Cell Phone Haiku

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:15:00 +0000

Obey without thought

Commit the cruelest of crimes

No reward offered

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0000

The first is benign

Absent the control and shame

That drives the second

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:40:00 +0000

Two creation myths

Placed side by side in same book

How can both be true?

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:39:00 +0000

Tweet once and tweet twice

Tweet until your tweeter breaks

Then ask why we flee

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:53:00 +0000

A slew of bad choices

A life of pain and sorrow

Wish for something else

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:22:00 +0000

Always more to do

Pick your tasks with care because

You won’t get them done

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:03:00 +0000

I get more done when

I’m out of the office but

Still things pile up

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:03:00 +0000

Kid needs a haircut

More often than you would think

Like the Beatle look?

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +0000

Tiny problems will

Grow into colossal ones

If you don’t mind them

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Waiting to connect

Stop thinking on things to do

Start on things to be

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Ask questions to see

If they know what they’re doing

That’s deeper knowledge

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:18:00 +0000

Days full of meetings

Deadlines and tough decisions

With no time to think

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:30:00 +0000

God wants you to pray

For the things He won’t give you

Keeps you coming back

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:17:00 +0000

My nights without sleep

Are becoming like old friends

They know my secrets

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:31:00 +0000

Right before you post

Forces creativity

To bow to pressure

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0000

Can we still have a

White Christmas if it doesn’t snow

‘Til January?

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:12:00 +0000

Make sure you control

Without you they’ll run amok

Create things undreamed

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:07:00 +0000

Now I understand

Why we must distract ourselves

Truth is too painful

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:02:00 +0000

The book is now done

Wrote it twice and will again

Will you please read it?

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:39:00 +0000

Signs of growing old

More and more with each new year

At least still growing

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:31:00 +0000

It always takes time

Don’t be in such a rush to

Become what you’re not

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:22:00 +0000

One less thing to do

It’s minor and didn’t take long

But still a relief

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:04:00 +0000

A chance to reflect

Ninety minutes of calm in

A turbulent life

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Pain in my stomach

Don’t know what it is and no

Time to speculate

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noreply@blogger.com (Eric Lanke) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:47:00 +0000

In order to win

You must understand the game

Learn the rules then play