Commanding and Demanding (Haiku Quintet)
Designing programs
for software business clients —
command performance.
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Military gifts
like General Patton’s patch —
commanding presents.
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Want satisfaction
when your weapon’s sarcasm?
Pick a smart target.
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An unrooted soul
steps on the joy of others
and roots for failure.
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Meaningful haiku
that’s smart, breezy, yet mellow —
ticklish challenge.
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(Haiku Heights commands prompts us to write haiku using the word command; One Single Impression wants us to be sarcastic; Sensational Haiku Wednesday roots for us to write haiku; and Three Word Wednesday prompts us to use breeze, mellow, and tickle in one fell swoop.)
Tags: Computer Software, Computer Verse, Gift Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Military Humor, Sarcasm Humor, Writing Haiku
Your deliciously mellow Haiku smartly breezed a ticklish challenge indeed!!
Definitely clever, and the 3ww haiku extremely so; I liked ’em all!
Thanks very much Nanka and Altonian!
Fun! Thank you for taking the time.
The Poetry Bin
Love the way these are hang together so cleverly. But then, you are very clever.
Thanks so much Hayden and Teri!
A great job, all. Enjoyed them.
Love Haikus, so good
No effort, amazingly created
Each one shows talent..
So much wisdom here. Thank you.
I’ve been into hailu lately and yours are perfection!
i totally relate to the third haiku ! am the worst one to pick up sarcastically,, i will need explanation ;)
well done.
smart combinations…
Thanks so much Ramesh for your haiku and thanks to all of you for your enthusiastic words.
Last two totally my faves love them! Funny tho I would have sworn you would do a limerick for the sarcastic prompt! LOL
Thanks, Amanda! I’m just keeping you on your toes. :)
so very clever.
Great job organizing this fury of haiku!
Thanks so much Sheilagh and Paulo!
You certainly rose to the ticklish challenge! Enjoyed them all. My favorite was roots.
“Unrooted soul” is such a disturbing, powerful image! Especially love the drama and challenge of this particular haiku!
Very commanding and demanding :O)
Very wicked unrooted soul who is rooting for someones failure!!Seems to be the way of life, :( to bring about another’s downfall!!
Love your haiku’s!! Especially the reference to the unrooted soul!
Thanks so much to all of you for you enthusiastic words!
“Unrooted soul” – I like it! Nicely done!
I can’t write it, but I’m developing a taste for haiku…and you are among the reasons why…all good, but my favorite; An unrooted soul…just so clever. vb
Thanks so much Jenn and Versebender. And Versebender, you underestimate yourself, I’m certain.