I pat my brow and take a bow and all the world’s beneath,
I take my hat and pat my cat and then I’ll brush my teeth.
After the show, after the climb and reach –
Do I dare to eat a peach?
Things like these – like playing up (not throwing up),
Learning to love and learning to teach –
(And here’s another – hand in hand with mother – walking on the beach) –
Seem too short and all we’re taught
Is hold on, hold on…
Month: July 2009
Doctor’s Surgery Haiku
A letter stolen,
Taken from a postman’s bag;
Bad news won’t arrive.
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Dampy skin otters,
Swimming against the current;
Do they realise?
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Men not quite aged,
Clinging to the cliff of life;
Why don’t they let go?
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Office Haiku
Even mindless jobs
Need concentration and an
Eye for detail.
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The office is hushed;
A bustle of lowered heads,
Slowly wasting time.
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Query: How to log?
Each individually,
Or all together?
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Wait for the download,
Watch the megabytes drip through.
Stare out the window.
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Coordination,
Focused concentration and
Organisation.
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Distant voices are
Arguing loudly about
Nothing important.
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Disappointment is
Someone else appointed to
Do your job better.
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