Haiku Every Day

What, the end of the quarter already?

2009-05-20T22:09:00.000-07:00

E159
Got lots of schoolwork.
Maybe you already know.
Back on June fifteenth.

Waterfowl removal fail

2009-05-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

E158
Crocodile head
Floats in the campus fountain.
Ducks know it's plastic.

Transferred plants outside today

2009-05-11T23:38:00.000-07:00

E157
Here's the sun for you,
Grow, my little pea vines, grow!
I want to eat you!

amoing the cherry trees in spring

2009-05-10T11:32:00.000-07:00

E156
A falling blossom
Spread its wings and flew away--
A sparrow flower

Biking in the spring

2009-05-09T23:31:00.000-07:00

E155
The streets are filled
With bright chunks of broken glass
And flower petals

Diamonds are forever?

2009-05-06T22:03:00.001-07:00

E154
You might think twice now
About where your things come from,
And the hidden costs.

Kids say the darndest things

2009-05-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

E153
Children can still laugh
And let's thank goodness for that.
They make us laugh, too.

Goodbye

2009-05-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

E152
You are lost to us,
Leaving us feeling lost, too.
"Loss" has new meaning.

Weekend ritual

2009-05-02T10:13:00.000-07:00

E151
Flour and water
To feed my sourdough pot
And get some fresh bread.

How did I end up with so many books out?

2009-05-01T15:20:00.001-07:00

E150
Writing a thesis
Means I need the library
Mostly on my desk

Seriously, everywhere.

2009-04-30T13:07:00.000-07:00

E149
Writing these haikus
Makes me see sevens and fives
In many phrases

I can wrap my head around this

2009-04-29T15:53:00.000-07:00

E148
Episodic slip
And non-volcanic tremors.
It will make sense soon.

Dude, you are ruining my afternoon!

2009-04-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

E147
Nothing like snoring
In a nearby study cub
To wreck your own nap.

Murphy's Law of Honey Viscosity

2009-04-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

E146
Sticky in the jar,
But so runny on toast,
When it matters most.

Some people are frickin crazy

2009-04-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

E145
One way to catch fish:
Go in a helicopter,
Jump in and grab 'em.

Can't remember it now

2009-04-25T16:35:00.000-07:00

E144
I had a haiku
Perfectly formed in my head
As I fell asleep.

He was awesome

2009-04-24T13:23:00.000-07:00

E143
I gave five dollars
To a singer on the street,
With a rich, warm voice.

A miracle of horticulture

2009-04-23T16:30:00.000-07:00

E142
There's a grafted tree
Right outside my apartment.
Half pink blooms; half white.

Whoops!

2009-04-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

E141
A whole week's gone by.
My excuse is laziness,
Or maybe grad school.

She must be mostly lung on the inside.

2009-04-15T21:26:00.000-07:00

E140
My cat is so loud
I have to write about her,
The annoying brat.

Went to physical therapy yesterday

2009-04-15T21:23:00.000-07:00

E139
I need to rebuild
'Cause my pelvis is crooked
And my core is weak.

Birds don't look where they go

2009-04-13T22:02:00.000-07:00

E138
Leaving school I found
A bird pooed on my bike seat.
Good thing I looked first!

Dinner party! Hooray!

2009-04-12T23:31:00.000-07:00

E137
These friends met those friends--
And they all liked my cooking--
So I am happy.

Not that I have any idea what a Sakura is

2009-04-11T21:56:00.000-07:00

E136
It's Sakura Con.
Broadway Halloween is bland,
Comparatively.

Even more favorite exotic foods

2009-04-10T23:55:00.000-07:00

E136
Tom kah soup
Is also very tasty--
Full of spiciness!

Some more of my favorite exotic foods

2009-04-09T19:32:00.000-07:00

E135
Pho - it rhymes with duh.
When you're sick or poor or sad
It's hot and filling

Some of my favorite exotic foods

2009-04-08T22:31:00.000-07:00

E134
Ethiopian
You eat it with your fingers,
And it is awesome.

