RABBI GERSHON SKIRMISH ON GROWING OLD, a haiku
You're still young if you listen, learn, can tolerate some contradiction. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
REMEMBER THIS, a haiku
Far too many go to the grave with their best songs inside and unsung. - It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. - William Carlos Williams Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
SO, SMILE NEXT TIME - a haiku
This picture on your passport clearly shows someone too ill to travel. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 9, 2012
TELEGRAM FROM MY DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE, a haiku
Dad, start worrying. Details to follow shortly. Love, Lizeveta - Rabbi Gershon Skirmish Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
VOLUNTEER, haiku paraphrase of Mohammed Ali
Service to others is the rent we pay to live here on this planet. - with love to all the out-of-state volunteers who came to New York and New Jersey when we needed them so much Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
THE WAITRESS' TALE - a second haiku sandwich
Helpful waitress says, "Soup du jour is lobster bisque." Pompous diner: "I know that! I have been to France." Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Swallow a live frog in the morning. Nothing worse can befall either of you the rest of the day. A haiku sandwich (5-7-7-5) with a James Bond title. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 5, 2012
A CANNY IRISH PRAYER
God speed the feet of those that love us, but trip the heels of those that hate us that we may know them by their limping. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Part 6 - FALLEN TREES AND HURRICANES - TWO HAIKU
Hurricanes bend trees to try to lay them level. One or two then do. Hurricanes tell trees to dance. Those that boogie best now and then may trip. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
PART 5 POST-HURRICANE FUN FROM A LOCAL MOVIE THEATER (haiku)
You find these letters blown off our marquee. What film were we showing then? G-I-B-A-R-R-E-T-A Sign in to see full entry.