All Haikus are Welcome.

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Love the imagery :)


in the end

in the end we're all
like life was a waterfall
thrilling to the end

2/6/2023

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

pipes may freeze

lost the gray blanket
about 0 degrees C
faucets on dribble

2/6/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Hope they won´t. freeze :(

Monday

Luminous morning!
Birds welcome the new day,
People walk to work.

The city wakes
with more hast than dignity.
Crowds throng sleepy streets.

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From the Word Can challenge at our "Thursdays at Two" group: yelp/behind/rustle/outward/valley

rustle behind me

rustle behind me
outward into the valley
a yelp of terror

2/16/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! All the challenge words meaningfully accommodated in a haiku.

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March madness

mornings blue and cool
windows wet glass poetry
mad concrete breezes

3/21/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:) Enjoyed the haiku

March gifts

Light autumn breeze
Cats lazing on balcony
Bird chants in the air

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed ! Happy Autumn :)


cobble stones

an afternoon walk
polished cobble stones glisten
after a light rain

3/22/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!Happy Spring!

Riotous Morning(damaged haiku)

The tubes strike
Police cars run amok,
Helicopters chime in.

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Good grief :( Sounds like an action movie. The perils of city life.

yellow daffodils in bloom

hide and seek sunshine
resilience today's watchword
a respite from rain

3/24/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol!It often comes down to much noise!
Loved your yellow daffodils!

Waves of heat

Scorching midday sun.
Creatures, small and big seek
shadowy respite

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Chilly bright day for us... rain soon.


auroræ

our mystic star
coronal mass ejection
auroræ dancing

3/25/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Hot day 32ºC. Rain soon?

Late summer
Summer doesn´t want to
take leave. Sun´s winking in above
Below creatures bask!

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Hoping the humidity is mild. Praying for rain. About 0ºC just before dawn here.


before dawn

feeding the heat stove
as old as my aching back
bird song in the dark

3/27/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

AAII! Enjoyed!

Transport
Waiting for the car
that will take all my books a-
way.Empty house?

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Going digital completely ? If I was allowed to make a rule re: moving it would be that one's books stay behind for the new tenant and then one would inherit the books from the previous tenant in the new house/flat/apartment. Brand new digs (no earlier tenant) would be full scale perusal and purchase at ye olde used booke store :) ... and digital of course. If one didn't like the literary taste of a previous tenant then a donation to the public library would be in order and full scale perusal and purchase at ye olde used booke store :)


rural

magical morning
away from traffic I chill
enjoying the peace

3/27/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol. I like your rules specially as they democratize reading. In Germany, they have that, but at a more modest scale I learned from some friends. They have public bookcases there: people separate regularly books they don´t want any more and shelve them there and take other books they want home.

My going digital isn´t quite voluntary. I loved my books, but I got an insect problem and never got quite rid of it. And so I got used to digital reading. Plus, importing physical books to my country has become complicated.

The empty room ( damaged haiku)

Here am I, sitting
in a room without shelves.
......................................

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Solitude then :)

We have tiny neighborhood lending libraries too (kiosks?), outside on corners here and there. Our local library accepts books which they either leave outside to take, or arrayed in a $1.00 USD room, with CD's too (I picked up a book for $1.00 on Eternal Life from many perspectives at our last poetry event :) )


march winds

winds shriek through the pines
like wraiths marching through graveyards
in search of lost souls

3/28/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Hui! As long as everything remains standing!

March Exit

Afternoon downpoor
Longing for friendly April
and gorgeous flowers!

[tailor STATELY]

Very optimistic :)

After the winds we received an afternoon surprise last Tuesday...


3.28.2023

two inches of snow
after the winds had ceased fell
unexpectedly

3/31/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re:Two inches of snow at the end of March!

Lovely Sunshine!
Birds and dogs delight in song
Humans moon away.

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Oh My !


a laughter of snow

a laughter of snow
overnight the briefest fall
sunlit wisps now gone

4/3/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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popcorn snow

afternoon graupel
floats with a ferocity
bouncing on fence rails

4/3/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!That must be the cinema snow.

Sounds

Birds greet the cold dawn
From much afar, hammering
Day opening wings!

[tailor STATELY]

Joyous !


pspsps

cat psychology
piquing curiosity
entropy results

4/15/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! :)

pspsps 2
Soft morning breeze.
Fur all spread on window in front.
Cat basking on sill.

[tailor STATELY]

lol... enjoyed.

I have started another pspsps that needs a little more refining before making its debut as a 5-7-5 Haiku; the following is in the raw 5-6-5, and maybe its final form... and since you have pspsps 2 I'll title mine with pspsps 3 :) :



pspsps 3


comfy furniture
now shredded hand me downs

cat tree looks better

4/15/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

A Tragic Fate (pspsps 4).
A new brown sofa
cat paws busily at work,
Couch burned on place!

[tailor STATELY]

Burned ? OMGosh!

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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2:00 pm

high in a fir tree
a squirrel scolds me, its sky
marred by a contrail

4/17/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

AAII! Can´t imagine a squirrel scolding. Met one only once, very tame eating nuts from my hand in the Central Park-NY.

After the storm

A feeble sunshine
Park, dogs, barks, puddles.
Life's resumed.

[tailor STATELY]

Very nice :)

bucolic breath

bucolic breath of
daffodil intuition
esteems sacred moss

4/20/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Thought I posted this... forgive me if posted elsewhere... edited today anyway:


ink

a book on a shelf
its words left unrequited
remains in darkness

3/29/2023 r. 4/25/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

No. I don't remember reading this poem before. Liked it very much!

