Larkin Cunningham » Daily Haiku http://www.larkincunningham.com Freelance Journalist, Writer, Editor Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:15:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Context http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2010/08/06/context/ http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2010/08/06/context/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:14:15 +0000 admin http://www.larkincunningham.com/?p=176 Continue reading →]]> Everything, when
Taken in isolation,
Has little meaning.

My first haiku in a long while. It’s a good habit to be in, to create a finished piece of work frequently. Remember, now, that “everything” has 4 syllables, not 3. Ev-er-ee-thing, not ev-ree-thing.

]]> http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2010/08/06/context/feed/ 0 5 minute haiku explosion http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2008/10/31/5-minute-haiku-explosion/ http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2008/10/31/5-minute-haiku-explosion/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:14:05 +0000 admin http://www.larkincunningham.com/?p=42 Continue reading →]]> To make up for a recent dearth of daily haikus, here are 4 that I wrote in quick succession…

All of a sudden,
Hurtling from the deep jungle
Was a silverback.

Without any thought,
I wrote that lovely haiku
To amuse myself.

The glare on my screen
Makes it very hard to read
What I am writing.

Less than five minutes
To write four random haikus
Isn’t bad at all.

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Makes it hard to write this verse;
This will have to do.

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Stink the air, catch in my throat,
Make it hard to breathe.

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Heats the room to boiling point,
But it helps me write!

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Grass shaven, weeds beheaded,
Trimmings composted.

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Cocoa, flour, eggs, milk, and
Vanilla essence.

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Couples with False Killer Whale
To create Wolphin

]]> http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2008/10/11/headline-from-popular-underwater-tabloid/feed/ 1 Impressions can be deceiving http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2008/10/09/impressions-can-be-deceiving/ http://www.larkincunningham.com/index.php/2008/10/09/impressions-can-be-deceiving/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:17:07 +0000 admin http://www.larkincunningham.com/?p=34 Continue reading →]]> Jimmy Cagney looms,
Tommy gun in hand, saying
“You doity rat!” – not!

It’s a fact that James Cagney never ever said “You dirty rat”. It’s the impressionists of Cagney who picked it up over the years. A bit like “Beam me up, Scotty”, which was never uttered by Captain Kirk.

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Atom smashing generates
Massive energy.

Nuclear Attack:
Atom smashing generates
Mass casualties.

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