Location, location, location

2009-04-07T23:14:00.000-07:00

E133
I went canoeing,
And got to see the big bridge
From a brand new view.

Sun in Seattle!

2009-04-06T19:58:00.000-07:00

E132
A good warm spring day,
And everyone is outside
To soak up the sun.

Started a wee garden

2009-04-05T16:47:00.000-07:00

E131
Tomatoes and peas,
Tiny arugula seeds--
I hope you will sprout!

Are 2 Dee 2?

2009-04-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

E130
License plate: ARE 2
Someone argumentative,
Or was there ARE 1?

Well, that was a miserable commute

2009-04-03T22:12:00.000-07:00

E129
If I were smarter
I would carry my rain pants
Wherever I go.

Reading: done!

2009-04-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

E128
I'm not behind yet,
But classes are just starting,
I've gots lots of time.

To be continued...

2009-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

F11
What do the boys say?
I'm back to normal for now;
We'll find out in June.

Haiku Fairy Tale (10/?)

2009-03-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

F10
The princess looks out,
Sees the princes below her,
And addresses them:

"What is the world like?
What things have you seen, out there?
Where do you come from?"

Haiku Fairy Tale (9/?)

2009-03-28T12:27:00.000-07:00

F9
Four princes waiting
At the foot of the tower,
Staring hopefully.

Two parents sighing,
Knowing it's impossible
To protect your child.

Haiku Fairy Tale (8/?)

2009-03-26T10:55:00.000-07:00

F8
The birds sing to her,
Songs about far away lands,
About all they see.

About lawns and trees,
And fields full of heavy grain,
And laughing people.

Haiku Fairy Tale (7/?)

2009-03-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

F7
They love their daughter,
And want to protect their child,
As most parents do.

She can't stand the love.
She wants to see the world,
As most children do.

Haiku Fairy Tale (6/?)

2009-03-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

F6
What of the parents?
Are they really so cruel,
Locking her away?

They have seen the world,
Warm and famine, love and hate,
Grinding people down.

Haiku Fairy Tale (5/?)

2009-03-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

F5
One, two, three, four princes
Followed birds back to the source--
Sad, singing beauty.

One from the north side,
One each from south, east and west,
Seek a mourning dove.

Haiku Fairy Tale (4/?)

2009-03-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

F4
The birds fly away
Carrying her songs with them
To other kingdoms.

Do princes listen
When birds sing of princesses?
Well, of course they do.

Haiku Fairy Tale (3/?)

2009-03-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

F3
She sang to birds
And birds came to sing to her,
From around the world.

Brightly colored birds
Flock all around the tower
To hear her sad songs.

Haiku Fairy Tale (2/?)

2009-03-14T10:54:00.000-07:00

F2
Just for safekeeping,
They put her in a tower
Out of public view.

It was lonely there,
And so she sang to herself,
Up in her tower.

Haiku Fairy Tale (1/?)

2009-03-12T10:50:00.000-07:00

F1
Once upon a time,
In the thirty-third kingdom,
Lived a king and queen.

They had a daughter.
She was beautiful, of course,
Long hair, shining eyes.

Grad school will eat my brain, so...

2009-03-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

E127
Where are the haikus?
We'll do something different
For finals and break.

Here's a fairy tale,
In the form of paired haikus
Every other day.

Ridiculously proud of myself

2009-03-05T16:03:00.000-08:00

E126
Today I brought home
Two dozen unbroken eggs,
Strapped to my bike rack.

The other girl? Totally fine!

2009-03-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

E125
Took a kung fu fall
Onto someone's toe last night.
No bruise, but it hurts!

This should happen more often (II)

2009-03-03T22:56:00.000-08:00

E124
Today's chance of rain
Evaporated away
Into the blue sky.

DST is coming!

2009-03-02T23:18:00.000-08:00

E123
Try to sleep early,
And try to wake up early.
It will never work.