An empty bookshelf

An empty bookshelf
Fills existence with voids.
Dust settles on them.

[Danik 2016]

Very nice :)

bucolic breath

bucolic breath of
daffodil intuition
esteems sacred moss

4/20/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Loved "bucolic breath/of daffodil intuition"!⁰

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An empty bookshelf :(

fragrant lilac blues

fragrant lilac blues
pollen races with sharpened
skates across eyeballs

5/1/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Short but elaborate!


Brimming bright roses
Parading gorgeous outfits.
Pink and red landscapes.

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Must be a colorful crowd out and about :)


the rain in may

rain makes its return
a respite from pollen's grip
hopefully in store

5/1/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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deuxième

thunder rolls nearby
rains fall at a quickened pace
a low fire burns

5/2/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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a chilly may day

a chilly may day
I may go out, I may not
'cause it just may rain

5/3/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Bouts of rain? Enjoyed the poems but not the weather.

Football evening
Occasional cries of goal
The rest is silence.

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Goal ! - a joyful sound :)

silent geese lay low

hail lambasts my roof
a loud drumming proceeds to
intrude upon peace

5/6/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Good grief!Hope the weather is better now.


Paw prints of kittens

Paw prints of kittens
A sweet routine of fur
On the windows sill.

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Loved Paw prints :)

No rain today... tomorrow :)

choir of angels

overcast clouds reign
a beautiful Sabbath day
His Spirit abides

5/7/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the serene Haiku

Monday without Metapher

People awaken
to the multiple chores
of a hustling week.

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Chillin' here :)

adding insult to allergy

painful cloudy sight
expect to last a fortnight
hordeolum blues

5/8/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

"hordeolum blues". Lol + Oh my! Just learned a new word. "Hordeolum" at least isn´t dangerous, unless it has to do with the new Covid variant arturo+something.
Wishing quick improvement:
https://www.aoa.org/healthy-eyes/eye-and-vision-conditions/hordeolum?sso=y

No poems today. Waiting until you get better. My eyesight is not that fine these days either

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the haiku but not the subject.

Rainy autumn day

Empty landscapes
Bouts of wet indifference
Muffled sounds of life

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Enjoyed very much :) ... hoping your weather improves; the weather here is on the uptick :) https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=weather+95633&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


sunny

sunny with pollen
breeze into to my blurry eyes
abstract happiness

5/10/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Not Metaphorical (damaged Haiku)

Clouded eyesight

after eating.Detective mystery!

Doctor tomorrow.

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Oh no :( Prayers...


Breakfast in Coloma

jaunt to Coloma
though lilacs may turn to rust
a friend transcends gold

5/11/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! And it seems that (just a moment) the hordeolum is getting better!:)

Enjoyed the poem!
"though lilacs may turn to rust
a friend transcends gold"

Friday
Neither sun nor rain
It fridays serenely
Under a grey sky

[tailor STATELY]

A serene Friday... who might ask for more :)

re: hordeolum... yes :)


Mother's Day

the water rabbit
observes moon's waning crescent
herald Mother's Day

5/14/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

AAAIII!

On Mother´s Day

A big orange cat

looks nostalgic after his

vanished humans.

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Lol... I miss my big orange cat so much it hurts.


spring

wind and rain and then
deciduous leaves me spring
green and pollen breeze

5/18/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re:Taffy?

Sometimes a cloud

Azure sky beams
on glorious landscapes .
Sometimes a cloud

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No, Odie... he passed away before Doodles. I friend of mine passed away today... (sigh) :(


remembrance


memories hurt so -
family, friends, or pets passed

an empty aching

5/18/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

So sorry to read it! Hoping there is a Paradise for meeting beloved ones.

No word describes the
emptiness of bereaved
hearts and wonted haunts.

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Enjoyed... all too true.

Ah... the grand rejoicing on the other side of the veil is almost palpable :)


once heady lilac

butterflies forego
once heady lilac blossoms -
all have turned to rust

5/20/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Being human

Living epheme-
ral joys and sorrows while lon-
ging for endlessness?

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Enjambment ! Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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a quail's cheery call

a quail's cheery call
disrupts the melancholy
ennui fades away

5/23/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! :)


Floating in the wind,
a single dry leaf carries
its life story.

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Brilliant :)

simple mindedness

simple mindedness
on surveying tall grasses
where the quail run free

5/25/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Dawn
Happy bird voices.
Sun rises in the spheres,
erasing the night

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Lovely Haiku :)

the sting of death

death by any means
a sting embracing winter
awaiting the spring

5/25/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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warm spring thunderstorm

warm spring thunderstorm
at first it rolls from afar
then comes the downpour

6/5/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Warm autumn sunshine!
Morning glory greets
the sleeping city.

[tailor STATELY]

Love morning glories :)

warm spring thunderstorm #2

morning sun with breeze
wait the thunderstorm, again
pollen please be gone

6/6/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!Pollen is raving in Germany too I read.

Green barren planes
thirsting for vegetation.
Breezes of hope!

