A Few of My Favorite Things - 3

I hope you all will

dig this Chinese swine flu vid

As much as I did.

...

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work correctly! Here is where

your dreams will come true:

~E[dot]S~

A warm, cloudy day-

a cool breeze, and a fifty-

fifty chance of rain.

~J~

"I can clearly not

choose the wine in front of you..."

I STILL use that line!

~J~

Discovering cash

in laundry pockets; It's like

getting paid for chores.

~J~

A Few of My Favorite Things - 2

At the register,

Finding out that my items

are on sale this week.

~J~

The start of Autumn...

When the world puts its feet up

after a long day.

~J~

Yes, I’m a grown man,

But a swivel-chair spin still

makes me smile inside :o)

~J~

Crying at weddings,

Jew-y singing and dancing,

Frisbee on Sundays.

~E[Dot]S~

WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW each

afternoon at the office;

my fave appointment.

~E[Dot]S~

Dear Recessions: you

are my favorite bar for

so many reasons.

~E[Dot]S~

Among them: sticky

tablecloths, resemblance to

a hotel lobby.

~E[Dot]S~

Also, who can beat

those King Kong beers and french fries?

Or duct-taped couches?

~E[Dot]S~

MCLUHAN RUINED

Experimenting

With new narrative structures

Form over content:

MUFFINS IN OVENS

What's the best part

About twenty five year olds?

(NOT there are twenty)

SOUNDS LIKE A BORING DREAM

And when I woke up

(The answer may surprise you)

My pillow was gone

UNLESS THEY CAN TALK

One muffin says to

The other muffin, "They can

Legally rent cars."

I SAID, "WHAT ABOUT

"BREAKFAST AT TGIF?"

AND SHE SAID, "I THINK...

"Eateries often

"Treat you like a VIP

"At off-peak hours"

~P~

Blurring the edges

between art and frame, or like

this, title and verse

~J~

And did I mention,

That I really love puzzles?

Keeping that in mind...

Might I be so bold

as to suggest adding “Just”

To the third title?

~J~

This is exactly

The kind of clever wordplay

I meant in round one!

~J~

I TOO WEAR THE MASK

I say "sounds"

By using three syllables

Sow-ün-duz. Deutsch style!

~P~

HIDING FRUSTRATION BEHIND

Good job pointing out

To everyone that's cc'd

How my counting sucks

~P~

CAT EMOTICONS >'_'<

It takes skill to be

Blatantly, aggressively

Passive-Aggressive

~P~

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE,

AND YOUR CUTE GIRLS NAMED ALY

SEATED TO YOUR LEFT

Now I'll sit up front

Under the professor's nose

And thus out of sight.

~P~

With Apologies to Emily

Any worth their salt

look beyond syllables to

meaning and intent.

That said, get it right.

the structure gives guidance to

creativity. And it really bothers me when people don't adhere to the format.

~m~

Liberal arts school

didn't teach me McLuhan.

Am completely lost.

~Мир~

Ok, never mind.

I love Wikipedia.

and the following:

A free beer disguised

as assisting a good deed.

Mike, you have my vote.

Wake up at seven.

Realize it's a Saturday.

Return to pillow.

A cup of coffee,

the news (not too bad) online,

pajamas still on.

Feeling productive

while spending twenty minutes

producing haiku

~Мир~

Eating Crunch Berries.

A moment’s bliss causing a day

Of suffering.

~J~

AMONGST MY FAV THINGS

Sometimes I get so

Enamored with the process

I lose sight of the goal

~J~

IS LETTING THE WORLD KNOW

My apologies,

I meant to applaud you for

Raising the word bar

~J~

HOW SMART I SURE IS

My most recent gaffe

In a lifetime of gaffage.

(Diddy/cheesecake poem)

~J~

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM ALBERT'ER

Marshall McLuhan

Wrote "The medium is the

"Message," long ago.

WHOSE GIVEN NAME WAS HERBERT

For example, this

Haiku conveys a meaning

Aside from its text

HE TAUGHT / AT FORDHAM

We expect something

Out of the five-seven-five

That we don't of prose.

(If I were to write in this manner would you know this is a haiku?)

(JESUITS COULD AFFORD'IM)

Composing haiku

Both constrains our content

And opens our minds

NOW GRAD STUDENTS QUOTE HIM VERB'ER'TIM

Mostly, however

I like name-dropping

So grad school's not wasted

~P~

FEEL FREE TO LOOK FOR OTHER ERRORS

I'd like to point out

Last entry's counting mistake

Before any y'all

~P~

IT'S *NOT* COLIN POWELL SLASH

Type this URL:

Dissertation haiku dot

Wordpress dot com. Laugh.

