Wade on Birmingham » Daily Haiku http://wadeonbirmingham.com News, features and essays about Birmingham and Alabama Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WadesDailyHaikuhttp://feedburner.google.com consumption http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadesDailyHaiku/~3/9ojz4dSpehU/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/11/consumption-haiku/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=14175 A sickness worldwide
that causes blockage of the
soul with gross clutter.

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drugstore, the others from the
bargain bin at Zayre.

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]]> http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/10/the-meaning-of-gifts-haiku/feed/ 0 http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/10/the-meaning-of-gifts-haiku/ the long lunch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadesDailyHaiku/~3/hSupEmpZ3jQ/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/09/the-long-lunch-haiku/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=14173 The rush passed as the
diners evaporated,
leaving us to chat.

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]]> http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/09/the-long-lunch-haiku/feed/ 0 http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/09/the-long-lunch-haiku/ the last pile of leaves http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadesDailyHaiku/~3/5B9yYVh3OCw/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/08/the-last-pile-of-leaves-haiku/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=14172 Bits of autumn strewn
about the lawn, stragglers in
a too warm winter.

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and the presents slip by for
time with friends and fam.

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motors, loud neighbors and cramped
closet. Time to flee.

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on the turf but on the air,
dueling commercials.

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future swarmed the terminals
to download updates.

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pulled up their chairs to confide
tales of hiding out.

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to be alive and thinking
about death’s house call.

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whimper, but fading passion
and indifference.

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]]> http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/01/failure-by-proxy-haiku/feed/ 0 http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/02/01/failure-by-proxy-haiku/ if she could talk to the animals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WadesDailyHaiku/~3/arrMBZgWdqk/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/01/31/if-she-could-talk-to-the-animals-haiku/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:55 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=14142 The caregiver wraps
booboos on scraped paws and sings
of quiet jungles.

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others of the past, and some
see nothing asleep.

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sheep crowded toward the streams of
grass on the bare plain.

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of sugar shatters into
bitter, sweet pieces.

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found laws of the universe
heretofore unknown.

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their ordered routine of long
days, boredom and shock.

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clerk throughout the week, only
to find the line dead.

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thrives on chaos and lives for
schadenfreude and snark.

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cyber communities means
you can’t scrounge sugar.

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