Warm, pretty weather
The rain is less annoying
Now that it is warm
I should probably just rename this Haiku Of Whenever I Get Around To It.
Haiku Of Whenever I Feel Like It.
Haiku Of When I Remember To Do It.
Haiku.
Showing posts with label haiku of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haiku of the day. Show all posts
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Haiku of the Day - March 14
Danger is coming!
Run! Our doom is upon us!
Beware the Ides of--
*ominous radio static*
Run! Our doom is upon us!
Beware the Ides of--
*ominous radio static*
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Haiku of the Day - March 6
Sleep or French homework?
I can do French tomorrow...
Done deal! Sleep it is.
*Note: Yes, I'm procrastinating, but not as badly as you think. My first class tomorrow was cancelled, so I'll just do my homework during that period. It's going to be glorious. I'm going to get up at my usual time and go eat breakfast. I'll have scrambled eggs and hashbrowns. Maybe even cinnamon rolls. Definitely orange juice. As long as the juice machine's working, that is. Then I'll scoot on down to the library and have a sort of study hall. I'll do French homework, write poetry, read... lots of stuff... And you know what's great? Since I'm going to bed now (or at least in the next little while), I'm going to get lots of good rest, and my brain will be at its best when I do this stuff. Yay sleeping!
Like, seriously, I'm way behind on reading. I've started everything I need to read, but I need to finish the works, preferably before it gets to be finals. Here's what I'm reading:
-My Antonia
-The Jungle Book
-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
-Magic City
Maybe I should have titled this "Haiku of the Day PLUS disclaimer and all the stuff I'm behind on."
Maybe there'll be some art for you this weekend.
I can do French tomorrow...
Done deal! Sleep it is.
*Note: Yes, I'm procrastinating, but not as badly as you think. My first class tomorrow was cancelled, so I'll just do my homework during that period. It's going to be glorious. I'm going to get up at my usual time and go eat breakfast. I'll have scrambled eggs and hashbrowns. Maybe even cinnamon rolls. Definitely orange juice. As long as the juice machine's working, that is. Then I'll scoot on down to the library and have a sort of study hall. I'll do French homework, write poetry, read... lots of stuff... And you know what's great? Since I'm going to bed now (or at least in the next little while), I'm going to get lots of good rest, and my brain will be at its best when I do this stuff. Yay sleeping!
Like, seriously, I'm way behind on reading. I've started everything I need to read, but I need to finish the works, preferably before it gets to be finals. Here's what I'm reading:
-My Antonia
-The Jungle Book
-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
-Magic City
Maybe I should have titled this "Haiku of the Day PLUS disclaimer and all the stuff I'm behind on."
Maybe there'll be some art for you this weekend.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Feb. 28
It's actually a sonnet today.
SURPRISE!!!
Sonnet Number Ten
I see you standing over by the trees.
You marvel at the stubbornness of life.
You travel anywhere that you may please
And hope to leave behind your pain and strife.
Your eyes shine bright with questions you must
voice.
Your overcoat hides pinstripe ev’rything.
You suffer from your most important choice,
But still you love to hear the planets sing.
I want with all my heart to tag along
And see all of creation through your eyes.
We two would put an end to all that’s wrong,
And maybe I could stop your lonely sighs.
A life can be mundane when ruled by clocks…
Please let me come along in your blue box.
Sonnets are hard to write. For a few minutes after I got done writing this, all my thoughts were coming out in iambic pentameter. It was very strange.
Also, pardon my nerdiness.
My challenge to you: Find a way to fit "sonic screwdriver" into a Shakespearean sonnet. I tried so hard and just could not do it. Post it in the comments if you succeed and I will hail you as victorious.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Feb. 13
Oh, what a headache!
I feel so crummy today,
But here's your haiku.
Because I love you.
And because I need more excuses to play around with my tablet.
But mostly because I love you.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Feb. 8
Procrastinating
It'll come back and bite me
But I don't wanna!!!
The childish cry of despair coming from a girl who passionately does not want to blog about the French economy today.
On the off-chance that anyone reads this blog who cares about the French economy... Any ideas for something I could write about? Doesn't hurt to ask.
It'll come back and bite me
But I don't wanna!!!
The childish cry of despair coming from a girl who passionately does not want to blog about the French economy today.
On the off-chance that anyone reads this blog who cares about the French economy... Any ideas for something I could write about? Doesn't hurt to ask.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Poet Notebook Special
So I got kind of behind on my Haiku of the Day. Sorry. To make up for it, I'm going to post every haiku from my Poet Notebook. This notebook is a project for my Poetry Tour class. I have to write poetry in it for fifteen minutes every day. Sometimes when I've run out of things to say in a poem and I still have time left, I'll throw together some quick haiku. There's not a ton of haiku yet, but I expect there'll be more by the end of the semester.
Humorous snowmen
Guarding the yard with stick arms
Here come the snowballs
I ate Nutella
Right out of its plastic jar
And without a spoon
Doctor Who is on
So don't you dare talk to me
I'm busy, you fool
Humorous snowmen
Guarding the yard with stick arms
Here come the snowballs
I wore a red scarf
Once upon a frozen time
Jack Frost could not bite
I ate Nutella
Right out of its plastic jar
And without a spoon
I want my breakfast
Too bad it's only midnight
My tummy's growling
Doctor Who is on
So don't you dare talk to me
I'm busy, you fool
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Jan. 30
Woke up this morning
'Cause my iPhone was screaming
Just a false alarm
We've been having a bit of rough weather here overnight. I went to bed last night prepared to be woken up by the sound of tornado sirens or my cell phone ringing with an emergency message from my school's alert system. I was hoping for the best but mentally preparing for the worst.
