Haiku

[AmyK]

I think we all should
write some lines of poetry
to open our minds

[webchyck]

It is good to be
open-minded. Just don't let
your quirk brain fall out.

[mishou]

Hey! That was gonna be my next WWO! LOL

[Kazadoodle]

If I had the time
I'd make a rhyme
It's not haiku
But is kaz-ku
I'll go now
So, ciao ciao ciao

[happyrobyn]

As I lay awake
The thunder is ferocious
I can't sleep tonight

[happyrobyn]

Mishou is so blessed
God in Heaven watches her
Transform and blossom

[Fiddlette]

Becky...your haiku is still making me giggle!!! It just struck me ol funny bone!! Quirk head is falling out now....hey its 3:00 am, and I have insomnia but am dead tired!! whatya expect??

[jessica b]

coffee every morning
gets my brain quirking
I am useless without it

[webchyck]

finding a homestead
on the big ol' internet
is a blissful thing

[AmyK]

My eyes are bleeding
Too many internet chats
Now I need to quirk

[kygirl]

My mind is closed tight,
No poetry forthcoming.
Will try again soon. :o

[kygirl]

Beret on his head,
A parody of cool.
He waits to be watched.

(Saw this Hollywood producer type at the mall -- it was obvious, he thought he was all that.)

[CathyRose]

Have no clue
what to do
so I'll stew

[happyrobyn]

Sitting here at work
My tummy's getting hungry
I want Chick-fil-a

[kygirl]

Two hundred fifty.
I've become a posting fool.
Free stuff, it's all good.

[Ursula]

Haiku, haiku, so
off to quirk we all shall go
because we are wierd

[AmyK]

Ursula is MAD
madder than a cat on fire
but not so stinky

[kygirl]

Ah, Amy. Just how stinky is a cat on fire?

[kygirl]

Rain pours for ten days.
No protection from the gloom.
Quirkiness all wet.

Ten days of rain, and we're expecting four-five more. I'm thinking of building an ark.

[AmyK]

Build an ark, Donna
Then take photos for us all
And make them quirky

[AmyK]

I crave the silence
Then it comes, like a black hole
and I do nothing

[skyescrapz]

Quirking fills me up
Overflowing and soul glad
Need more time to quirk

[happyrobyn]

Trying not to quirk
Plenty other stuff to do
So close to a grand

[kygirl]

AmyK, I built a boat just for you: http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=624&cat=501. There's a chance we'll have a sunny day on Saturday! I'm so excited.

[AmyK]

Your ark is neato
Company is good to have
during long rainstorms

[kygirl]

Need fifty more posts.
Reduced to writing haiku,
Must want kit badly.

[Vania16]

No good at Haiku
But still need fifty more posts
Guess its time to learn

(Did I do that right LOL - I never was any good at Haiku)

[skyescrapz]

No good at Haiku
But still need fifty more posts
Guess its time to learn

(Did I do that right LOL - I never was any good at Haiku)

Lisa, c'mon, you must be a Haiku-er from way back. That was a professional effort if ever I've seen one.

[skyescrapz]

Haiku and you-ku
We are all kinda coo-coo
Time for a quirk-ku

(so lame, but I need posts...)

[AmyK]

Funny girl, Krista
You are totally coo-coo
I am almost there...

[AmyK]

No good at Haiku
But still need fifty more posts
Guess its time to learn

(Did I do that right LOL - I never was any good at Haiku)

You are pro, Lisa! You just have to follow the 5-7-5 thing. Of course, *true* haiku is supposed to evoke nature and all, but oh well. We're quirks!

[Vania16]

Lisa, c'mon, you must be a Haiku-er from way back. That was a professional effort if ever I've seen one.

LOL Krista. I did learn it way back when in the English major days, but I couldn't remember anything other than that there was a certain number of syllables in each line - so I've been counting them in everyone elses posts :) Glad I got it right LOL

[CathyRose]

Okay, lol, I had to go look this up to learn how to Haiku. Can you tell I really need the posts! I actually found it very interesting. Here is mine:

Spring azure blue sky
Fresh smell of flapping laundry
Never look for rain

[kygirl]

Cathy, that's gorgeous. And, you even evoked nature!

