Tag Archives: haiku

The Jesters Stockmans Pie

This is one of my go-tos when I’m on the road and its time for a quick lunch between commitments – it’s light yet filling. Lately, it’s what I’m eating in my dreams. When I shared this yesterday with a group of friends who know me well, they laughed tellingly. “You are both a bitContinue reading “The Jesters Stockmans Pie”

Dealing with Meta Exile

A sudden suspension notice severed my connection to over 15 years of meaningful conversations, collaborative action groups, and cherished interest circles along with an international web of contacts that, in some cases, spanned even longer. The abruptness erased a deeply interwoven digital history without warning.Several days of appeals with AI bots and the occasional humanContinue reading “Dealing with Meta Exile”

My car needs oxygen!

It typically runs on 91 but I’ve been advised to run a couple of tankfuls on 98 – the increased octane will be beneficial, my mechanic says. It’s coming up to 230,000 kms. Soon I’ll have to buy it a Zimmer frame! This calls for a haiku. Engine light aglowIt might be low octane fuelBoostContinue reading “My car needs oxygen!”

Listening to the Voice

You’re the voice, try and understand itMake a noise and make it clear, oh, woah– John Farhham Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be held before December 2023.– ABC News Image by Thomas Wolter from Pixabay A friend observed that there’s not much point to a VoiceContinue reading “Listening to the Voice”

Prodding the Muse

An urge to scrawlCalls from deep withinRiding waves of ennuiOver the will to begin!Something stirsThrough my fog ofIndolenceCarpe Diem! Speaking in HaikusTo the one who sleeps and dreams Prodding the poet CinquainPrecise, disciplinedChallenging, digging, questingPulsing, poetic, pulchritudinous, promiseElucidation DiamanteIce-cold sharpSparkles entices attractsCarbon baseball jewel caratShapes cuts slicesClear lucidGem A couplet to awaken the poetWho isContinue reading “Prodding the Muse”

Blogging about this Blog

Image by Sophie Janotta from Pixabay That lull in the lazy week between Christmas and New Year invites a somewhat indolent review about all sorts of things – including this blog’s “on again/off again” appearance. I’ve just finished messing with some WordPress themes to sharpen its look. I’m still faced with the question “What isContinue reading “Blogging about this Blog”

Advent Gifts Unwrapped – foreboding joy

Well, there they are – Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love!Perhaps the most challenging has been Joy, associated yesterday with the Gospel of Matthew’s focus on troubled Joseph’s angelic visitation commanding him to proceed with his betrothal to the strangely pregnant Mary. Thus the introduction of Brené Brown’s phrase “foreboding joy” – the sense that yes,Continue reading “Advent Gifts Unwrapped – foreboding joy”