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Daily Haiku

312 replies

ChocolateButtonsOfShame · 29/01/2022 11:10

Hello!

Anyone else fancy a thread where we write and share a haiku daily?

I used to write a lot of haikus. I find they're a good mindfulness exercise 🙂

I've just started writing them again about my baby son but will try to branch out into other topics.

Here is one from last night. Distracting the boy with a toy boat while putting him in pajamas (he's a wriggler). Title in bold.

Tug Boat
A toy boat sailing
The blue ocean of your sheets
Night night tiny boy

OP posts:
Tarrarra · 08/02/2022 19:34

Endless , so tired
Relentless demands from high
I’m thinking I’ll go

farnworth · 08/02/2022 22:12

The curse of cheap chocolate haiku

Sugah cravin’ hubs
Why he now want it so much?’
Hate sound of chewin’.

NotInMyFrontGardenYouDont · 08/02/2022 22:23

@ChocolateButtonsOfShame hope you and your little one sleep well tonight

Home thoughts from Europe.
Whatsapp, messenger and zoom:
Stopgaps, but not hugs.

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JamieFraserskneewarmer · 09/02/2022 08:56

I missed yesterday
Work always gets in the way
Of things I enjoy

FawnDrench · 09/02/2022 09:21

Brit awards last night
Never heard of half of them
I am getting old.

iklboo · 09/02/2022 12:38

Oh no, no Wordle
No American spelling
That's not fair to Brits

MrsWooster · 09/02/2022 12:46

Queue for a blood test
Then walk through the bright fresh air.
From dark into light.

mbosco · 09/02/2022 19:47

We found a round stone
With two tiny circle eyes.
We drew on a smile.

NotInMyFrontGardenYouDont · 09/02/2022 21:15

@FawnDrench that struck a chord with me too Smile

Holy Cow Batman!
Phantom Flan Flinger attack!
Old style weekend fun.

Honourofgrayskull · 09/02/2022 21:20

Watching the football
Why are they so dramatic?
Oh, come on you Spurs!

Honourofgrayskull · 09/02/2022 21:22

Spurs just scored again!
Whoop whoop, the score is 2-2
Let's score another!

Honourofgrayskull · 09/02/2022 21:24

Oh dear, Southampton
Just scored, Spurs are now losing
There's still 8 minutes.

Right I promise that's my last lol

JamieFraserskneewarmer · 10/02/2022 11:35

Reading club last night
Great discussion about book
Until drink took hold

*not me, I was driving!

FawnDrench · 10/02/2022 12:27

Healthy soup for lunch
But we won't mention the two
"small" packets of crisps.

sleepymum50 · 10/02/2022 13:01

Cressida won’t go
She doesn’t see the problem
Most policeMEN suck

SisterRuth · 10/02/2022 13:11

Procrastination
My life is only half lived
Time slips by wasted

ChocolateButtonsOfShame · 10/02/2022 19:09

Hello hello! Sorry went AWOL for a day

At the allotments
Under a half moon dusk
Fallen-in marrow

Enjoyed the updates especially @mbosco's

Daily Haiku
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ChocolateButtonsOfShame · 10/02/2022 19:15

Also thanks @NotInMyFrontGardenYouDont he's been a little better. We cosleep but he's often up every hr anyway... And I am so uncomfortable in bed! Grumble

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ChocolateButtonsOfShame · 10/02/2022 19:23

At the allotments
White ghost of last year's marrow
Under half-moon dusk

That's better?

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mbosco · 10/02/2022 19:25

This thread is just such an injection of joy in my day! I love the tiny insights into your lives.

My mummy's booby!
You have YOU mummy's booby!
No have my booby!

mbosco · 10/02/2022 19:26

Fwiw, I like the fallen-in marrow better, @ChocolateButtonsOfShame

ChocolateButtonsOfShame · 10/02/2022 19:28

Ah thank you @mbosco I do tend to over think them sometimes!

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NotInMyFrontGardenYouDont · 10/02/2022 19:52

Red, red wine is fine.
But gin and tonic with ice
And a slice is NICE.

Honourofgrayskull · 10/02/2022 21:09

Opening the wine
Because it's Thursday, isn't
That reason enough?

MrsWooster · 10/02/2022 21:16

It’s day twenty one;
tomorrow I start again.
Chemo is gruelling.