I am the hydra/
Try to cleave my head and arms/
I will grow two more
Category: Writing
Write-Off Haiku 84
Feed your Instagram/
Willful, owned surveillance; Big/
Brother, where art thou?
Write-Off Haiku 83
New! Jurassic World!/
Yawn, I’ve already seen it/
Birds are everywhere
Write-Off Haiku 82
Stressed, I learn to “write”/
By code, wrench, spatula, pen/
Energy transfer
Write-Off Haiku 81
Scarab rolls the sun/
A ball of new beginnings/
You should plug your nose
Write-Off Haiku 80
“Don’t show you love her”/
“Act like you don’t care at all”/
I’m a bad actor
Write-Off Haiku 79
Watch Let’s Make A Deal/
“That’ll be three fifty-six”/
What is the real cost?
Update on the Write-Off Haiku
I’m still going to get to 100 haiku.
If you aren’t connected with me in any other way besides this blog, it might seem strange that I was posting so many haiku. I was doing this in support of 826michigan‘s participation in the fall 2013 fundraiser The Great Write-Off. I pledged to write 100 haiku in 5 days, and I asked those I knew to sponsor me and donate cash to support 826michigan’s free tutoring and writing services. We raised a nice amount of money. I still didn’t write all the haiku I said that I would.
Between now and April 25, two weeks from now, I expect to write the remaining 22 haiku. My hope is that they aren’t forced, but are pretty good ones. I’m happy with the existing 78. They aren’t my best ever, but here what counts is quantity not quality.
This signature is not a haiku so doesn’t count,
Art
Write-Off Haiku 78
“Cookies for breakfast”/
Cute as cereal slogan/
Poor as diet choice
Write-Off Haiku 77
Cassettes are now cool/
VHS to make comeback?/
Netflix ships a tape?
