Posts Tagged ‘Haiku & Senryu’
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Though I’m never safe,
his arms always comfort me,
and that must suffice.
*****
Ballroom dancing class—
learning creative ways to
defeat the rumba.
*****
Morning legs dangle
off the bed, as antique joints
brace for their touch down.
*****
Feeling elated—
great, yet dampened by knowing
what’s soon to follow.
*****
Poised atop mirage
of a career, gazing down
at life left behind.
*****
(I wrote the 1st haiku for We Write Poems’ safe prompt; the 4th haiku for Sensational Haiku Wednesday’s elation prompt; and the 5th haiku for One Single Impression’s top prompt and Haiku Heights’ mirage prompt.)
Tags: Aging, Arms, Career Poem, Dance Classes, Dancing Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Health, Husband Wife Haiku, Legs Humor, Mood Humor, Rumba, Safety Verse, Workplace Poetry
Posted in Clumsiness Humor, Dance Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Leisure Time Humor, Lessons Haiku, Mental Health Humor, Personal, Relationship Haiku, Relationship Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 32 Comments »
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Nervous newcomer
slips and falls onto deep snow.
Makes bad impression.
*****
Valiant croci
strain to push through snow’s surface.
All retreat but one.
*****
My tossed-aside snow
returns to the cleared sidewalk.
An icy revenge.
(The first haiku is for the Haiku Heights impression prompt and the second one is for I Saw Sunday.)
Tags: Clumsiness Humor, Crocus, Haiku & Senryu, Seasonal Verse, Snow Verse, Spring Harbinger, Weather Poetry, Winter Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Haiku & Senryu, Outdoors Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 7 Comments »
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Poetry prompts can serve up everything from fun inspiration to unsettling memories. For instance, the shadows prompt courtesy of Poets United Thursday Think Tank brought back a wistful early childhood memory of my late father Ernest Begun and Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses. More specifically, the two of us reciting my favorite childhood poem, My Shadow.
I’m certain that the many hours we spent poring over that Stevenson volume had lots to do with my own versifying. And so, this haiku:
Robert Stevenson’s
I have a little shadow…
My dad’s knee at three.
Tags: Childhood Memories, Children's Poetry, Father, Haiku & Senryu, Inspiration, My Shadow, Parents, Poetry & Prompts, Poets United, Robert Louis Stevenson
Posted in Family Verse, Haiku & Senryu, Personal, Poetry & Prompts | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The movie about Facebook, The Social Network, has been getting a ton of publicity this week. So I wonder if Facebook’s outages today were caused by the extra publicity, or just an unfortunate coincidence.
Of course I immediately went into Facebook withdrawal and wrote this pair of haiku:
I think Facebook’s down.
Where to go to confirm this?
On Twitter, of course.
and
Facebook back — Hurray!
Have I cheered prematurely?
So Twitter tells me.
Tags: Computer Verse, Facebook Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Movies, Social Networking Humor, Twitter Verse, Web Addict, Web Withdrawal
Posted in Addiction Humor, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Some Fun With Facebook’s Outage
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
June in New York’s been a wash-out this year. So I’ve written both a limerick and a haiku about our rainy weather. And I welcome you to write some weather verse too:
First my limerick:
June Down The Drain
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Oh, when will the rain ever wane?
Our weather this June’s been insane.
We are having a bout
With the inverse of drought.
So whoever’s in charge, please refrain!
And now my haiku:
Rainy New York June
Has identity crisis:
It thinks it’s April.
Feel free to write your own weather-related limerick (using my first line, if you’d like) and/or weather haiku and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, please join my FB friends in a limerick-off and haiku-off.
Tags: April, Drought, Haiku & Senryu, Identity Crisis, June, Limerick, New York, Rain, Showers, Verse, Weather, Writing Prompts
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Outdoors Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 17 Comments »
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Valentine’s Day is coming up — an ideal topic for my very overdue limerick and a haiku (senryu) prompt. First, my limerick:
St. Valentine’s Day’s coming soon.
It’s a choc’late and rose-sellers’ boon.
Will your loved one come through
And make festive ado?
