Home Complex confusing and contentious conversations may prevail When sundry family members to the wide world do disperse Traveling from home-based roots, trekking far beyond the pale Lessons learned young may not survive from cradle to hearse Or lessons taught are planted deep, rooting values far too well When elders change their diet, cultivating growth, […]
Found Verbiage Free Verse As I’ve begun exploring what haiku, poems and stories can be garnered from the headlines, sub-heads and captions (the bold-faced type) in my local daily newspaper, I’ve begun to wonder what this might say about our existence at this moment in time. Like snapshots, capturing images, emotions, our greater story expressed […]
Life Once, I lived a life Such as he, Who sat and pondered Endlessly. Turned each moment Upon its head Abandoned quickly When it proved dead. Convinced each battle fought End in winning, damn the cost. Ever only to regain myself Who wondered, wandered, lost. Until Nourishing love illuminated spirit, Encouraged me to grow, To […]
My extremely simplified recap of how I think we got where we are… Who do you suppose first stood upright, cooked food, sheltered in caves, constructed huts, wrapped animal skins around themselves and whatever other first you can imagine? These people changed our paradigm, our world view, and nothing would ever be the same again. […]
Found fiction, conceived I believe by Eric Alagan, is a concept I discovered on his site Written Words Never Die. You’ll find him at http://ericalagan.net/ I highly recommend the visit. Although I’m working on some strictly concept pieces, I decided initially to apply my own twist and use the daily newspaper headlines and subheads I […]
All Bets Are Off Part II My extremely simplified recap of how I think we get where we are and why and how we need to change, continued. As the world grew toward today, population spread through exploration and conquest. If you were on the winning side of these equations life became relatively safer, but […]
More than 1,000 Uprisings continue needs Death warning art world Thousands out in cold Assault on girl after dance Education breakdowns Selection begins Selfishness will end career Bigotry, just fine 1960s hits Time follows sunset horror Studios to close Mentor clobbers champ Jurors face man found shot, death Defense suspension Murder advantage Show follows jail-time […]
Full house, future lost Undermine strong rivalry Evacuate well Forcing of farewell Smart ideas could mean rare hope Creates inquiries Millionaire harm up Punishment for humanity Closure, bid adieu Bridges open soon Borders could fall by wayside Public resents law How unlikely but Lack of tech jobs hurts whole case Upmarket value Puppet dream funny […]
This is my form of haiku which embraces our modern world by using only words culled from the headlines and sub-heads found in my daily newspaper. I hope to discover a sense, a tone of daily life. I do not change words, other than in the use of capitalization and hyphenated words previously used adjectively. […]
Headline Haiku
Below, please find more haiku pulled from the headlines, subheads and captions in my daily newspaper. Chronic gunman shoots Discrimination limits Opinions galore Turf familiar Struggling struck nullified Sabbath gasbags high Aimless bullet hit Death sentence, least really care Storytelling adults Willing to bluff fatal People urged push, judges rule Lobbyists focus Life rose far […]