Archive for human nature
February 23, 2011 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Climate, Cold, Evening, Haiku, Health, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Day, Time of Year, Transportation, Winter and tagged: bus, cigarette, cold, evening, haiku, human, human nature, poem, postaday2011, Senryu, smoker, superstition, transportation, winter
Cold winter evening
A man lights a cigarette
To make the bus come.
This actually “works” surprisingly often…
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February 6, 2011 at 8:36 pm · Filed under Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pastimes, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: commercials, football, human, human nature, postaday2011, Senryu, sports, super bowl, tv
Super Bowl Sunday
Gathered around the TV
To watch commercials.
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January 31, 2011 at 8:38 am · Filed under Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Snow, Time of Year, Transportation, Weather, Winter and tagged: car, human, human nature, postaday2011, Senryu, snow, winter
Digging out his car
Neighbors criticize technique
Leaning on shovels.
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January 1, 2011 at 4:20 pm · Filed under Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: haiku, holiday, human, human nature, new year, postaday2011, Senryu, winter, writing
Two, zero, one, one:
Penciled to practice the date
Before writing checks.
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December 24, 2010 at 11:02 pm · Filed under Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: christmas, christmas eve, gift, holiday, human, human nature, Senryu, shopping, winter
Last-minute shopping
Gives way to a final task:
Christmas Eve wrapping!
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November 24, 2010 at 11:01 am · Filed under Autumn, Food and Drink, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pastimes, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year and tagged: autumn, baking, book, cooking, haiku, holiday, human nature, recipe, Senryu, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving baking
The recipe book dusted
With last year’s flour.
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November 20, 2010 at 10:40 am · Filed under Autumn, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year, Trees and tagged: autumn, bark, haiku, human nature, love, plant, Senryu, sycamore, time, transience, tree
Sycamore bark sheds
The lovers’ carved initials
Falling down to earth.
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November 18, 2010 at 8:56 am · Filed under Autumn, Haiku, Health, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Life and Death, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Year and tagged: great american smokeout, habit, haiku, health, holiday, human, human nature, occasions, pipe, Senryu, smoker, smoking, tobacco
Tamped pipe tobacco
He lifts it to his nose, sniffs,
Sighs, and shakes it out.
The Great American Smokeout on November 18 encourages smokers to quit for just one day. For more information visit www.cancer.org.
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November 15, 2010 at 1:48 pm · Filed under Buildings, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Senryu and tagged: building, city, door, house, human, human nature, irony, pseudohaiku, rowhouse, security, Senryu, sign, welcome
A sign on the door
Behind security bars:
“Welcome to our home.”
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October 14, 2010 at 4:45 am · Filed under Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Pseudohaiku and tagged: 3 word wednesday, 3ww, animal, fear, haiku, human nature, poem, primal, pseudohaiku, reptile, snake
Absolve our hubris:
we ridicule primal fears
until – hiss! – a snake.
For Three Word Wednesday
absolve, ridicule, hiss
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A Haiku Each Day 