Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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~