~P~

A Few of My Favorite Things - 1

(I used an old list -

If I dropped someone’s email,

please add their name. Thanks!)

~J~

That nice “click” you get

when something locks into place.

So satisfying...

~J~

When my iTunes, set

to play songs randomly, seems

to tell a story

~J~

A game of Scrabble

with creative opponents,

even if I lose.

~J~

God looked on the Earth

And gave us chicken nachos.

Such a loving God.

~J~

Adding [K.T.] 'cause

new friends are my favorite

(I know they're not things).

~m~

When the train pulls in

as I enter the metro,

like I called a cab.

~m~

Order a cheese slice,

the pie's fresh from the oven.

Serendipity

~m~

The "plop" that proves that

no one opened my honest

tea before I did.

~E[dot]S~

Discounts offered to

those who work at non-profits:

yay, cheap theatre!

~E[dot]S~

I second Michael's

feelings on Metro timing;

John's on (veg) nachos.

~E[dot]S~

wrapped presents that wait

under the tree patiently;

anticipation!

~E[dot]S~

Dancing, park picnics,

music, making out, puppies,

"that's what she said" jokes.

~E[dot]S~

PENTAGON CITY MY HOME SWEET YEAH

Living in L'Enfant

I get the best of both worlds:

Orange AND Green Lines!

~P~

DEATH METAL PARROT

Finding a new meme

Before any of her friends

Is a geek's holy grail

~P~

POOR UPPER PENINSULA

Upon meeting folks

From Michigan, I always

Ask, "Where on the hand?"

~P~

What are you doing right now? - 3

Ready for the Weekend

Staring at the clock
tic, tic, tic...like mouse footsteps
I watch like an owl
~J~

It's already the weekend on the Internet

I'm trying in vain
to find some juicy gossip
on the late John Hughes
~Мир~

Shocked and saddened

John Hughes, how could you
see into my soul yet have
such atrocious hair?
~Мир~

Epilogue

Ill-advised hairdo.
Boring obituary.
The voice of Gen Y.
~Мир~

Office Party

One Friday each month
We celebrate all birthdays.
Diet, I’ll miss you....
~J~

What are you doing right now? - 2

That Apple was Delicious

Sweet bane of Adam,

If eating thee was a sin

I humbly confess.

~J~

I just bit my tongue!

Eating an apple, no less!

It has betrayed me!

~J~

Count yourself lucky!

You weren't* expelled from Eden,

Just got a tongue wound

~K~

* I consider weren't

To be just one syllable

Disagree? Suck it!

~K~

“Weren’t”? Sure, I’m Southern.

Usually* we stretch words out,

But it works both ways :o)

~J~

What are you doing right now? - 1

Just like on Facebook -

“What are you doing right now?”

Or “What’s on your mind?”

~J~

Sitting at my desk,

Counting out syllables

Avoiding my job

~J~

It’s my wife’s birthday :o)

I couldn’t get the day off :o(

I’ll be home soon, Love.

~J~

When company A

merges with Company B,

Where does that leave U?

~J~

I lied when I said,

"This will be my last desk here;"

desk change number 3.

~E[dot]S~

Doctors appointments

and grad school applications

leave no time for work.

~E[dot]S~

...which is just as well,

because all I've done today

is curse Adobe.

~E[dot]S~

Or the Starbucks

I'm in New York for

Its idiosyncracies

Like Barnes & Noble

~P~

Just HBO Dance

Bryant Park hosts a

Summer film series

Called "Screen on the Green"

~P~

Times Sq Toys 'R' US

Indoor ferris wheel

Animatronic T-Rex

12-foot Optimus!

An Echo Chamber Made of Mirrors

Rather than pictures

My memories are preserved

Through live iPhaiku

Ah, the Big Apple!

Would you mind bringing me some

cheesecake like Diddy?

~J~

Tyrannosaurus?

Giant, alien robot?

I smell blockbuster!!

~J~

The pungent fragrance

of New York + summer heat...

That AIN’T blockbuster.

~J~

It's five forty six

Instead of finishing work

I am typing this

~K~

Monday: Free cookies!

Also, a day long meeting

Ah, ambivalence...

~K~

Unlike most of you,

My work day’s far from over.

In fact, it’s lunchtime!

~J~