Haiku Heights: The Best of Us

When we're together
We are the best we can be
nothing else matters

When we're together
We have never been safer
nothing else matters

When we're together 
We have never laughed harder
nothing else matters


When we're together
We know what love really is
nothing else matters

When we're together 
We are right where we belong
nothing else matters


I love you baby - nothing else matters

Carpe Diem: Leo

Carpe Diem

The king's spirit lives

true savana royalty 

nature's pure hunter

Nature's pure hunter

undefeated in his kingdom

a fair fight is his

A fair fight is his

a gun steels his throne away

regal tragedy

Regal tragedy

trophy hunter's hollow pride

shoots him from the truck

Shoots him from the truck

the "great white hunter" prevails

The king's spirit lives

Carpe Diem: Cancer

This is my sign

Cancer the Crab - 69

Cancer is the Crab

soft shell are hard to get this

far from the ocean.

I can think of a 

better use of 69

than my horoscope

Hard outer shell but

soft and delicate inside

likes buttering up

Crabby paddy is
a treat for Sponge Bob Square Pants
too much kids TV

Too much kids TV
wears away at my patience
and makes me crabby

Chemotherapy
blasting away at cancer
live to fight again.

Seafood, sex, disease
personality, TV
stick a fork in crab 

Haiku Heights: Fire

Inspired by the theme at

Burning inside me
something I can barely control
passionate desire

Spark into a flame
inspiration burning bright
only fire quenches me

Diving in head first
throwing caution to the wind
baptism by fire

Carpe Diem: Blossom

I got a chance to read up on some Japanese culture and the symbolic meaning of the cherry blossom.  

Very cool. 

I am sharing what I found in Haiku. 

The cherry blossom

delicate fragility

a moment in time

A moment in time

life and death are in balance

like the falling snow

Like the falling snow 

the life of a samurai

the cherry blossom 

Haiku Heights: Egshells

Inspired by the theme at

Easter is over 
dead bunnies make nice slippers
eggshell evidence

Haiku Heights: Candle

Inspired by the theme at

Burning the candle

at both ends - inspiration

keeps me up all night

Carpe Diem: Taurus

Carpe Diem


Taurus surrounds me

my wife, my daughter, my ex

the stars challenge me

The stars challenge me

if the moons line up I'm dead 

pre menstrual nightmares

Pre menstrual nightmares

I can run but cannot hide

purchasing safety

Purchasing safety

shopping soothes the savage beast

Taurus surrounds me

Haiku Heights: Butterfly

Inspired by the theme at

Undetectable 

movement becomes tsunami 

butterfly effect

Haiku Heights: Ascent

Inspired by the theme at

Rise above petty

feelings of hurt and sorrow

inner peace reward

Carpe Diem: Aries

I'm Aries the Ram

the Consequences be damned

I am what I am

Carpe Diem - Pine Tree

This is my first try at Carpe Diem. I am usually very humorous in my Haiku writing but this site seems traditional. So I thought I would follow and see what I can learn. The prompt is Pine Tree. My take on the pine tree may be a little different. In my area the pine stands are devastated by the Pine Beetle and our Forests are in a state of decay.

Suffering pine tree

 beetle attacking unchecked

global warming myth?

Global warming myth?

insults my friend the pine tree

hide beneath a lie

Pine forest decay

feeding precious forest growth 

life and death hold hands

Rising from ashes

a single seed taking hold

rise to destiny

Destiny fulfilled

 a new green reality

do the next right thing

Fortitude

This week's prompt for Haiku Heights is Fortitude. 

 As I was playing around with the language and ideas surrounding fortitude 

The words "Parent"and "Father" kept popping up. 

So, with that said,  here are this week's Haiku submissions 

From the father of three girls ... 

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Expecting

Courage under fire

intestinal fortitude

not for faint of heart 

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Delivery

Savage princess bride

front row seat to horror show

magic puff of life

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 Home Alone

Ecstasy and fear

two o'clock feeding surprise

little poop machine

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Toddle

"Why Daddy why?"

machine gun question attack

fall asleep at eight.

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School

Band aids and bullies

I'm tough enough to wear pink

sports day keeping score

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Pre-teen Girl

"OMG Dad please"

"whatever you're so not cool"

tongue ring heart attack

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Innocence and Experience

This week's Trifection is 3 words: rain, remember and rebellion which we are to add our own 33 words to for a total of 36. 

Enjoy a little throw back to the Romantics...

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I remember when the rain washed us clean.

Rebellion was the triumph of Innocence.

The Tyger changed all that.

He slaughtered the sleeping Lamb.

And made the rain feel dirty.

Rebellion became the duty of Experience.

Cacophony

I found a new weekly challenge - Haiku heights. This week's prompts is Cacophony. Here goes my first shot at this one...

Random noise clusters

assault sensibilities

fathers jazz CD

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My infant jabbers
endless mumbo jumbo scat
thought I heard "dada"

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A loon's lone cry
a coyote's hollow wail
a beaver tail slap

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Never thought that I
would hear myself say the words
turn that music down

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Thirty-three

Thirty-three

He 
died 
when 
he was 
thirty-three. 

It's not like we weren't warned. We all knew he was coming back. 

Some looked 
forward
 to it. 
Some 
were 
scared.

But no one 
expected this.

Photo credit: Bérenger ZYLA / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND

5-7-5 Poems

These are not technically Haikus but along that line.

So here are my three 

5-7-5 poems for you

to read and critique:

Loneliness

loneliness, a leaf

falls softly to the ground and

nobody sees it.

Surrender

Three daughters, one wife

my life is a tightrope of

calm apologies.