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Hope :)


færies' reflection

the strawberry moon
her silver countenance wanes
as færies reflect

6/8/2023


~~~~~~~~~~~


grey skies

grateful for grey skies
as pollen slowly abates
eyes still in revolt

6/8/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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blithe færies preparing

a fortnight away
blithe færies preparing for
midsummer night's eve

6/9/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed all three haikus

Our Winter
Forget lullabies
The embrace of white garments.
Just a frosty sun.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)


midwinter night's eve

midwinter night's eve
monsters embrace white garments
newly acquired

6/9/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Aaii!

Midnight
A sleepy twitter.
Points of light crossing the sky
The earth breaths slower,

[tailor STATELY]

Very nice :)


twitter verse

a solar fountain
accessorizes bird bath
hummingbirds twitter

6/9/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

AAII!

Doves keep council
on the roof of the fast food.
Hungry heads look down.

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Enjoyed :)

intermittent reign

not much has been seen
of late a fugitive sun
sulks while clouds linger

6/11/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Charming haiku

Celebration
Sunday laziness
preceding the great event:
the big gay parade

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I can imagine the parade with the usual magnificent Brasilian flair... Enjoyed :)


only fools rush in

these rivers run fast
and cold and deep and seek death
from the foolhardy

6/11/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

re: (:

That´s serious!

The rivers
Mystery abounds,
All rivers flowing to one
ocean.Pilgrimage.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

psps #5 (dear cat)

attacking my feet
whilst I attempt to slumber
isn't humorous

6/13/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! It is!


Psps #6

Cat Breakfast Time (topsyturned haiku)

Cat breakfast time
this isnt just a rhime,
obey the furry alarm clock.

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lol :)

psps #7 (good grief!)

a lizard ran in
followed by a streaking cat
two cats now searching

6/14/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

lol!
psps #8 and9

Morning cat hubbub!
Mouse fleeing along floor.
Followed by cat!

Me following cat,
Hoping neighbors' doors keep shut.
while saving mouse.

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lolololol !


psps #10

our new indoor guest
has thus far not reappeared
silent cats roaming

6/14/2023

a visiting bear

a visiting bear
not so carefully inspects
garbage cans at night

6/14/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Everything ok with that bear? No danger of a compulsory visit to the house?

A rainy day

A rainy day
No dog or cat visible
Roosevelt* lays bare

*The place near by

[tailor STATELY]

All is good, bears and lions use these properties as highways... especially since the last few fires. Once in a while bears make mischief... one once got into our deepfreeze many years ago.

Enjoyed your Haiku... a bonus of peace with the rain :)


more bugs

as spring nears its end
modest weather blesses us
and bugs multiply

6/16/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

The problems you have got there up in the North! I hope the poor bear could be saved from freezing. Here the "mischiefs" come from the humans

First winter day

Cold winter noon hour
Dogs demanding sun and warmth
from the silent sky

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Heat... we're more fortunate than many: https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=weather+95633&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

The antithesis of your haiku perhaps -


waving heat

a moment's breeze stirs
a desiccated pink rose
in the global heat

7/15/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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a heavenly blue canvas

heat as dusk draws nigh
a heavenly blue canvas
cirrus clouds paint skies

7/16/2023

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

A charming and strong image. That´s our poor planet.

Monday, 07-17-2023

Lazy winter sun (22º)

Subdued Monday bustle

That´s the card today

[Danik 2016]

.........

[tailor STATELY]

Ah, missed this... enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Well, why not some Haikus?

The Albatross

Messenger of light,
the Albatross spreads his wings
over rough waters.

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Enjoyed :)


chilled woodsmoke

bleak, dreary morning
sleep has left my weary eyes
chilled woodsmoke drifting

2/2/2024

Happy Groundhog Day !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed though conditions described are rather bleak.

Before carnival

Rare silent night
Expectant of carnival
Street sleeps, eyes open.

[tailor STATELY]

:) Carnival so soon for you... Enjoy!


2.2.2024

an unsettled day
a fleeting apricity
between bouts of hail

2/3/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Yes, and it finishes only on the weekend after Carnival. Ash Wednesday has been ignores of late


PreCarnival Saturday

Clouds cover the sun
Songs and music from afar
Birds shut their small beaks.

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:)


zwischenzug

copious sunlight
clouds organize an attack
raucous geese take flight

2/3/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Cute poem, surprising title. :)


Sunday Morning

Chilly weather, empty spaces.
Sun essaying timid break
.out. Barks fill the air.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed ! The dogs must be out again below :)

My title is a chess term: an intermediate move or movement; the translation from the German being "intermediate train" according to google translate.

Speaking of trains:


1:00 pm

severe storm warnings
windows and nerves are rattling
winds testing stout trees

2/4/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this stormy poem.
re:"Out" completing "break" on the line above.Removed the stupid full stop before.

Perhaps in fall
Summer storms here,
trees falling on cars and streets.
Order becones after chaos?

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Very grim there... hanging in there here. Going to bed before the power goes out soon... so very surprised it hasn't yet with the "flickers" we've had.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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power

we are an island
untouched by interruption
winds of war played out

2/5/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

The World in 2024

The world has become
covered by furuncles
ready to explode.

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lol... "furuncles"... hate those !

