Today marks the finale for Suze's Tiny Harmonies project. Go visit her at Subliminal Coffee to see others writing haiku about today's themes.
That's right: themes, plural. Suze gave us three to play with this time, to do with as we please. Following are my humble offerings for each.
Quench:
Filling the pint glass
Half with lager, half with stout:
The Real:
Not much snow on ground.
6 a.m. phone call verdict:
There's no school today.
Loam:
Road is slipp'ry goop,
Four-wheel drive's great in the mud.
Car's named Totoro.
Four-wheel drive's great in the mud.
Car's named Totoro.
Very nice! I enjoy a good haiku. And I was disappointed this week when not one of my students recognized Totoro....
ReplyDeleteThat is upsetting! I'm disappointed with Vermont on the Miyazaki front at the moment. Not a single theater in the state appears to be screening the new movie - written by the father but directed by the son.
DeleteNice! Although being suggestible means there is now going to be one less Smithwick's left in the fridge.
ReplyDeleteYes, this one was definitely Guinness product inspired! I prefer ale to lager to drink but the visual works better with lager.
DeleteHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
ReplyDeleteSquidman! I LOVE the name of your CAR!!
Okay, that was all excite-y and the house is all quiet except for the coffeemaker and I didn't really shout but I was standing up and cheering on the inside. :) :)
Thank you so much for participating in this. It really has been fun.
I've enjoyed it, too - a very nice way to kick off a Friday.
DeleteOh, and I forgot to mention: long before my car was the PRM (Prog Rock Mobile,) my sister had named it 'Galaga.' :)
DeleteVery nice!
Deletehahahahahahahha... almost had a heart attack love your haiku
ReplyDeleteI am a huge Studio Ghibli fan. The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka is worth the trip to Japan alone ! You get picked up at the train station by a yellow catbus covered in dust sprites !
My sons part time job is working at an Irish bar in Nishinomiya so the first haiku is perfect.
cheers, parsnip
How long has your son been in Japan? I've spent five years of my life there myself - three as a child (which I don't remember well) and two as an adult which I remember very well, indeed. I taught in Yokohama on the JET Programme. There was, at the time (mid '90s) a great Irish pub in Roppongi (Tokyo) which friends and I would frequent. I never made it to Nishinomiya but I do love that part of the country.
DeleteSon when over on a fellowship to finish up his senior year of University there. He graduated there. He has had many job teaching but never in the JET program. He now teaches in a private junior high girls school that is part of a high school and university prep school for both boys and girls.
DeleteHe has lived there for 10 ? years but he has had a offer to work for a newspaper in Tokyo but likes Osaka better. So do I the people are a hoot ! Go Hanshin Tigers !
He is thinking of working as an outside contractor for the Consulate in Osaka they have been trying to recruit him.
He is married with a terrific wife and darling daughter. We have a very wonderful extended family.
I have been thinking of dividing my time between Arizona and Osaka.
cheers, parsnip
He's living the dream. I miss Japan. It's been 15 years and I still miss it sometimes.
DeleteNice!! All three! Gosh, a black and tan sounds good right about now, on a Friday, for lunch. Fish and chips too.
ReplyDeleteWith vinegar! Seriously, you just made my mouth water. Where's the blogosphere pub when you need it?
DeleteY'all can keep the lager, but I wouldn't mind some of those fish and chips. With vinegar, of course.
ReplyDeleteThree more goodies, Squid! This has really been fun, hasn't it? (And I really didn't think I LIKED haiku...)
It has indeed. Keep in touch!
DeleteI'm just a mouse click away! (So to speak...)
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DeleteNice, all three. The second one even brought back a bit of the joy of a snow day -- these days it's all "Oh no, more of that s#*$*% to shovel..."
ReplyDeleteI went through a phase when the only beer I'd accept would be Guinness, but I gradually realized I hated the taste with a passion. Sometimes you just have to take a breath and accept your inner Rolling Rock. :-)
Snow really is getting old at this point. It's spring for crying out loud!
DeleteI like your beer story. It's funny how we can convince ourselves we like something when we really don't.
Feeling rather thirsty now... I like the pragmatic nature of your haiku :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. Must be the Northern European influence.
DeleteThat beer looks magical and delicious... Kind of like lucky charms... But better!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Valerie Nunez and the Flying Platypi
Thank you for stopping by. The name of your blog is awesome. I'll come visit shortly.
DeleteA haiku to beer... gotta love that!
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by. I raise my glass to you - wine tonight.
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