August | 2009 | the haiku diaries

August 31, 2009, 10:34 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: Congress, haiku, health care reform

Will health care reform
ever make it through Congress?
Hey, we need it now!

August 30, 2009, 4:03 pm
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: food, haiku, lunch

A simple delight:
tuna fish on crackers and
a glass of iced tea.

Harriet the spy —
Harriet Tubman, that is,
says a children’s book.

Today’s a gray day —
goldenrod, purple asters
give spots of color.

August 28, 2009, 1:06 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: father, fifth wife, haiku

My father’s fifth wife
died — a tiny bedridden
gal with a sharp tongue.

Theodore Dreiser
born this day; best known work is
based on local tale.

August 26, 2009, 4:12 pm
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post

People are funny.
But, not always in a good
way. Know what I mean?

August 26, 2009, 2:54 pm
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: backlog, email, haiku

One by one I knock
out the backlog of emails.
Guilt starts to ease up.

August 26, 2009, 8:51 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, job interview

Pre-interview angst —
am I prepared? Will I sound
like an idiot?

August 25, 2009, 10:33 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cooking, food, haiku, squash patties, zucchini

Zucchini patties —
squash, cornmeal, eggs, onion —
fry until golden.

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