all apologies

Hey everyone,

Just a quick explanation. I'm suspending the haiku-ing for a bit...sick kids have overwhelmed my time and psyche. And I don't think you want to read 11 haiku about H1N1, so, probably better for me to take a break.

I will start over, duly, at #1 soon, I hope!

-b

come on push it you can do it

oh, dear jillian
why do you want to kill me?
twenty-minute torture

(dedicated to this evening's 30 day shred workout...)

(Title: "Push It, Garbage")

haikuriffic

apples, spice, and nuts
names, languages, and laughter
nourished by friendship

(Post title: long day, no appropriate song lyric. am brain-tired)

i can't get to sleep, i worry about the implications...

Ufff. Probably a lame effort today...but...

2, 4, 6 a.m.
Kids calling, coughing, crying....
exhaustion sets in

(Post title: "Overkill", Men at Work)

i'm burning diesel burning dinosaur bones

Ok, so some people write thoughtful haiku. Reflective haiku. Humorous haiku. Provocative haiku. Beautifully-phrased haiku.

Then some people write stream-of-consciousness haiku, reflecting whatever they might happen to being doing at the time. Like grading. Like coming across a certain pet peeve--a maddening misconception held by students--while grading. Multiple times. Some people might chuck aesthetic value out the window in favor of a 17 syllable burst of venting.

I think that is probably ok, right?
0--
Anyway. AHEM. #2, right here, for you.

pesticides can cause
bioaccumulation*
fertilizers can't

*aw, but i should get style points for the 7 syllable word, right?

(Post title: "Rusty Cage", Soundgarden)

reluctantly crouched at the starting line

Dear friends G and J,

OK.

FINE.

I will write haiku(s). Or maybe it's haiku(z). Awwww yeah. Badass Japanese poetry! Anyway. Where was I? Oh yes. I make no guarantees of quality, or of ever getting past day 3 before I have to start over again. But I will try.

Your pal,
-B

Haiku #1:

I do not think that
word/means what you think it means
My secret: Google

(post title: "Going the Distance", Cake)