elvis child
Soft heart for good causes, used
Fame to help others

February 1st
A hot start for this cold month
Music to warm us

“Continental (and sub-continental) drifters” haiku

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Jan. 26, 1788 — First prisoner colony, New South Wales
Jan. 26, 1950 — Republic of India established

It’s Australia Day
Let’s raise a toast to the land
Of second chances

And in India
Democracy for millions
Born of Gandhi’s blood

“Mightier than sword” haiku

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Dot i’s, cross t’s, it’s
National Handwriting Day
Be neat about it

John Hancock’s birthday:
Practice autograph, you might
Be famous someday

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It’s Chinese New Year,
Slow Monday — just hope I’m not
Dragon till next year

“Bushy appendage” haiku

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It’s 1-21
“Squirrel Appreciation Day”
Rocky would love it

The squirrel family’s huge
Three hundred sixty-five kinds
One species per day

Except it’s Leap Year
So I might jump in and join
The parade of squirrels

Tree squirrels and ground squirrels
Chipmunks, woodchucks, flying squirrels
And cute prairie dogs

Pygmies (3 inches)
To Marmots (2 point 5 feet)
Long and short of it

Excellent vision
(Where did you get those big eyes?)
Sharp teeth, sturdy claws

A nuisance, granted
(They empty our birdfeeder)
But much fun to watch

And Letterman says,
“It’s so hot I saw a squirrel
“Out fanning his nuts”

Etymon of “squirrel”
Includes Latin sciurus,
Norwegian ekorn

(Those sound like “scurry”
And “acorn” — you must admit
That’s kinda squirrelly)

And Greek skiouros
Means “shadow-tailed” — poetic
For rats that jump, fly

So put out some food
For your favorite squirrel today
I’ll be right over

Frozen butt haiku

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Guy smoking outside
Weather like this you think he’d
At least quit menthols

More than 2,000 verses like this available for your reading pleasure. That’s at least 34,000 syllables.

Leapin’ haiku

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This year our days are numbered
Let’s make each one count

(Click on image to see Woody Guthrie’s resolutions for 1942.)

Page-turning haiku

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Twenty eleven
Turn the page, with one last look
Over my shoulder

Blizzards buried us
More than once, driveway projects
Made shovel ready

Japan’s sakura
Wept nuclear tears after
Quakes and tsunami

Drought ravaged Texas
Floods swept Brazil while “leaders”
Denied climate change

Liz Taylor, Steve Jobs
Amy Winehouse, Peter Falk
Among those who died

Special Forces sent
Osama bin Laden on
To his great reward

Hitchens, Havel left
Had the decency to take
Kim Jong-il with them

Plenty of births, too
Planet passed 7 billion
Yearning to be free

That yearning filled streets
Egypt, Libya, Syria
Southern Sudan vote

9-11 had
Its 10th anniversary
Our troops left Iraq

Tea Party revolt
Upset balance perversely
Protecting the rich

Occupy Wall Street
Righted debate, spotlighted
Fairness and excess

President pushed back
In a Kansas town, found voice,
Fought for the workers

And billions woke up
Every day — worked, laughed, cried, loved
Kept the world turning

Mysteries will unfold
Let us greet them without fear
Twenty twelve awaits