Haikus.....

I have not been posting them regularly. This was the initial intent, but of course, I lack commitment. I did, however, actually write them almost daily for a time and am posting them for your enjoyment (or putting them out there for your ridicule). They are not all there and they are not in date order. They are in the order that they were in a stack of papers sitting next to my computer. You will have to cope if you find the infraction disturbing.

July 3, 2008
Theme: sky
Word: tutelage

I watch the heavens
Under nightly tutelage
When the stars come out.

July 14, 2008
Theme: paper, broadly
Word: cupidity

Fiat papyrus
Ambitious cupidity
Dreaming of fortune

July 8, 2008
Theme: marsupials
Word: troglodyte

Forgotten possum
Original troglodyte
Hiding in the dark

July 1, 2008
Theme: sky and related objects
Word: condign

Solstice sky so bright
No darkness to hide sorrow
Joy and sleeplessness

April 24, 2008
Theme: food
Word: winsome

Parched in the sun I sit
Sweet winsome watermelon
Brings me much relief

May 13, 2008
Theme: politics
Word: Umbrage

Walk the party line
Umbrages cast a shadow
Searching for the Truth

May 7, 2008
Theme: summer
Word: contrite

End of the summer
Contrite longing for the spring
To begin again

May 23, 2008
Theme: water
Word: aright

She laden aright
To face the Alaskan rain
Mustang lingerie

June 17, 2008
Theme: sports
Word: verdure

Verdure of the fresh pitch
Both sides taking formation
Clear the mind to win

Same theme, different day

Word: cogent

Cogent coach decrees
Victory comes through our sweat
Lost after red card

June 3, 2008
Theme: handwashing
Word: bagatelle

Ah! Sweet cleanliness
Bagatelle of washing bliss
The most gentle soap

May 9, 2008
Theme: summer
Word: sentient

Senses filled with sweet
Sentient aura of calm
Cut grass under foot

May 16, 2008
Theme: politics
Word: subfusc

Dark dreary office
Subfusc space for bribery's sake
To hide from our view

May 19, 2008
Theme: water
Word: obtrude

Please cleanse my dark soul
Oceanic obtrusion
Silence comes in waves

May 12, 2008
Theme: Politics
Word: parsimonious

Extravagant war
Parsimonious health care
What shall we become?

Here is one from my roommate Debbie - she can post the rest on her own blog, but this one was too funny not to share with the world:

May 14, 2008
Theme: Politics
Word: vandyke

Our hick president
Would look more respectable
Wearing a vandyke