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Flinging aside hissword and toga, Caesar fled
and took up yoga.
Belushi showed upin a toga. Dhalsim ran-
dy went, "Toga Flame!"
The deli’s mumbomoss pies and the pharmacy’s
olive shape fuser
grew dim with Liv’s dish-
water eyes and salesmen who
used to amuse her.
“Why buy some bluerannual algae?” Marva
mused, leaving the house.
Their number was long
out of service. She speed-dialed
go-go nipper mouse.
Bored at home, retiredfrom trucking, he haunted fairs,
took up rat pucking.
Bo Rai Cho sat, atewas retired: had too much stuff
An "escape," gas fired!
Liu Kang bowed, sereneThen would "attack," chop, "hi-yeaaahah!"
Cracked dojo window
Tulip TreesBy Brett A. Starr on June 19, 2021
Four lobes to its leaf
Blossoms of geometry
Sepals, petals three.
The Morning SunriseBy Brett A Starr on June 19th, 2021
The morning sunrise
Shines brightly on God’s green Earth
Starting a new day.
Sunday night Darlenewas on call. Noise had died down
from the lakeside gig.
Sleep came. A night light
glowed in the hall. Then, smirking,
Granny honked the pig.
Rats scurrying 'rounddrunken sailors stumbling 'bout
causing such a rout.
Anne wrote: "Rats scurrying 'rounddrunken sailors stumbling 'bout
causing such a rout."
Love it! Great job, Anne!
M wrote: "Sunday night Darlenewas on call. Noise had died down
from the lakeside gig.
Sleep came. A night light
glowed in the hall. Then, smirking,
Granny honked the pig."
haha, I have never heard that expression, 'honked the pig.' My wife hates it when I do that! Once again, M, such creative choices of words, excellent.
This one is a bit different and will require research, I dare you to look into it... These are more like clues, a secret message, if you will...than a typical Haiku.Gnosis
By Brett A. Starr on June 21, 2021
The Pineal Gland
Kundalini resonance
Tetragrammaton
Here's another one similar to that...secret message, Easter egg...I double-dare you to look this up.Mystic Harmony
By Brett A. Starr on June 21, 2021
Of math and music
Pythagorean Lambdoma
Mystic Harmony
C. J. wrote: "Liu Kang bowed, sereneThen would "attack," chop, "hi-yeaaahah!"
Cracked dojo window"
Love it!
C. J. wrote: "Bo Rai Cho sat, atewas retired: had too much stuff
An "escape," gas fired!"
haha!
Beware of these, Brett! Writing them can be habit forming.
DNDby Brett A. Starr on June 22, 2021
Unsolicited
Calls and e-mails, not welcome!
Do Not Disturb Me!
Lyin’ EyesBy Brett A. Starr on June 22, 2021
The Truth Shall Prevail
It’s hard to remember lies,
Noticed in the eyes.
The Eyes of RHis blue eyes said much
Whether with coldness at those
ones, or serene love
He was with people
Loving, peaceful, kind: so much
yet ones didn't care.
We squandered our livesnot in seasons at a time
but in a long chain
of unassuming
moments that rarely wakened
us to their presence.
M wrote: "We squandered our livesnot in seasons at a time
but in a long chain
of unassuming
moments that rarely wakened
us to their presence."
Brilliant!
C. J. wrote: "The Eyes of RHis blue eyes said much
Whether with coldness at those
ones, or serene love
He was with people
Loving, peaceful, kind: so much
yet ones didn't care."
Excellent!
When my time is upBy Brett A. Starr on June 23, 2021
When my time is up
Mourn not my absence, instead
Celebrate my life!
A quote kind of saidlife's important yet the "noth-
ings" are left behind
Disagree. Growing
bettering, sharpening then
being remembered
is what makes up life.
All the memories. "Be" what
you want ones to know!
C. J. wrote: "A quote kind of saidlife's important yet the "noth-
ings" are left behind
Disagree. Growing
bettering, sharpening then
being remembered
is what makes up life.
All the memories. "Be" what
you wan..."
Very nice!
Thanks Brett!
What a great read, everyone! Brilliant and so clear and sharp. Thank you for sharing.
Guy wrote: "What a great read, everyone! Brilliant and so clear and sharp. Thank you for sharing."Hi Guy!
For Floyd, not drivento know, the steep learning curve
induced vertigo.
Catching his breath, Floydstopped to think. The moon’s dark side
turned suddenly Pink.
In the mauve-shadowed,rock-strewn craters lay the hulks
of rusted freighters.
Those deep-space pilotslive wild and free, riding waves
of dark lunar-seas.
A vast, waterlessocean phantasmagoric
flickered with motion.
A force trickling within the seas: once flowed and
burst, covering all earth!
Who charmed the openocean’s swell with a mystic,
hydrologic spell?
Write haiki aboutvaccination, my friend said.
I gave it a shot.
Follow the scienceVaccination reliance
Or non-compliance
Mandate appliance
The response of defiance
A message silenced
Brett wrote: "Follow the scienceVaccination reliance
Or non-compliance
Mandate appliance
The response of defiance
A message silenced"
LMAO
I feel the need to inject some humour.
One day I woke toTheological mined minds,
Insentient science.
I walk in the park
With wonder at the humans
Asleep around me.
I, too, was asleep,in my own dreams, and certain
that I was awake.
Nightmares loom unchecked,Familiar places estranged,
At sea without hope.
I dream a true dreamAnd in that dream all are asleep
Without waking thoughts.
After the cloudburst,the alleys seemed old etchings,
dripping with silver.
The cloudburst moved onfrom a silver lining to
a concrete street drain.
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