INTJ

2009-03-01T23:11:00.000-08:00

E122
The Meyers-Briggs test
Will reveal your character.
Or so they tell me.

Spoiled

2009-02-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

E121
Grandkids and nephews
Are treated differently,
Although the same kid.

Mmm.. vanilla goodness!

2009-02-27T14:19:00.001-08:00

E120
Still loving my shirt,
My ice cream cone smelling shirt.
Afraid to wash it!

Another white morning

2009-02-26T23:14:00.000-08:00

119
I'm not an expert,
But it seems to be snowing
Far too often here.

May I be excused now?

2009-02-25T20:11:00.000-08:00

E118
Meh. Schoolwork-schmoolwork.
Is the quarter over yet?
I'm done studying!

I bet you're jealous

2009-02-24T07:50:00.000-08:00

E117
Bought a new tshirt.
It smells sweet like ice cream cones.
It's my favorite.

At twilight

2009-02-23T18:16:00.000-08:00

E116
Orange city clouds
Make the clearish patches
A more brilliant blue.

Internal vs. external problems of ocean policy

2009-02-22T23:54:00.000-08:00

E115
Papers take too long.
But, because it's hard, or 'cause
Of the internet?

Javanese Shadow Puppetry

2009-02-21T15:27:00.000-08:00

E114
Heroes and orges,
And social commentary
Most skillfully done.

Seattle's savory soul food

2009-02-20T17:38:00.000-08:00

E113
Pho, how I love you!
Was ever a soup so good?
Definitely not!

Because "boycott X" scrawled on the sidewalk will create world peace!

2009-02-19T14:39:00.000-08:00

E112
Campus politics:
Today, pro-Israel chalk.
Yesterday, Hamas.

The perils of being pale

2009-02-18T20:35:00.000-08:00

E111
Now that it's sunny,
And the days are getting long--
Time to wear sunscreen!

Everything else is so easy...

2009-02-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

E110
Why do I always,
Always burn the freaking rice?
I should know better.

All the best places give out dog treats

2009-02-16T10:47:00.000-08:00

E109
It's a good morning
To read in a coffee shop
And pet people's dogs

Where does the time go?

2009-02-15T14:47:00.000-08:00

E108
How easy it is
For a holiday weekend
To be half over!

A walk in the park

2009-02-14T17:49:00.000-08:00

E107
Bright sky, bright water.
Symphonic birds in the trees,
Above happy dogs.

The price of cooking

2009-02-13T15:03:00.000-08:00

E106
More dirty dishes
I wash them, and they come back,
Every single day.

Just Russian, today

2009-02-12T17:13:00.000-08:00

R4
Новые слова
Сегодня научила:
енто и енот.

Counsel, what were you thinking?

2009-02-11T07:45:00.000-08:00

E105
Legal opinions
Are sometimes entertaining--
Judges get snarky.

Peculiarities of Eastern Europe

2009-02-10T11:44:00.000-08:00

E104
The Hungarians
Don't quite use names like we do --
They list last names first.

Too viscous to soak up, too runny to grab

2009-02-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

E103
You don't know slimy
Until you've spilled eight egg whites
On your kitchen floor.

After the midnight movie

2009-02-08T02:24:00.000-08:00

E102
Sights seen walking home:
Queen with stilettos and beard.
Cat on man's shoulder.

At seven a.m.

2009-02-07T07:21:00.000-08:00

E101
I wake up early
On a Saturday morning,
But never Monday.

Time for self-reflection

2009-02-06T23:10:00.000-08:00

E100
One hundred haikus!
To sum the unsummable,
Here's a wordle

As I laboriously pedal uphill

2009-02-05T12:47:00.000-08:00

E99
Old man, little dog
Watching with their ears perked up,
And curious eyes.

Tomorrow, a cake

2009-02-04T21:14:00.000-08:00

E98
Cooking adventure:
I have made my own fondant.
It's sugar play-doh!