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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two dandelions

two dandelions
atmospheric river's joy
as it passes by

2/20/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the image!

Summer Rain

Water pouring down,
alleys become rivers
taking everything with them.

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Sounds like much of California... except for the Summer part... enjoyed ! :)


a daffodil

winter sunshine joy
on spying a daffodil
yellow blossom beams

2/23/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the beaming daffodil!,

Daffodils

Beaming in the sun,
daffodils spill their yellow
on the pastures.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

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An ekphrastic haiku I wrote about a pix of an elderly man (maybe my age, lol) sitting in a chair, on a deck, on a calm day, staring out into the distance with a shore nearby... I posted on a generic fb poetry site somewhere today...


contentment

contentment well earned
may the day pass before me
with sweet memories

2/25/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Sweet and balanced poem!

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windchimes

windchimes seem brighter
in the sunshine late winter
the world all aglow

3/14/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed

Animal stardom

Animal stardom:
Cuteness on TV and
Insta. Luck/bad luck?

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)



my right hand: 2-haiku

the effects of a 16-lb bowling ball torqued at release endlessly for decades upon the hand

my pink hand's numbness
tortured wrist from lift and turn
pins and needles seethe



a palmist's nightmare: one too many lines

a once calloused thumb
opposes fingertips, palm
a knife's scar betrays

4/29/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

A handy post
Hope right hand improves
Presently believe in phi-
sio therapic help.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Aw, the Greek letter 'phi'... "In ecology, site survival probability, or the probability that a species will continue to occupy a site if it was there the previous year."... most appropriate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi... agree, perhaps someday :)

Our turn for the heat begins:

as changeable as the whether (sic)

weed eating the grounds
Spring's greenery giving way
to triple digits ?

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.960832,-121.4347689,10z/data=!4m2!21m1!1s%2Fg%2F11v_9qc48x?hl=en&entry=ttu

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Weather link. That was us only few weeks ago. Enjoyed the poem but hope for better digits.

UrbanAutumn
Autumn sun kisses
the roof of the tall buildings
Urban towers glow!

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Enjoyed the urban view :)

6.5.2024 10:00 am

set cooling unit
to Rio de Janeiro
3:14 pm



update: 2:00 pm

time to move some air
added small fan to light stand
poems seem cooler

6/5/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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not today 6.14.2024

awakened to the
news of a nuclear at-
tack; stupid smart watch

6/15/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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furious the wind


furious the wind
trees twist and bow down in prayer

relentless rain pelts

12/14/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed but hope for better weather

Winds sweeping along

Rattling windows offensive

Bleak atmosphere.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Windows rattling here too...

no one was injured in the writing of this poem / buggy dead pine




large tree top toppled


road littered with broken limbs



chain saw, rake, short work




12/14/2024






a respite from rain



a respite from rain

quickly re-tarp soaked firewood


stay merciless wind



12/14/2024

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

I've been sitting on this a while...


Ohtani!

ninja baseball skills
mantis shrimp reflexes strike
pure bushi mindset

12/18/2024 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Lol!Enjoyed!

Raining cats and dogs
Empty Sunday afternoon
Watery mindset.

[tailor STATELY]

Love your poem; my apologies for visiting so late.


noon 1.7.2025

the wind roars through trees
noon saturated by sun
brain fog is lifting

1/7/2025 r.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

mandarins

mandarins so sweet
culling the mouldered to eat
delectable treats

1/7/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

an apricity lingers

joy this winter day
an apricity lingers
conjuring blue jays

1/7/2025

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

broken clouds rolled in

broken clouds rolled in
chilling our placid valley
a red-tailed hawk soars

1/7/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this fruity an wheatherly haiku

Jealous weather

Rain looks through windowc
Displays objects ia haze.
Curtains open a grin.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)


a big band aid
rounds mauled, a wedge slips
a contusion to the shin
wood stove fed again

1/7/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed specially the word play!

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you!


rattle

night intrudes apace
single pane windows rattle
the wind reprobate

1/7/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

:)

Abridget Haiku

Wind blows fiercely
Door panes rattle
Neighbors complain.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... love the definitive . at the end of the last line. Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

1.31.2025 morning

prepped rounds with chainsaw
toil with steel wedges and maul
endure the back pain...

light sprinkles... sprinkle
toil with steel wedges and maul
then the fat rain comes...

give Tinker a treat
hang up soaked shirt near wood stove
hot cocoa and chill

1/31/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! Didn't understand all, seemed you were cutting wood in the rain. Hope you are warm enough there. And Tinker too.

Sounds

Light children voices
resound in the afternoon
car horns empathize.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanks! Tinkie and I took a nap, he curled between my legs, after I had 2-cups of hot cocoa.

I score (surface cut) the top of oak rounds to the depth of my chain saw in halves/quarters/or more so I can insert a steel wedge or two into the score(s) and pound the wedges with an 18 lb (8.16 kg) maul/splitter on the flat end until the round splits, sometimes using the opposite end, splitting edge, when I can. This seems to work better than not scoring so the steel wedge doesn't dislodge and fly into my shin, now healing, or worse. Just pounding with the splitting end of the maul works ok with cedar wood or pine, but oak is heartier and often has twisted sinews and knots.

Joyful haiku... loved :)