Around 5:55 A.M. I was woken by an obnoxiously loud beeping noise that I had never heard before. Two thoughts processed simultaneously in my groggy brain: 1) "I didn't even know you could make that noise, phone!" 2) "Oh, jeez, we're all going to get blown away!"
Evidently my iPhone has an emergency alert system which allows it to magically know when there's danger about and makes it sound like a weather radio. I had no idea. Phones these days, they're so smart. Mine was warning me that there was a tornado warning in my area. A tornado watch is what you call it when conditions are good for a tornado to form. A tornado warning is what you call it when you're supposed to get out of bed and do something about it.
So I crawled out of bed and tried to form a course of action. I debated waking up all my roommates but wasn't sure if I had probable cause.The weather alert had come from my iPhone, not my school, and the tornado sirens weren't wailing, so was there really a tornado coming my way? I couldn't be sure, so I did what we always do when tornadoes come knocking at home: I turned on the TV to see what the heck was going on.
In this part of the state, James Spann is the man everyone counts on to keep them informed when the weather goes berserk. I had never heard of him before I started going to school here, but it only took one crazy weather day for me to become very familiar with him. In my too-early-for-this-garbage haze, I wondered how the heck I was going to find his channel since I don't watch much TV and I don't know which channel is which in this city, but a minor miracle happened: I turned on the TV and there he was.
I squinted at the weather radar map, which was all covered in colorful blobs. That's not usually a good sign, but I've seen worse. James Spann was in the middle of a sentence. He said that people's weather radios had been going off, but there was not a problem in my area. The problem was elsewhere.
So I'd gotten up for no reason? I watched the TV for a little while longer, reluctant to go back to bed when there was even a chance of bad weather. But he said it again: there was no tornado happening even remotely close to me. And besides, his sleeves weren't even rolled up. There was no crisis I needed to worry about. So, soothed by the all-knowing James Spann, I turned off the TV just as he was saying something about polygons and crawled back into bed, hoping to get another hour or two of sleep before my alarm clocks rang.
Did I get back to sleep? No, and I am somewhat exhausted from trying. But I'm safe and my city is safe. I also have one more way to stay safe and informed during bad weather. Weird story, happy ending.
'Cause my iPhone was screaming
Just a false alarm
We've been having a bit of rough weather here overnight. I went to bed last night prepared to be woken up by the sound of tornado sirens or my cell phone ringing with an emergency message from my school's alert system. I was hoping for the best but mentally preparing for the worst.
Around 5:55 A.M. I was woken by an obnoxiously loud beeping noise that I had never heard before. Two thoughts processed simultaneously in my groggy brain: 1) "I didn't even know you could make that noise, phone!" 2) "Oh, jeez, we're all going to get blown away!"
Evidently my iPhone has an emergency alert system which allows it to magically know when there's danger about and makes it sound like a weather radio. I had no idea. Phones these days, they're so smart. Mine was warning me that there was a tornado warning in my area. A tornado watch is what you call it when conditions are good for a tornado to form. A tornado warning is what you call it when you're supposed to get out of bed and do something about it.
So I crawled out of bed and tried to form a course of action. I debated waking up all my roommates but wasn't sure if I had probable cause.The weather alert had come from my iPhone, not my school, and the tornado sirens weren't wailing, so was there really a tornado coming my way? I couldn't be sure, so I did what we always do when tornadoes come knocking at home: I turned on the TV to see what the heck was going on.
In this part of the state, James Spann is the man everyone counts on to keep them informed when the weather goes berserk. I had never heard of him before I started going to school here, but it only took one crazy weather day for me to become very familiar with him. In my too-early-for-this-garbage haze, I wondered how the heck I was going to find his channel since I don't watch much TV and I don't know which channel is which in this city, but a minor miracle happened: I turned on the TV and there he was.
I squinted at the weather radar map, which was all covered in colorful blobs. That's not usually a good sign, but I've seen worse. James Spann was in the middle of a sentence. He said that people's weather radios had been going off, but there was not a problem in my area. The problem was elsewhere.
So I'd gotten up for no reason? I watched the TV for a little while longer, reluctant to go back to bed when there was even a chance of bad weather. But he said it again: there was no tornado happening even remotely close to me. And besides, his sleeves weren't even rolled up. There was no crisis I needed to worry about. So, soothed by the all-knowing James Spann, I turned off the TV just as he was saying something about polygons and crawled back into bed, hoping to get another hour or two of sleep before my alarm clocks rang.
Did I get back to sleep? No, and I am somewhat exhausted from trying. But I'm safe and my city is safe. I also have one more way to stay safe and informed during bad weather. Weird story, happy ending.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Additional Haiku of the Day - Jan. 25
French blogging is hard.
Oรน se trouve mon dictionnaire?
This assignment stinks.
I have to blog about French business for one of my classes. In French. I like my own blog better. Business and politics confuse me in English, so trying to learn all this in French is kind of hard. I'm sure it'll get easier and more entertaining when my classmates and I get used to it.
I foresee myself coming out of this semester with a broad understanding of business and its practices but not being able to say a word about it in English.
Oรน se trouve mon dictionnaire?
This assignment stinks.
I have to blog about French business for one of my classes. In French. I like my own blog better. Business and politics confuse me in English, so trying to learn all this in French is kind of hard. I'm sure it'll get easier and more entertaining when my classmates and I get used to it.
I foresee myself coming out of this semester with a broad understanding of business and its practices but not being able to say a word about it in English.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Haiku of the Day - Jan. 14
Holes in my rain boot
Water seeps into my sock
I ask myself "WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"
That counts, right? Still one syllable, just a really long one...
Water seeps into my sock
I ask myself "WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"
That counts, right? Still one syllable, just a really long one...
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