back to the world of meter and rhythm! i had a behemoth list of lists inspired by
the pillow book (things i miss about cubicle life but not enough to go back, products that broke my heart when they were discontinued, things i don't understand about kansas, and so on) that i was going to post today, but then i went to see
anairam and i've been chanting in haiku ever since. i love blogging dearly for that. no punishment for doing a complete reversal of intention. so for better or for worse, here is my summary of yesterday in functional haikus. haikus you can use.
please don't call the poetry police on me! i was a business major and i have no education in the matters of scansion and word placement. i just wanted to play. plus it gave me an excuse to use my
little tags and these fun patterns from the book All Wrapped Up - a very cool compendium of 60s gift wrap. dump your own haikus here if you wish. i'd love the company!
63 comments:
Spring Break needs to come
How I need to get away
Green, warm, freedom...NOW!
I absolutely ADORE these! You are SO creative, and you make me laugh.
Thank you, and a happy St. Paddy's Day to you!
i wish i could do
haiku as good as you but
nope. i can't. i suck.
Are you kiddn' me Aimee...You are the MASTER of word placement. There is no other!! Although I truly wanted to hear about "products that broke your heart when they were discontinued", seriously, I totally enjoyed your haikus, especially the '5 damns' one, I just know how it feels...I'm with you.
Thank you dear Aimee for not forgetting about me although I've been oh so bad with posting lately...
XOXOrly...keep speaking Haikuish, I'll stick to my random writings.
We're on the same track today, though your haikus are much better than my one. I really need to stretch my mind more.
Love the tags. The old mom in me says especially the Damn damn damn... one.
you speak haiku
so much better than i
doo be doo be doo
p.s. LOVE your tags.....i wish i could be a little mouse on your art table.... :)))
Oh how I would love
the words from inside my head
could look pretty too!
Oohhh these are great! Love the damn, damn, damn...
Oh my! These made me grin my fool head off (who is cranky from all the cold gray weather). The tags are so bright and beautiful, and the haiku made me enormously happy, especially the ones about the gray sky and the exasperated mother.
Thank you for providing today's artful and comic relief! These are exactly the kinds of haiku I love ... brilliant, Aimee, absolutely brilliant!
I'm with painted fish!
Seriously, Aimee...you are so able to turn the mundane frustrations of motherhood/plain old life and elevate it to art - fanTAStic!
another work day
wishing otherwise wont do
writing haiku helps
Thanks for the smile on my face! I love writing haikus.
these are awesome! keep entertaining me please!
p.s. as for that last one, daylight savings is killing me. i don't know why they can't leave a good thing alone!
love these! i´m signing off with a smile.
xxx jane
Aimee - bind them together in a book. Or scan and reproduce as a book. I'll order it! Truly wonderful.
i love 'em, especially the last one! you are a creative writer, aimee. sorry, but you can't hide behind your business major any longer. xo, c
Seals in the flavor?
Look, I am macerating
Shame, your dirty mind.
Words
that
rhyme
lead
to
crime.
I
know
so.
Who
poked
my
eye?
Sitting here, reading
your smart, amusing haikus
Thank you for the laughs.
Love these especially the one about the grey sky, though I can certainly relate to them all, now I 'll go check and make sure I started the dryer. (:
schmolly you are a clever smart gal. i dream to be more like you!!! you will forever be my inspiration.
you're killing me.
you're killing me, aimee!
#2 caused me to spit out my chamomile/lemongrass.
so long as we're not calling the pp:
Snuggle with my boy
Finger in the nose again?
Sanitizer fetched
you will love knowing that my husband wrote erotic (hilarious) haikus for me for valentine's day. :)
'Gray sky delicious'... ah, yes, I like it and the sense of play that flows through all.
very, very cool... you make it all so awesomely lovely!
can't wait to see what you don't understand about kansas... since i live there, LOL!
haiku haiku haiku
let's see whether I can do
half as well as you
not. let's try again:
little parcel in da mail
let's hope it gets there safe
little parcel in da mail
reading artsyville
early morning - dog snoozing
can life be better?
you must understand
a sleeping jack russell is
worth his weight in gold
this is one of my fav posts of yours! (i loooove so many, so i'm not sure how really truly that is!). your words range from so funny to so tender/deep & always so clever & heartcharming & always living in color.
i adore your haiku, & YOU.
xo
wonderful haikus
Need to check out that book now
want to try them too
It's thirsty Thursday
And boy, do I need a drink!
Wine, beer, or tinis will do.
(guess I'll need to wait until work is out though, huh?)
Love the haikus! Business major, bah! You are a rockstar with the words! Haiku your heart out, and the tags are great!
I actually laughed out loud about the honking cars.
Thanks, Aimee!
I did remember
to start my dryer Sunday
will unload today
Your haiku are fantastic! Thanks for the laughs. Now onto folding and putting away.
sun is out today
cleveland is almost cheerful
who knew that could be?
this is a poor example, but in 2009 i actually wrote a year's worth of haiku! you can see them on my blog...
http://fluffyland.com/blog/index.php/category/haiku/
I LOVE them!!!
car latte dribble
staff meeting fashion faux pax
humiliation
oh aimee, only you can make haikus look so lovely. am gonna make your girls some pink cats sssshhh don't tell them, big surprise. two girls is that right?
tons of fun!!! :)
children herds move fast
Vitamin D radiates
blooming after school
haha! So good to drop by here again. The dryer one had me in stitches (i do this all the time!)!
"Oh there isn't one." You are the best!!!
How funny, I just "wrote" a haiku on the way home tonight.
i just want to site
without electricity
middle of nowhere
i was counting syllables on the steering wheel. not nearly as good as any of yours. Ah, I'm cracking up.
oops. sit. although it could be sight or shit and still work as well as sit. kinda.
i sit here and weep
as i watch march madness scores
bracket up in smoke
I don't get this haiku thing.
I love words. The more the merrier unless someone had a high-pitched voice.
I really related to the second one down :) This was my kind of day yesterday:
Last night for dinner
I put burgers on the grill
There was no propane
up at 4 am
jetlag is a fickle bitch
good time for haiku
haiku is favorite artform. next to interpretive dance. you kill me.
Damn, you are fun!
they're all awesome and pretty much fit the day for me too... but my favorite is the carbonated mind one... me thinks you are a poet ... you mean you did not know it? (ouch... i apologize but i couldn't help myself :)
What an interesting blog.I love the haiku and your collaged panels beloew. Really nice colo on the haihi...yummy!
My daughter and I just opened a blog...come an visit if you wish!
Suz
http://katsuijewelry.blogspot.com
They are great !!
You are SO funny! These are sweet and hilarious and smart and creative and i love them so much.
fa fa fabulous! love your haikus!
encore!
encore!
Encore!!!!!!!!!!
xxx
These are so much fun and so creative. I especially like the one about not turning the dryer on --too funny!
Adorable and Oh so funny! Love it!!
thank you for making this post so much fun! i am still laughing!
YOU ARE SO AWESOME!!!
I love these! Inspired!!!
very very cool and they made me giggle!
I do need to try and write some haikus.
Thank you for inspiring me!
I love you Aimee. Coming to your blog always makes me smile.
I love your haikus... haha...And did a little surfing about it...
I wanna play haiku too...when I have some time haha
Love love LOVE your Haiku.
:-) A Haiku-Goddess :-D
Your haikus are absolutely brilliant! You are a natural!
Oh these made me laugh so much, I just love them. Fabulous stuff.
Girrl, you're good at everything...so not fair!!!!
You SO win at haiku-ing!
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