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! :)

Good splitting requires some techniques, I see.I thought one just takes an axe and works away on the wood.

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2.22.2025

t-shirt weather warm
brushed wispy clouds and blue sky

aloft with soft breeze

2/22/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Sunday at Noon

The asphalt shrivels
under the scorching sun rays.
Barks sound from afar!

[tailor STATELY]

Hot! Hoping you have adequate cooling. Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!

[tailor STATELY]

2.28.2025


honey bees swarming
white effulgent plum blossoms

a lasting false Spring

2/28/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem and the false spring.

[tailor STATELY]

3.1.2025


dandelions beam
such happy countenances

joy envelopes me

3/1/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Love the image of the "happy countenances".

[tailor STATELY]

3.12.2025

window panes rattle
white petals flee from plum trees
boisterous March winds

3/12/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed that windy Haiku

Inspired by it

Windows panes rattle
white ice stones hit the soil
Wind moans through the house

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

[tailor STATELY]

3.13.2025a

morning wakes with snow
its cold permeates my soul
dampens my spirit

3/13/2025

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

3.13.2025b

I pause to reflect
somewhere there is lightning
why else the thunder

3/13/2025

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tailor



3.13.2025c

the sun returns
I see patches of blue near by
thunder rumbles on

3/13/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed your poems!

A whif of autumn
Blue sky wanting to turn white
Leaves asking leave
to fall.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Autumn soon... hopefully a respite from the heat.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

a poetic thought

a poetic thought
to be the last in the room
when the lights go out

5/2/2025

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

tattooed tardigrades https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tattoo-tardigrades-in-nanotechnology-breakthrough

tattooed tardigrades
such is the way of science
I'd write a haiku

5/6/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Poor tardigrades!

[tailor STATELY]

birdsong

a robin's birdsong
emotional connections
twilight tames the night

5/22/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

persist to be still

persist to be still
soak in all that surrounds you
practice mindfulness

5/23/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Specially liked birdsong

Sleepy Haiku

Silence follows
police cars screeching home
Somewhere a moon.

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you :) I've been racking my brain for whom the early morning birdsong belonged to for years and it finally dawned on me... https://www.google.com/search?q=robin+birdsong&num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=etd&sca_esv=e833def03aa227c2&sxsrf=AE3TifM6ds8ruioyo1-uOVeKM9iJyR0Scg%3A1748032614027&ei=ZtwwaNSgAazCp84PiarC-Qs&ved=0ahUKEwjU6474uLqNAxUs4ckDHQmVML8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=robin+birdsong&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDnJvYmluIGJpcmRzb25nMgsQ LhiABBixAxjUAjIFEAAYgAQyCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCMgUQABiABD IFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQ ABiABEjtLVAAWI0rcAF4AZABAJgBmQygAYoVqgEFNy0xLjG4AQ PIAQD4AQGYAgOgAsgWqAILwgIGELMBGIUEwgITEAAYgAQYQxi0 AhiKBRjqAtgBAcICFBAAGIAEGOMEGLQCGOkEGOoC2AEBmANy8Q VSr_pXDhzjo7oGBAgBGAeSBwcwLjEuNy0yoAe0I7IHAzctMrgH 1hU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:11de5914,vid:CCh-Ga7bu6M,st:0

Urban life... enjoyed :)

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! Love it's orange napkin!

[tailor STATELY]

Facebook post by El Dorado County Emergency Response Information about 1-hour ago:

El Dorado Hills fire... forward progress stopped :)



Grass Fire reported
Wilson and Saratoga
Eldorado Hills

6/2/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Good news that it could be stopped!

[tailor STATELY]

tinky

little feet quiver
sleeping black cat on his back
animated tail

7/3/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Aaiiiiiiiiii!

Three cats

Big Blond, Graffiti,
Brownona napping on the
neighbours windows sill.

[tailor STATELY]

:) Enjoyed

[tailor STATELY]

ekphrastic readings

ekphrastic readings
extol the visual arts
poets adding heart

9/2/2025

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100 F

thunder rolls capping
a 38 C day; wind,
lightning fuels fires

9/2/2025

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before evenfall

a halfmoon struggles
through a pallet of grays
before evenfall

9/2/2025

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[Sancho]

Just read Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto. In it the inspector has a haiku hobby, so I thought I’d give one a go. Mine’s pretty amateurish:

Alley Cat

Two green eyes glowing
Spine arched, teeth bared, mouse lies still
Man turns, walks away

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed... just need practice: the Japanese masters Basho and Issa are the Haiku masters I revere https://www.readpoetry.com/10-vivid-haikus-to-leave-you-breathless/

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Thanks for the link Tailor.

I liked this one:

How beautifully
That kite soars up to the sky
From the beggar’s hut.

-Issa

To me it evoked a sense of hope. The beggar is someone who’s struggling in life, but still enjoys the act of flying a kite. The narrator is someone who enjoys the beauty of the kite, but isn’t at all put out by the ugliness of the hovel. It reminded me a little of walking past a homeless camp and seeing that someone has hung Christmas decorations on their tent.

[Sancho]

Attempt numero dos.

Waltzing towards Bethlehem

Three q’wota time
Step, two three. Step... She smiles
Self indulgently

[Sancho]

Tres:

Traffic

Wicker basket and a bell
Horns honk. Dogs bark. But children
Just grin

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoying your Haiku ! Issa's Haiku is quite poignant. The image of one placing Christmas decorations upon a homeless person's abode gives me mixed emotions.

Here's a story I read many years ago about an exchange between Basho and a student of his: https://www.reliefjournal.com/blogposting/2015/05/15/dragonfly

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Nice.

It seems in addition to being a master of the haiku, Bashō was quite the sensei. By the way, in the book that kicked off my interest, Inspector Imanishi Investigates, the word “sensei” is used frequently. There’s a theater troop of young up-and-comers and they tend to refer to their mentors and each other as sensei. At one point a couple of university professors are sitting in a café and weigh in on this usage of the term. They are of the opinion only professors should be referred to as sensei. As a side note, I always thought sensei referred to that ‘roided-up dude who owns the karate business down at the strip mall.