Or just buy you a five-buck balloon?
And now my haiku (senryu):
St. Valentine’s Day—
One day each February?
No. Daily each year.
Now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write some verse about Valentine’s Day. When you’ve posted your poem(s), please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry, using Mr. Linky. And please post a comment as well.
(For more Valentine’s Day cheer, my Valiant Guy’s Guide to Valentine’s Day humor column is here.)
Tags: Balloons, Candy, Chocolate, February, February Holidays, Flowers, Gifts, Haiku & Senryu, Holiday, Limerick, Love, Poetry Prompt, Romance, Senryu, Valentine Day's Humor, Valentine's Day
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Battle of the Sexes, Celebrations Poetry, Food & Drink Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Holiday Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limericks, Relationship Humor, Romance Humor, Shopping Humor | 20 Comments »
Monday, December 31st, 2007
When prompted to use the words curious, eventually, and shower in a poem, this haiku more or less wrote itself:
I am curious:
Will you eventually
Shower? I hope so.
And here’s another haiku, this one inspired by an earth-themed prompt:
There’s no earthly way
I’d ever vote for global
Warming deniers.
Tags: 3 Word Wednesday Prompt, Shower Verse, Cleanliness Humor, Earth Poetry, Global Warming, Haiku & Senryu, Writer's Island
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Poetry & Prompts, Relationship Humor, Weather Humor | 9 Comments »
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Warning: This post (three haiku about competition) is humor-free:
The need to be first—
Exciting, addictive,
But doomed to disappoint.
Competing oboists
Break reeds and steal music—
Angling for an edge.
Orchestra try-outs
Held behind screens to halt bias—
Betrayed by heels.
(For the lighter side of music, click here.)
Tags: Auditions, Competition, Haiku & Senryu, Music, Oboe Reeds, Oboists, Orchestras, Symphony
Posted in Addiction Humor, Behavior & Personality, Haiku & Senryu, Music Humor & Verse | 25 Comments »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Eyeing a road sign
That says, “Turn Right,” he turns left.
It turns out, he’s right.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The “he” in this haiku is my husband, Mark. He’ll freely admit to being a bit perverse. He’ll also (legitimately) brag about his great sense of direction.
I eyed this prompt and used this road sign to write this haiku.
Tags: Directions Humor, Driving Haiku, Haiku & Senryu, Men and Directions
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Car & Driving Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Marriage Humor | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
It’s hard to believe, but snow globes (even tiny ones) are a carry-on baggage no-no. I’m not kidding — an airline luggage inspector actually seized our miniscule Vegas memento. Why? It seems that bomb-makers can do something really, really scary with the fraction-of-an-ounce of water contained in an eight-dollar snow globe.
And that brings me to my latest haiku:
Seizing your snow globe
For being an airline threat
Doesn’t hold water.
(You can find more of my travel and vacation humor here, and more container haiku here.)
Tags: Airline Humor, Airport Rules, Gift Haiku, Haiku & Senryu, Luggage Regulations, Snow Globes, Travel Mementos, Vacation Fun, Vacation Verse
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Poetry & Prompts, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor | 7 Comments »
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Sometimes spam frustrates me so much, that I’m forced to turn it into haiku. How do I do it? I simply mix and match phrases from various annoying email solicitations and turn them into Spam Haiku. Here are some examples:
My college pictures
Enhance your anatomy.
Proven effective.
New technology.
Frustration and hopelessness.
Xanax, Valium.
Amazing orgies.
Pictures are hard to believe.
Are you strong enough?
Play Texas Hold’em.
Your future is in your hands.
Never type again.
Large screen DVD.
Is your husband performing?
Big trading alert.
Stocks in an up trend.
Best pain reliever ever.
Be happy again.
Be a love hammer.
Penis enlargement breakthrough.
You can split and merge.
Pelvic pain is real.
Computers are infected.
Contact our doctors.
Tags: Annoying Email, Computer Verse, Haiku & Senryu, Spam, Spam Poetry, Spam Verse, Technology Verse
Posted in Computer Humor, Email Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Internet Humor, Marketing Humor, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | 7 Comments »