[CathyRose]

Donna, I will have to take your word for it, since all I know about Haiku I learned today 15 min prior to my composing my first one!

[skyescrapz]

Okay, lol, I had to go look this up to learn how to Haiku. Can you tell I really need the posts! I actually found it very interesting. Here is mine:

Spring azure blue sky
Fresh smell of flapping laundry
Never look for rain

Nature AND laundry. So she ties together two forum threads into one poetic exercise. I think that's worth BONUS POSTING POINTS!

[skyescrapz]

Funny girl, Krista
You are totally coo-coo
I am almost there...

I feel like we're spelling coo-coo wrong. And we are. I just asked my hubby and it's cuckoo. I knew it looked wrong earlier when I typed it. LOL. I was too lazy to go grab the dictionary, too. So much for being a language snob. I should be slapped around for that spelling offense.

[Nevermore]

Nature and laundry and first Haiku--that woman is on the Nobel trail.

[Nevermore]

Need fifty more posts.
Reduced to writing haiku,
Must want kit badly.
This gave me a good belly laugh. You, too, Lisa!

[Nevermore]

A A A A choo
I sneeze on you; how quickly
The little bugs fly

Hmmm, might teach Max this one, we are still in cold season.

[CathyRose]

Oh, love that one! I better be careful, could start another addiction here!

[skyescrapz]

A A A A choo
I sneeze on you; how quickly
The little bugs fly

Hmmm, might teach Max this one, we are still in cold season.

Gazundheit!

[CathyRose]

My second attempt:

No matter how far
Into the mountains I roam
Home is there waiting

[CathyRose]

Okay girls, now you got me hooked on Haiku and you desert the Haiku thread. Here is mine for today:

tender fronds of green
gracefully dancing alone
music optional

[kygirl]

Well, Cathy, you're just so darn good at this that you've scared the rest of us off. No, just kidding (not about you being good, but about us being scared off -- see how I'm rambling). My brain's too tired tonight, but I promise you a haiku tomorrow.

[CathyRose]

I will look for it, Donna!

[skyescrapz]

Okay girls, now you got me hooked on Haiku and you desert the Haiku thread. Here is mine for today:

tender fronds of green
gracefully dancing alone
music optional

I love this. The music optional just slays me. GOOD YOU ARE, CATHY ROSE! (said in my best Yoda voice)

[kygirl]

Spring storms brewing.
Hide away from thunder's roar.
No lightning within.

[AmyK]

You all are getting good at this - I love reading these! I'll try one today.

Spiderweb hanging
Glistening, Sparkling beauty
Hiding some terror

[CathyRose]

Good one Amy, I am afraid of spiders so I really feel that one!

[CathyRose]

Here is mine for today:

Water bubbling up
music to my troubled ears
flowing down green hills

[Nevermore]

Water bubbling up
basement is leaking again
and so is ceiling

inspired by CathyRose

[CathyRose]

I love it!

[skyescrapz]

Water bubbling up
basement is leaking again
and so is ceiling

inspired by CathyRose

Wet vac is needed
Suck up all basement water
Vacuum the floor dry

[Nevermore]

Dirty laundry thrown
on puddled floor; digusting--
heave ho! now we wash

[kygirl]

Gift me a quirk name,
To see as others see me.
I'm Clear-Sighted Willow.

(with a nod to Robert Burns)

[webchyck]

Good one Donna!!!

[CathyRose]

I love that one Donna!

[CathyRose]

Gotta get this thread going again!

winter's frosty chill
fights off the pale yellow sun
warmth retreats again

[kygirl]

Darn it, Cathy, you are just so good at this. That's beautiful.

I promise I'll haiku tomorrow, but I have company tonight. Just stopped in long enough to check the board.