Intento número cuatro:

Pineapple Express

Slate skies. Wind and Rain.
Atmospheric River arrives
Firs gain altitude

[tailor STATELY]

Re: sensei... hmmm, I have the same understanding.

'attitude' would work too. Enjoyed :)


12.16.2025


furtive quail scurry
'round remnants of a downed tree
rustling golden leaves

12/17/2025

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tailor

[Sancho]

“Attitude.” Hmm. That would change the whole idea. I think I might change the subject from trees to my wife. And maybe change the form from haiku to limerick. My original thinking on that one was: trees need wind and rain to grow (gain altitude). Wind prunes the weak limbs and rain filtered through the soil feeds the tree. Douglas Firs are huge, 300 ft plus. I don’t pretend to understand the mechanism pumps that much water from the roots to the crown.

Pineapple Express redo

The rain roaring in from the ocean
Wind induces tree-top commotion
The weather is rude
She’s copping a ‘tude
This season yields spousal emotion

Enjoyed yours. Along the same lines of downed trees:

Numero Cinco

The Phoenix

The heat and flame
Leap from tree top to tree top
Lush grassland ensues

[tailor STATELY]

"copping a ‘tude"... love this expression. lol!

The Phoenix: the cycle of change after a fire, people notwithstanding, a natural thing... inevitable. Enjoyed :)

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

what oak leaves remained

what oak leaves remained
after a much needed rain
now lazily fall

12/18/2025


a feral cat visitation

a glass transparent
'twixt Tinky and the ferine
whilst she squirms, he whines

12/18/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Enjoyed both of those, Tailor.
I think your feral feline might be my alley cat from numero uno. Once he’d dined on downtown-dumpster mouse, he went uptown to scratch another itch. Billy Joel wrote a song about it:

Uptown Girl
https://youtu.be/hCuMWrfXG4E?si=xL6N9U0iixJx-WRs

I gotta say, I’m convinced my sensibilities are more aligned with the limerick than the haiku.

[tailor STATELY]

Great song. This little lady? cat has been hanging around for quite some time, not unlike Bounty's feral/neighbor's cat but not as long. She?'s very affectionate but will absolutely not tolerate being picked up (I've tried). My Tinky is an indoors cat only; he exhibits territorial behavior usually to the point where I sometimes have to shoo him away when I open a door. So, my wife and I feed her? as she? alternates between the two homes and we show her? as much love as the kitty will allow. A cat enclosure may be in the works when the weather gets really cold.

Reflecting on your poetic sensibilities - not all Haiku need be Zen/staid/profound... a bit of humor and/or whimsy that you bring to limericks would supply a niche, shared by not so many, that would be refreshing :)

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tailor

[Sancho]

Where is bounty these days? Our cat (Neko-san) is also an indoor animal, but we could sure use a resourceful feral feline out in the barn. Our compost-heap mice seem to decide, in late fall, the barn is a better deal. By the way the cat’s name is Neko, but since he’s noisy and opinionated, he thinks his name is — Shuttup you.

Last day of autumn haikus from the PNW

Snow Birds
(sans Winnebagos)

lenticular cloud
atop high mountain peak - geese
form aerial Vs

Snow Birds
(avec Winnebagos)

temps drop rains arrive
sunlight wanes, I-5 southbound
bumper to bumper

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

Where is Bounty ?


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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Ai! Greetings to Neko-san,Sancho..
As I rarely read this thread I didn't know that a new cat was in the process of adopting you, tailor, and your wife.
Bounty seems to have succumbed to some very attractive sports and games sites.

Cats
Cat in the barn
Cat in the house
Lunching on ham
Or catching a mouse

Cat meeting cat
And that is that.

[Sancho]

Neko-san would greet you back, Danik, but he’s busy napping. This time of year he stays curled up on the heater vent for hours on end. Heaven and earth cannot pry him off that thing. He only moves off it to demand his Friskies.

Hangry

Cold, wet, tired, and broke
Sisters of Mary provide
Sun shines more brightly

[Danik 2016]

Aaiii! I don't have a cat anymore, Sancho. But on the windows sills of the apartments opposite to mine there appear just stretched out pieces of fur, blond, black, white, grafitte napping in the heat.

Airy window sills
Warrant better naps for cats
Than the elusive hills.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoying these cat poems :)

Not Haiku, but in the spirit of previous posts :)

naming our ferine cat

thinking of a name
for our ferine cat
with one ear clipped
gender neutral of course

12/21/2025

Added a speculative Haiku

naming our ferine cat II

angel would be nice
phoenix, lux, or onyx too
zazu would be cute

12/21/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Ohh, I liked that one, Danik. Ya know, Tailor a good name for a cat is Jake, or Fellini… From one of my all-time favorite movies, Breaking Away:

https://youtu.be/nR-OSGM2NDc?si=5Drze0g9t3G78Q0H

I’m gonna move pretty far afield in the cat family from Jake/Fellini:

Black Panther

Sow leads through tall grass
Black tail flicks. Piglets panic
In all directions

[Danik 2016]

Fellini is fine but it seems to be a female cat. The fur color is usually inspiring. Or the behavior of the cat. I have a friend whose job is to distribute the newspaper of her city. So at 4 in the morning she goes through the city followed by about 10-15 cats, because she always distributes cat snacks. Some of the names of these cats are: Smoky, Pauli, Tiger ...lwoullove a cat called Kerfuffle .

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed Black Panther :)

Kerfuffle would be a great name... We settled on Angel :)


A Bit of Rain

Angels hunker down
Atmospheric rivers clash*
Christmas will abide

12/21/2025
*2nd atmospheric river to flood California into Christmas https://share.google/70k4EoEH64yYZdGbV

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

Oh do my! Will you be able to stay at home?
Aaaaiiiiiiiii! I hope Angel lives up to her reputation and brings much joy!

Fire, wind and flood
On Christmas are not good!

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

We'll be fine. Just the usually gully-washer as I used to call this type of weather in the past. The creeks may flood, but they don't affect my travel. The bridges (renovated many years ago) over the American River forks are high enough that they're not affected. Standing water in some places will hazard some hydroplaning... just need to keep the speed down and drive steady... and I usually limit my going out at all :)

