Haiku, poems, and stories

Random thoughts and stories, maybe even the occasional photo.

-Robert

Saturday, March 2, 2013

hey Sam I am ~
only 50 word were needed
to write green eggs and ham

It's true. According to Wikipedia, "The vocabulary of the text consists of just fifty different words and was the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf (Dr. Seuss's publisher) that Seuss ... could not complete an entire book using so few words."

"The 50 are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you." The Cat in the Hat uses only 250 words.
 
Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 3/1/2013
Prompt was:  Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Friday, March 1, 2013

in a redwood glade
on a summer night ~
a gathering of faeries


Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 3/1/2013
Prompt was gathering.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013


on the road again
new wheels ... thoughts far
from kitchens


Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2.28/2013
Prompt was kitchen
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013

boxes of paper
important once
no longer, and yet ...


Posted to Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/27/2013.
Prompt was garage.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013


the closets
clear the clutter
ah, maybe tomorrow ...


Posted to Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/26.2013
Prompt was closet.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013

family meals
at the big round table ~
the lazy Susan

Posted to Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/25/2013.
Prompt was dining room. 

Sunday, February 24, 2013

steamy shower
running haiku
counting, cutting

Posted on 2/24/2013 at 11:46 a.m.
Prompt was bathroom.

furnace just quit
so it's cold in the loo
no reading today

Posted on 2/24/2013 at 11:46 a.m.
Prompt was bathroom.
POSTED YESTERDAY ...

drifting off in my own bed ~
sounds of surf and
sea lions ...

Posted on FB's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/23/2013
Prompt was bedroom.