[webchyck]

finding my quirk groove
full of art and angst and joy;
fitting in for once

[kygirl]

Becky, you've haikued (sp?) the way I've been feeling this past few weeks. I love it.

Here's one along that same line:

As summer sizzles,
My quirkiness starts to boil.
It is all so cool.

[webchyck]

Love the juxtaposition of boiling and "cooling" -- so haiku-ish!

[AmyK]

I feel very small
No danger to anyone
A child in a crib

[webchyck]

AmyK has been
tried in the fire of life
she will Phoenix-rise

[CathyRose]

whoo hoo, great string of them! I love them all!

[CathyRose]

summer clouds rumble
at sunset lightening strikes
storms light up the night

[Nevermore]

Cathy Rose, you are starting to sound like a perfect storm {winter's chill and sunset lightening and all}

[CathyRose]

Sorry, I am hooked on this :)

crunch of leaves beneath
once along a lonely road
runs a happy child

[kygirl]

In honor of all the butterflies showing up in our work these days.

Butterflies take wing,
Filling nature's gallery.
Quirksters take notice.

[webchyck]

yay for the butterfly haiku! Thanks Donna!

[Pixeldigger]

Noisy birds chatter;
Meaningless sounds assault the
Cultured ear, in vain.

[webchyck]

Good one, Pixeldigger! I can totally see a little ATC done with this sort of theme...birds on a wire, obviously chattering or something. You've inspired me!

[CathyRose]

Excellent, Pixeldigger! love it!


Morning breaks at last
Sun grows brighter every hour
night seems far away

[Pixeldigger]

Sigh through endless night.
The cries of geese herald dawn;
A long day begins.


Don't you just hate it when you ache and cannot sleep?

[webchyck]

Last night was MOAN through the endless night for me! Woke up about 2 a.m. so nauseous! I am not a puker, and so to end up vomiting was SO awful and pretty rare...then to lay there just miserable for two hours while my gut settled down...UGH! Yep, a long day begins! I'm shaky and sleepy! But I'm off to get a cavity filled!

[Pixeldigger]

Teeth can make you feel so awful - you have my sympathy and a zen hug - the sort you would get if I were there and could hug you.

[happyrobyn]

Oh man Becky! Sorry you are not well. I tell you - I know what you mean. I have only puked 2 or 3 times as an adult (non-alcohol related LOL!) and it is just AWFUL! Take care of you and your tooth.

[webchyck]

Oh man Becky! Sorry you are not well. I tell you - I know what you mean. I have only puked 2 or 3 times as an adult (non-alcohol related LOL!) and it is just AWFUL! Take care of you and your tooth.

Well, heavens no! Who would puke up perfectly good alcohol?! LOL! Never! Hey, did I tell ya that my romantic getaway involved ONE oh-so-well-made Lemon Drop!?! mmmm! yummy! But that is NOT why I threw up last night.

[happyrobyn]

Oh ... I know ... you're PREGNANT!!! LMAO!!!

[webchyck]

I am SO going to smack you!

[happyrobyn]

Come on now ... 4 is FUN!

[Pixeldigger]

Miserable me
Dieting overrated
It brings not lightness


Also, you can't have a decent cup of tea with soya milk - why, oh why, did the manufacturers choose to add so much vanilla?

[webchyck]

Come on now ... 4 is FUN!

Well, maybe if I were to drink as much as you do! ;)

But let's remember I'm 43! I'm already going to be 54 when Cam graduates! I could very well be dead before one born now got out of high school! Ai yi yi! And c'mon, can you really speak with true experience. I mean, isn't it kind of cheating to have two at once like you did? Maybe if you'd had to wait 8 years between those two you would have a clearer picture of what having FOUR is really like! :eek:

;)

Are you going to smack me, now?

[happyrobyn]

8 YEARS??!! LOL! There are only 35 MONTHS between all 4 of mine! ROFL. Yes - I had 4 under the age of 3 and 4 in diapers. I will have 4 in high school and 4 at college all at the same time! EEK!