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tailor

[Sancho]

I've found the opposite to be true. Where standing water is concerned, it's best to go as fast as you can so when your tires are no longer in contact with pavement you still have enough momentum to get to the other side:
— Hey guys I'm going for it. See y'all on the other side.
— Yeah, whatever man. See ya on the other side.
I have a similar technique for driving on black ice.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol. Got swamped using that technique once... water was deeper than I thought.

Once hit black ice on a steep grade 1/2 mile or so from home and slud into the left embankment with a 'neighbor' lady following who slud over the right where the cliff was... she ended upside down stopped by some trees luckily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgakGjJidy4

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tailor

[Sancho]

I know that feeling! Also, that tune was popular at my job during the great recession.

Okay, so, this one is either gross or wonderful, depending on your perspective:

Host

Sustenance slides by
Hooked in tight to a warm, wet
Wonderful cosmos

From the point of view of the tapeworm, man was created by god to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
—Ed Abbey

[tailor STATELY]

Lol, I'll stick to gross... but it is a revered theme in poetry to see life from another perspective :)

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tailor

[Sancho]

Haha, yeah I think I'll go with gross as well. Well then, from micro to macro:

Is there an edge?

Hard to see the edge
Of the known universe. From
the Orion Arm

[tailor STATELY]

Google AI:
That's a beautiful haiku reflecting our cosmic perspective: from the Orion Arm (or Local Arm) of the Milky Way, where Earth sits, seeing the edge of our own galaxy or the vast universe beyond is tough due to intervening dust, gas, and the sheer scale, but new mapping shows our arm is bigger, revealing more of our local neighborhood within the galaxy's spiral structure.
Key Takeaways from the Haiku & Science:
Orion Arm (Local Arm): Our solar system isn't in a major arm but a significant spur or tendril between the Sagittarius and Perseus Arms, a region rich in stars and gas.
Obscured View: Dust and gas clouds within the Milky Way block our view of distant parts of our galaxy and other galaxies, making the "edge" hard to pinpoint from within.
Redefining Our Corner: Recent studies, using data like from the Gaia mission, show the Orion Arm is much larger and more complex than previously thought, revealing more of our galactic home.
The "Edge": The "edge" of the known universe (the observable universe) is billions of light-years away, but even seeing the far side of our own galaxy is challenging from our spot.
In essence, your poem captures the humbling feeling of being embedded in a vast structure, the Milky Way, where our vantage point limits our view of the grander cosmic whole.

Cosmic! Enjoyed :)

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tailor

[Sancho]

Hah!
So much for artificial intelligence eh? An actual human would have written something like — A mediocre haiku most likely written by a simpleton.

It's an Oddity

There's always a glitch
⚡️Ground Control to Major Tom⚡️
In human pursuits


Where David Bowie is concerned, I preferred this one:

Starman

https://youtu.be/aBKEt3MhNMM?si=6NxL8MNp_hv-oQCz

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... Great song... heard it last week watching The Martian for the umpteenth time :)

AI enchants me...

AI enchants me...
it is like rocket science
without the rocket

12/28/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Haha. Good one. Sticking with the motif:

It ain’t rocket surgery

Will A.I. be good
for us? Who knows? But Wall Street
thinks it’s a rocket

Nvidia is only up about 1400% in the past 5 years.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

I hear Wall Street , et al, has done well for the wealthy.

Will AI be good for us?

I tried to sing your
Haiku to a Queen tune but
Who wants to live for...

12/28/2025

... maybe Def Leppard: Rocket, Yeah! :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

tinky's gaze

furtive birds outside
catch a silken black cat's gaze

"ekekekekek"

1/20/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Bravo, Tailor, an onomatopoetic poem.

But who is prey? Owl see about that:

Birds are on the fence
House cat barred from the outdoors
Who cooks for you all?

https://youtu.be/0SwMJ50Dbz4

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :) Tinky is indoors only also and our ferine Angel is outdoor only :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Sancho]

Hello Kitty

We've had a number of indoor and outdoor and indoor/outdoor cats over the years. Presently our little guy is indoor only, except when he's quicker than me. His name is Neko-san. He mainly spends his days curled up on a heater vent, or basking in a beam of sunlight coming through the window, or sitting in front of his bowl and looking at it, not-so- subtlety hinting that somebody oughta fill it with Friskies. Before him we had an indoor/outdoor cat named Ichiban. Itchy was light colored and had a habit of sitting on a fencepost in the moonlight, which is why we think an owl probably got him. I doubt it was a Barred Owl though. They're too small. More likely it was a Gray Owl. For a time we had barn cat named Bob, so named because she had a bobbed tail. She'd lost her tail before she moved into our barn. Who knows, probably a fan belt took it. She was awesome. While she was here, all the mice moved next door to our neighbors barn. We've had others. Ned-Ned comes to mind. Ned liked to lay on the warm macadam road in front of our house. It was not a very busy road. One day I watched a car come down the road and stop in front of Ned. The driver revved the engine a couple of times and tooted the horn. Ned opened one eye, yawned, twitched his tail, then went back to sleep. Eventually the car backed up and went around Ned. The cat's full name was Ned-Ned-The-Melon-Head because he had an unusually large head, but after this incident he became know as Ned-Ned-The-Tire-Tread for obvious reasons. He wound up living to a ripe old age. Go figure.

Cats, eh?

[Danik 2016]

Hello Kitty Il


I mostly remember three cats.
Jeremias was a birthday present, when I still was a kid. He at once asserted his independence by disappearing. We searched the big house, with cellar and all...no Jeremias.Hours later I went to get a pullover and there was Jeremias in the wardrobe comfortably sleeping on my woolen clothes.
When we moved to another house he sprang from the car. He chose to stay and became feral. I went once back to the house. I cal,Ed him and he appeared immediately. That was the last time I saw him.
