The faster we go
The harder it is to stop.
I'm going too slow.
Added by Jami Ward on July 31, 2010 at 11:30am —
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War is not battles.
It's not glorious campaigns.
It's people. Dying.
Added by Jami Ward on July 30, 2010 at 11:30am —
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Chinese, Mexican,
French, Italian, Indian:
Immigrants' cuisine.
Added by Jami Ward on July 29, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Ennui has set in.
I'm not doing anything
And I do not care.
Added by Jami Ward on July 28, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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Your reality
Is not anyone else's.
Real is relative.
Added by Jami Ward on July 27, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Broken window panes
Reflecting sad pale moonlight.
Remnants of a life.
Added by Jami Ward on July 26, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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Super summer storm:
Rain! Wind! Thunder! Lightning! Hail!
Furious beauty.
Added by Jami Ward on July 25, 2010 at 10:30pm —
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Is there a limit
To intimate forgiveness?
What is too much pain?
Added by Jami Ward on July 24, 2010 at 3:00pm —
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Once - an occurrence.
Twice - maybe coincidence.
Three times - a pattern.
Added by Jami Ward on July 23, 2010 at 9:30pm —
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Where you are today
Is not where you will be next -
Or you ever were.
Added by Jami Ward on July 22, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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Struggling to get out
And run from expectations;
Escape from myself.
Added by Jami Ward on July 21, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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I just came across this poem I wrote in 1991 and because it's even more pertinent now than it was then I'm resurrecting it here. And no, it's not a haiku so it doesn't count.
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I had big houses, I had new cars,… Continue
Added by Jami Ward on July 20, 2010 at 10:30pm —
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In case you haven't been paying as much attention to this haiku project as I have, I'd just like to take a moment to let you all know that it's all downhill from here - with 183 of them done, I'm more than halfway to my goal of doing one haiku for every day of the year. I just hope I've got as many left to write as I've already written. Stay tuned and find out!
Added by Jami Ward on July 20, 2010 at 10:26pm —
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Buy this and try that!
Get it before we change it!
Consumption is good!
Added by Jami Ward on July 20, 2010 at 10:20pm —
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Parked in the driveway
Smaller summer vehicles.
Skateboards, bicycles.
Added by Jami Ward on July 19, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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The smoke of hatred
Often covers its true source:
A smoldering fear.
Added by Jami Ward on July 18, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Sometimes colors fade
When exposed to too much sun.
Sometimes friendships fade.
Added by Jami Ward on July 17, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Crunchy gravel path
Reports the muddy passage
Of people and dogs.
Added by Jami Ward on July 16, 2010 at 10:30pm —
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Friendship maintenance
Needs to be beneficial
To be worth doing.
Added by Jami Ward on July 15, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Din-din with Kristin:
Indian food at Whip In.
This line does not rhyme.
Added by Jami Ward on July 14, 2010 at 12:45am —
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