I haven't even thought about how old mine will be when they graduate. Let's see ... 48. That's not too bad.

[webchyck]

Yeah, that's not bad at all. Sam graduates next June and I'll be 44, then Hannah two years later, so I'll be 46...and then there's Cam...sigh.

Babies talk and walk
Before we can bat an eye
Blink: time zips by fast

Thought I'd better get back on the topic of this thread! LOL!

[CathyRose]

It is so good to know there are some other people here past 40, lol, I may still be the oldest, but at least you are not all under 30. Not that there is anything wrong with being under 30, I remember it well. :rolleyes:

[Nevermore]

I can honestly say I am not under 30...slaps herself on the knee, I am so funny ! YIKES, that would be my arthritic knee. I don't mind being old at all, cross my heart and hope to die, I mean it. The only thing I do miss is being non-arthritic. Other than that, being old suits me well. Someone said to me (when I was well under 30) "you are too young to have so many idiosyncracies" and that may have been true. But now that I am older, I get away with it no problem. The odd person that asks if I am Max's grandma is in slight danger of getting a smack but other than that, I don't mind.

[Pixeldigger]

[QUOTE=Nevermore]"you are too young to have so many idiosyncracies"

A friend once told me I have my own style: T-shirt, shorts and diamonds. That was in my 30s and now, in my 50s, what am I wearing as I sit to type? You guessed it!

[CathyRose]

I found turning 50 very liberating. I gave myself permission to talk to anyone in public. Giving advice and reviews on products in stores became acceptable. Lol, now at 58, I have been known to give a little class on how to read food labels to shoppers in the grocery store, and will help men shopping with that "duh" look on their face to find what they need. Hey, what can I say, I like people!

[webchyck]

My husband adores people like you when he's shopping Cathy! He really appreciates the help! So keep it up, from a very grateful wife!

[CathyRose]

Lol, I don't think I could stop if I wanted to. I seem to be compelled!

[webchyck]

Lol, I don't think I could stop if I wanted to. I seem to be compelled!

Well, they have drugs for that now, if it gets too bad! ;)

[kygirl]

Sigh through endless night.
The cries of geese herald dawn;
A long day begins.


Don't you just hate it when you ache and cannot sleep?

I just saw this one, Judith. I sure can identify.

But right now, it's not my fibro, it's my husband's sweet snores that are keeping me awake. Such a romantic guy, he holds me close and snores right in my ear!

[kygirl]

And for my quirky friends with aspirations of spotless houses. :)

Art versus laundry,
It's the Quirkster's dilemma,
Let your talent shine.

[Pixeldigger]

All well and good are
Virtuous Aspirations.
Virtual succeeds

[webchyck]

What is good enough?
Is it not, dear quirks, enough
to be good enough?

That's my philosophy on the housework thing...good enough is good enough! LOL!

[Pixeldigger]

and that is good enough for me!

[mizamigo]

...Lol, now at 58, I have been known to give a little class on how to read food labels to shoppers in the grocery store...!

Inspiring, CathyRose:
Classes on labels
in grocery store aisleways
Always a good thing

[kygirl]

It's so good to see DAQ getting busy again.

Our DAQ friends are back;
Quirkiness is in the air.
Let the art rain down.

[webchyck]

Let us quirk within.
Let us quirk with fearlessness.
Let us quirk our hearts.

[kygirl]

Becky, that's beautiful.

[webchyck]

Aw, shucks! Thanks!

[graybonnie]

Becky...I so agree with Donna...fabulous!

[happyrobyn]

Becky is our new Quirk Poet Laureate! Awesome haiku!

[webchyck]

Poet Quirkeate! I like it!

[Pixeldigger]

Quirking is on hold.
Rejuvenation beckons -
Sleep clouds my waking

[cellomom]

this is how i know
that i was meant to be here
at this quirky place.

[webchyck]

For Judith:

We welcome all quirks
from all seven continents
awake or asleep