Archive for the ‘Relationship Haiku’ Category

A Limerick Ode To Dice

Saturday, December 4th, 2021

“Our son has a terrible vice;
He’s a gambler and not very nice.
When we tell him to stop,
He says, ‘Mother and Pop,
All my cards on the table: No dice!'”

(December 4 is “National Dice Day.”)

Accidental Haiku

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

It makes me fidget,
but I book myself to write
accidental verse.

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Accidental glance,
de-liberating romance—
just the dance of chance.

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Shocking incident:
things accidentally went
exactly as planned.

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Ms. Bristol Palin’s
book contract and dancing gig—
accident of birth.

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Booked reservation
at restaurant, but canceled—
had reservations.

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If you dare mention
certain odd affinities,
brace for fidgeting.

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Out on a Limb Haiku Quintet

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Though I’m never safe,
his arms always comfort me,
and that must suffice.

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Ballroom dancing class—
learning creative ways to
defeat the rumba.

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Morning legs dangle
off the bed, as antique joints
brace for their touch down.

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Feeling elated—
great, yet dampened by knowing
what’s soon to follow.

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Poised atop mirage
of a career, gazing down
at life left behind.

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(I wrote the 1st haiku for We Write Poems’ safe prompt; the 4th haiku for Sensational Haiku Wednesday’s elation prompt; and the 5th haiku for One Single Impression’s top prompt and Haiku Heights’ mirage prompt.)