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I Haiku, Do You?

I found this blog yesterday and it has inspired me to write like nothing in a very long time. I’m talking serious inspiration here. I followed all the rules in How I write this crap. I chose to listen to The National, I set the volume control to ten, stripped down to my underwear, and threw back a few Miller Lites. Here is the fruit of my angst:

Baby Weight Blues

why do I diet

I like me my Miller Lite

God damn belly fat

Calgon Take Me Away

baby poop and dust

hells of housewifery and

the coffee’s broken

Turn Down the Teeth

my reality -

Donny Osmond should be clubbed

make my dream come true

Food for Thought

I cook poetic

fresh cut whole new potatoes

hi-carb haiku side

Were Those Boobs Real?

newsflash to uze guys

she died from an overdose

now we can all sleep

Series p. 1

in a perfect world

we’d have a wide screen t.v.

hope springs infernal

Series p. 2

in a perfect world

my kid would sleep through the night

hope springs maternal

I Do Like Haiku

Night trains rumble while

moon shadows dance on the wall

I nurse Finn and rock

Twenty Weeks

Your roughened hands cup

The swell of my womb heartbeat

fragile potential

I thank Mad Haiku for the inspiration, the poetry lesson, and the belly laughs. Notice this guy went right into my blogroll. I also thank him for altering my brain in such a way that I can’t stop counting syllables (24). I’m making this a meme; if you’re a blogger reading this, consider yourself tagged, especially Leah, Chelle, Stuntmother, and Looky, Daddy. You can cut out the liquor if pregnant or nursing but it won’t be as much fun. Write a few haiku!

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15 Comments so far

FENICLE March 28th, 2007 1:06 pm

I never fully understood Haiku. We had to do it in an English class once in high school. It just never made sense to me. I’m more of the it-must-ryhme person!! But this was funny!!! I’m not sure that Im brave enough to try it, but maybe I’ll read up more on it.
Luther March 28th, 2007 1:21 pm

Nutmeg, A while back I ran a haiku contest that I would like to submit for this meme. You can find it here:

Haiku Contest
Leah March 28th, 2007 1:41 pm

Cool, my first meme. I keep reading about memes. I thought a meme was when someone gives you a list of questions to which you should craft clever, cheeky responses. Naturally, I get a meme that involves Haiku which requires you to not only be clever, but also count which has never been my strongsuit. Nutmeg - since I can no longer feign blog-telligence about a meme, can you please enlighten me as to what exactly makes a meme a meme?
nutmeg March 28th, 2007 2:16 pm

Oh, it’s so simple. Three lines. Counted syllables. 5 7 5. You don’t have to go overboard like I did. Just write three or four and then tag three or four other bloggers. You both can do it. No grades!
mad March 28th, 2007 4:52 pm

A morning well spent! Or maybe misspent, if you had chores and such to do. I’m so envious of your talents!

BTW, thanks for the shoutout and link. Linking you back.
Michelle March 28th, 2007 9:44 pm

I’m not as classy–maybe a limerick or two but poetry is so far beyond my abilities. you, however . . .
chelle March 28th, 2007 10:57 pm

Those are AWESOME! I am so going to work on a few … when I have some mental energy promise! Thanks for the tag!
Melanie March 28th, 2007 11:37 pm

Thank you for stopping by my blog and posting a comment!
Jodi(the black sheep sister) March 29th, 2007 12:37 am

I don’t get it I never did.
nutmeg March 29th, 2007 12:51 am

You show up in comments for only the second time in a year and you trash my art! 5 7 5! What is there to get? You named our dog Tennyson! Okay, maybe I need to write some elegies or odes…
Stephanie March 29th, 2007 6:12 am

Love your haikus. I have a book called Seasonal Japanese Haikus, but funny thing is there isn’t a single one in there about boobs. I looked.

After my blogging hiatus, I’ll have to write up some haikus. I forgot how fun they are.
Paul March 29th, 2007 10:42 am

I dig the haiku
So I write them on my blog -
Feel free to visit.
Highchair Haiku « Raising A Little Kane March 29th, 2007 7:00 pm

[...] A funny lady at simplynutmeg tagged me not with a list of questions but to write Haiku. Just my luck. In case you were out sick that day in grammar school, a haiku consists of three lines with the syllables counted out 5-7-5. (Note to my father -I know. I know. Counting not my strong-suit. I am sure you will double check for me) [...]
Leah March 29th, 2007 7:23 pm

I did it! It was really fun and not as hard as I thought. Thanks
Marcia June 23rd, 2007 5:23 am

Your Haiku were great. The boobs one was too good.

I Haiku, Do You?

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