Mmm... beer battered halibut!

2009-02-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

E97
We bought a new wok,
Seasoned it with smoking oil,
And can now deep-fry.

Why yes, I have been puzzled

2009-02-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

E96
What's a puzzle ring?
A wondrous, frustrating thing.
That's a puzzle ring!

An ordered system
One slip away from chaos,
In your clumsy hand.

I'd be puzzled still
But, at least the internet
Gives this secret, too.

Who needs air freshener?

2009-02-01T09:29:00.000-08:00

E95
Warm, yeasty bread dough,
Percolating through the house--
Best smell in the world.

Happy New (Niu!) Year!

2009-01-31T16:20:00.000-08:00

E94
Red firecrackers,
Loud drums and dragons dancing
Down in Chinatown.

Spring, please hurry!

2009-01-30T17:28:00.000-08:00

E93
Nest in a bare tree.
No leaves and nowhere to hide
From the cold, grey world.

College Inn Pub

2009-01-29T22:18:00.000-08:00

E92
Bathroom graffiti--
"The LSAT ruined my life."
...that and all the beer?

Seen on the street

2009-01-28T22:53:00.000-08:00

E91
"Our Family Bible"
Lying in the back window
Of an old Plymouth.

Port of Seattle

2009-01-27T20:06:00.000-08:00

E90
We got Panamax,
Container ships and big cranes.
But Singapore's big.

Accidents happen!

2009-01-26T08:48:00.000-08:00

E89
Email from my mom:
I set the cat on fire,
But he's okay now.

Omigod, it's the King(s)!

2009-01-25T16:43:00.000-08:00

E88
I have seen Elvis.
Actually, seen "Elvii".
It was mind-blowing.

Worth getting up early on Saturday

2009-01-24T07:20:00.000-08:00

E87
Off to the mountain,
The great, big, snowy mountain,
To go snowshoeing.

The sweetest thing

2009-01-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

E86
National Pie Day!
Making cupcakes anyway,
'Cause I want frosting!

Step on a; break your...

2009-01-23T14:19:00.000-08:00

E85
I do not have kids,
So shouldn't I be immune
To back-breaking pain?

Hooray for bike transported goods!

2009-01-21T23:35:00.000-08:00

E84
Adding a pannier
Is two syllables, I think,
And more groceries.

Here's hoping for follow-through...

2009-01-20T07:26:00.000-08:00

E83
Anticipation,
With so many hopes and dreams
Pinned on just one man.

A new favorite food combo

2009-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

E82
Avocados! Yum!
Especially when on toast,
With mozzarella.

Green (Tea) Peace

2009-01-18T20:11:00.000-08:00

E81
A hot cup of tea
Is good to warm up your hands
And your state of mind

And they can wear each other out!

2009-01-17T16:59:00.000-08:00

E80
It really is true--
A boy, a dog, and a ball
Makes lots of smiles.

Hey, I'm semi-employed!

2009-01-16T14:35:00.000-08:00

E79
Funniest title--
Slavic Quick Cataloguer--
I have ever had.

Gray-grey skies

2009-01-15T13:41:00.000-08:00

E78
Day of hazy fog.
It reminds me of Beijing.
Not so crowded, though!

I have this old college injury, see...

2009-01-14T10:29:00.000-08:00

E77
I feel old and stiff.
Well, I'm definitely stiff,
But am I old yet?

Ocean and Coastal Law

2009-01-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

E76
The regulation
Of navigable waters
Is rather complex.

Either way, I'm wet again

2009-01-12T23:43:00.000-08:00

E75
Is it rain or fog?
Ambient humidity
Falling slow, like snow.

I ain't goin nowhere

2009-01-11T18:05:00.000-08:00

E74
Oo-ee, ride me high,
Wish I could play the guitar
Like Dylan or Brown.

And the days are lengthening

2009-01-10T22:45:00.000-08:00

E73
Don't worry, my plants,
Now that it's January
The sun is coming