Haiku thread

[MaBellOnDaLoose]

Marching splendidly
Patrolling the room-kingdom
I leave it to stomp

Never been a fan
of surprises of any
description, sorry!

hot water bottles

A monochrome set
A leotarded strongman
The h-o-t..w..a...t....e....r.......b.......o.....t........!

baking

Writing a haiku
I know just what to do here
So must not fuck it up

I want to have six
Said the poet down under
Not meaning syllables

That satisfying
'Plop' of batter as it drops
Into the cake tin

Pumpkin Spice Latte

What even is that?!
Give me two shots of coffee
Pumpkins are for soup!

Writing Christmas cards

Where's that book of stamps?
Will they even make it now?
Trust and work that pen.

Your favourite Christmas decoration

Resplendent on top
The angel from my childhood.
Frayed but still lovely

Children's Christmas parties

Take a white sliced loaf
Butter and put it in bin
Saves time and effort

Guests who stay too long

The old adage of 'guests,
like fish, smell after three days'
Is so very true.

Carousels

Round and round and round
Brightly painted horses spin
Up, down, round and round

Heat

Minus two last night
The bird bath - a frozen moon
Prized out - left to melt

Winter blues

Wishing life away
Counting days until clocks change
Dark days. Darker nights.

Buds

That last line would have been more effective by being: Dark nights. Darker days.

Flowers in waiting
My faves are the daffodils
Just like my grandma

Sleep

I always want more
But for late in the evening
When it seems boring

Ice

Splintering, cracking
Shatters underneath your feet.
Trying not to slip.

Traffic nights

It's stop-start all night
Traffic: pulsating like a
Giant jellyfish

Airports

Come on people....

Keen-eyed scribe needed
To herd seventeen loose words
Back into a pen

Next subject: Anything

An infinite choice?
Is she who offers ‘anything’
Offering nothing?

Partings

If you still have a
side parting you're saying I'm
a millennial

Daffodils

Wordsworth famously
Rhapsodised about them, though
Stealing it from Dot.

Not so good, shortening Dorothy, but what can you do?

Email

"Thanks for reaching out"
Makes me wince inside, like "Best."
Too long in the job!

Strange invention/s (real, imagined, good or not)

To cut the heads off
Jelly babies I use a
Homemade gelatine

Chess

Never liked to play
Then became more middle-aged
And now I love it

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