Archive for the 'haiku' Category

Haiku of the Day - Nov 9, 08

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

If you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask.

Good gift-giving dad
A steamroller of goodness
There’s no stopping him

Haiku of the Day - Oct 27, 08

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Hope

i lost my nosering
it could be anywhere but
it’s within my grasp

a glint off a gem
that thing i’ve been longing for
it’s within my reach

me

Haiku of the Day - Oct 19, 08

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

first one in a long time…

Sunday Day of Rest Haiku

rice pudding and tea -
dreams of uninterrupted
nothing is hard work

work at nothing-ing -
let us make every effort
to enter that rest [Heb. 4:11]

rest on this Sunday -
stare out the window and eat
rice pudding and tea

Haiku of the Day - Feb 17, 08

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Trees

(shall I) kill a tree?
are you kidding me?
may it never be!

Bonus: Phoneme Poem

acute observation:
phone me the phonemes
you have identified
as contrastive
in identifical contrivements
how ENVIROTRASTIVE!

haiku02.17.08

(see illustration)

Haiku of the Day - Feb 11, 08

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Rhyming Haiku Comprised of Exceptional Loanwords Which (Abnormally) Contain a Sibilant Following a Long Vowel

skim a microfiche
while you smoke some fine hashish
won’t you have some quiche?

Haiku of the Day - Jan 26, 08

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

The Day of Bat Zion Prophesies & Dancing, Ruthie’s Curry, and the Foursome Homework Session

i rise triumphant?
who knows what the Spirit does?
khub shaad hobeto

Haiku of the Day - Jan 25, 08

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The Day that Classes Should Have Been Delayed Because of Ice But Weren’t, Again for the 10,000th Time I Looked For a Job, Talked to Lynn Landweer and Ate Great-Granny’s Hot Chocolate Pudding

music is candy
the prophesied exhaustion
amazing party

Haiku of the Day - Jan 24, 08

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The Day I had 4 Class Sessions Instead of 2, Unseth’s Bible Study, Enlightenment About Sign Language by Man Di and the First Day I Didn’t Finish My Homework

minimal pairs rock
especially with non-manuals
hope for ice at 1:00

Haiku of the Day - Jan 23, 08

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

The Day I Talked to A Wycliffe Recruiter, Read Ruthie her Homework, and It Was Cold

nothing out-standing
except that same old same is
better than it was

Haiku of the Day - Jan 22, 08

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

The Day of Pangasinan in the Computer Lab, Bengali in Grammar Class and Heath Ledger’s Death

cold jog is warm heart
i need more sufjan and to
quit you as usual