My friend gave me the most awesome book yesterday. It’s called Curious Lists – A Creative Journal for List-Lovers. (I know! I have the greatest friends of all!) The book is divided into chapters like “Lists for Early Morning” “Lists for When You’re Home Sick”, “Lists for Boring Meetings.” There are 26 chapters. I am given the list titles. The lists themselves are up to me.
I am intrigued, delighted, in love with this book. It’s like the j-version of a video game. I could seriously wile away the hours with this! Instead I’ll wile away a blog post. In the chapter, “Lists for When You’re Discouraged,” this one made me laugh: Haikus About Duct Tape.
You see where this is going, right? I’ve never written duct tape haiku before; it simply must be time to leap!
Three Haikus About Duct Tape
1.
All you need is love,
but smoke, mirrors and duct tape
will work in a pinch.
2.
It looks awesome but…
It’s tricky getting out of
my cute duck tape dress.
3.
Trying to form words
with a duct tape tongue. Hopeless.
Dazzled by your smile.
Okay, your turn. Say something delightful about duct tape. Haiku is encouraged but by no means required. Have fun!
It is late, and I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine and your post is like energy I cannot even understand right now, I was trying to get to yesterday’s. :-)
Fabulous job on the poems. You and your brain amaze me.
I will check the box that say “Notify me . . ” because your brilliant writer followers never cease to amaze me . . . shame me into not want to comment, but never cease so amaze.
Duct tape is something that’s in your house at all times and you can NEVER find it when you need it! :)
Great haiku! :)
Silver-tongued devil,
I am so wrapped up in you.
Everlasting love.
Terre, And the best part is that some of my brilliant commenters aren’t even writers (or at least that’s not what they call themselves). I attract brilliance and talent, it’s one of my superpowers (present commenter included).
Estrella, So true. A tweetable sentiment!
Linda, That is wonderful! I’ve got such a big grin right now. (Another form for you to explore – haiku!)
Haiku, at this hour?!?! Oh geeez, someone start playing flute behind me!
Ever running nose
The days growing colder now
Need duct tape closure
Wrap me in silver
Leafs fall from the trees above
I stand in their path
Strong and flexible
The day seems filled with bends
Did I do it right
OK, some haiku for you. The last one trying to relate duct tape, with a hint of your yoga and your topic yesterday. Oh yeah, well it relates to it from my view in the special room! so there! ha!
Okay, it’s been awhile, a little rusty but here goes. What a fun way to start a Wednesday morning – thanks Judy! Absolutely LOVED your haikus, along with Linda’s – I am not worthy :^)
Reading the label,
“Duct tape for the Heart” in red,
Will need lots of rolls
Loved Bobby’s as well – I think I was posting at the same time he was, so I didn’t see them until after I posted :^)
Bobby, I totally got the last one even without your telling me – so either it’s an amazing bit of work or I’m on to you. You pick. (Maybe both!)
Christie, I so wanted to do one about duct tape for broken hearts, but I couldn’t quite get it to work. You just wrote beautifully exactly what I was trying to say!
ooh – haiku! how fun! :-D
magic silver tape
fixes almost everything
but not ducts or ducks
ps – christie, your haiku is so beautiful!
Thanks jb :^)
jb… it won’t fix a duck? (Thank you for that big fun smile of a haiku!)
Ok, Linda, you left me speechless. The artist in me just bounced off of every wall, and I want to sit at your feet and hear all of the variations of meaning that come from such a compact statement… I mean, haiku
Red, #3 hits too close to home for the TPM. I’d comment, but, well, duct tape tongue… :-)
(ok, its limiting me, so haiku in the next entry)
Sticky and sweet? – Yuk?
Again, I got the wrong one
Wanted Bubble Tape
I love our time here
laughing, loving, feeling you
seal it with duct tape
duct duct duct duct goose!
I win! no one can chase me
they’re stuck to the floor
Linda, that was stunning… and, everyone, this has been a day of great haiku. Rather than attempt to match any of it, I’m going to declare haiku bankruptcy and post a limerick instead:
A superhero caught without cape
like a window that’s lacking a drape
may be forced to reveal
things he’d rather conceal
so he keeps them wrapped up in duct tape.
…but Judy, what’s with that chapter title?
A tough road behind
Longer journey lay ahead.
Sticktuitiveness.
But one thing for sure. If I knew we could have been throwing Limericks around all day I would have checked back a lot sooner! Sheeesh!!
TPM, Wow. I love all of yours. Especially the second one. You’re rocking my ZS Haiku world!
Tim, Gotta love a guy who totally breaks the rules – not that there are any. And I’m a sucker for limericks! As for the chapter title… I’m assuming that it’s hard to stay discouraged when you’re writing haikus about duct tape. ;-)
Bobby, 1) Love your haiku. 2) Toss some limericks into the mix! Seriously. I am of the opinion that life cannot be too full of limericks!
Sewage treatment facilities
Fault lines
We don’t where you fit
okay, limericks I can do.
In honor of those crazy republicans…
(not anyone here on zs, I’m only talking about the crazy ones.)
There once was man not in good shape.
Who held things together with duct tape.
“A Public option I need.
Sheesh! I’m starting to bleed!
Off to Canada I am going, to escape.”
cmw
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