So many years later there was Babalù, a black, cat ŵho walked like a samba queen, moving lightly her hips. She had scabies when we found her but when she recovered she grew a short silky fur. She had five kitten and disappeared one year later, probably stolen.
And then there was Tino, my siver cat that lived with me more than fifteen yerars.. He died of kidney disease.

[Sancho]

Hello Kitty III

Tiny tiger waits
Crouching behind sofa. Pounce!
Furry slipper slayed

I’m not sure what makes cats so prone to kidney disease, Danik. We lost one to that malady a while back. I gotta wonder if it’s environmental. Donno. So I remember a comedian doing a bit about house cats. The gist of it was - people don’t really know their cats all that well. He said he once had a cat named Nelson, or thought he did. He found out Nelson also lived with family a half mile away. The cat would eat dinner at his house and then make his way over the hill and eat another dinner with his other family, whose kids had named him Charlie and assumed he was their cat.

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed #III :)

The ads I get on fb (because I have a few 'cat feeds') mention taurine deficiency as a factor... I'm sure there are more.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem in III!

What I know is that cats need much water. One should distribute water pots in the different rooms of the house or even buy a water fountain if the cats are used to drinking running water. Also ne should alternate dry food with wet food an avoid salty food like the beloved tuna fish. All this accordin̈g to my cat's vet.

[Sancho]

I'm probably guilty of giving the little guy too much tuna because he really-really likes it, but he gets plenty of water. We have several bowls around the house, and I always leave the lid up.

[Danik 2016]

My Tino loved it too, he ate it, when he couldn't eat anything else. There are sardines too. The vet used to say that they are the perfect food for cats.

[tailor STATELY]

I ration tuna, for Tinky and myself... mercury concerns... but when he is allowed he loves it :) He always has kibble out (he's a nibbler not a gobbler) and gets 1/2 small can of wet cat food daily... along with his treats at his demand :) Angel, our ferine, has a similar regimen being fed from 2-households, but mostly mine :)

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Two household to attend to their demands! Angel and Nelson understand about cat well being! A daily portion of wet food seems OK for me.

[Sancho]

Speaking of well being, we do try to limit Neko to balanced, healthy meals, but he won’t stand for it. He’s noisy when he does’t get what he wants, so he usually gets what he wants. He’s a Siamese cat, but we gave him a Japanese name, Neko-san, although I’m pretty sure he thinks of himself as The Devine Wind, but since he’s so noisy, he responds to — Shaddup-you.

[Danik 2016]

He must be a number! :D

[Sancho]

A Microhistory:

The Divine Wind Roars
Typhoon lashes Mongol fleet
Kibble bowl is filled

¡Banzai!

[tailor STATELY]

Lol! Enjoyed :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

here I am

look! 'x' marks the spot
as two contrails intersect
my Gold Country sky

1/27/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

hope you all are well. US winter was in the news today as specially cold

[tailor STATELY]

Downright balmy here in the Gold Country compared to the North and East of our nation. Glad your weather has moderated a bit in S.P. :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

storm cell

lightning and thunder
a torrent of rain passed by
then a stillness hush

4/9/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

toiling in the rain

toiling in the rain
a reminder that my back
has long lost its youth

4/11/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

worm charming

consider earthworms
the pouring rain baffles them
become easy prey

4/12/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

coincidence


coincidence is
God's way of blessing us in

anonymity

4/17/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

gold country
trees and grasses sow
pollen drifts as powdered gold
nature's alchemist

4/19/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

soft Spring rainy day

soft Spring rainy day
a time for woolgathering
and Gaelic music

4/21/2026


my contribution to facebook today


protagonist asks
how to get rid of squirrels
me: don't be a nut

4/21/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Robin's Day 4.23

https://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=10009&d=1777070368

weathered sentinel
o'er sees the iris in bloom
lichens liven stone

4/24/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

misty lazy rain

misty lazy rain
sanctifies the early hours
lauds the Sabbath day

4/26/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

flower moon's rise

at flower moon rise
færies danced 'round the May pole
with uplifted eyes

5/2/2026 r. 6/2/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

a pixie rain

a light pixie rain
droplets like diadems gleam
on dandelions

5/4/2026

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tailor

[tailor STATELY]

Tried to post in Tiny Poem forum... same issues here !? Will try to debug in Tiny Poems.

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tailor

[Danik 2016]

If you need help with posting, send me the poems and I'll try to post them, tailor.

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx... when I get on my desktop (on phone now) I'll send you the format just for giggles :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Ok :)

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Now I'm banned too! But I understand the algorithm.
He is probably objecting to you calling a woman a "dish". And I have to agree with him

[tailor STATELY]

so zaftig...............scans ok

she was quite the dish....... scans ok
p u t an hourglass to shame.......... all but the first word scans ok (p u t)
an eternal flame............................scans ok

5/6/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

After much troubleshooting: The offending word is put when used in L2 (lol... but not by itself as noted here)

try a substitution: offending word put with 'put'... AND IT WORKS !!! Problem solved


so zaftig

she was quite the dish
'put' an hourglass to shame
an eternal flame

5/6/2026

So the algorithm isn't as woke as one thought (lol). I use 'dish' in the most praiseworthy (albeit anachronistic) way.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Well, in my time we used to refer to good looking men as "pão" = bread. Brazilian Portuguese is full of food and eating metaphors wenn refering to sex. So I can't say anything. Must leave it to the algorithm :D.

[tailor STATELY]

5.26.2026 2:30 p.m.

walking in the rain
no particular hurry
till lightning strikes near

5/26/2026

Ta! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor