December 31, 2008

raise high your glasses;
toast ending and beginnings,
new plans and old friends.


Today is New Year's Eve, and it also marks the end to Haiku 365! It's been an incredible experience, and I would like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout the project, and all of you who have stopped by throughout the year to read the haiku I've written here. Happy New Year, everybody!

December 30, 2008

sometimes I feel like
I am Rodney Dangerfield,
but without the tie.

December 29, 2008

counting down to none,
anxious about what is next
but still excited.

December 28, 2008

reverberations;
ripples move in the water
and touch each other

(note: to see this haiku incorporated in song, visit http://www.deborahlinden.com after Monday night)

December 27, 2008

a coating of fog
descending down upon us
mystifying all.

December 26, 2008

a final Friday
get ready to say goodbye
to a tradition

December 25, 2008

forget the wrappings
of crass commercialism.
Celebrate what's real.

December 24, 2008

always remember:
it IS a wonderful life
if you let it be

December 23, 2008

I missed haiku day?
how could I do such a thing?
I'm so embarrassed!

December 22, 2008

lost between volumes,
searching for the greatest truths,
we find ourselves here

December 21, 2008

the winter solstice:
a season for renewal
and celebration.

December 20, 2008

"do it your damn self":
furniture assembly
just builds frustration

December 19, 2008

blinded by the light
oh wait, that was just the snow
falling so damn hard.

December 18, 2008

Possibility
quickly becomes certainty
in the face of hope.

December 17, 2008

lovers meet again
and retrace their old footsteps,
hoping for new paths.

December 16, 2008

the knives of winter
blow their way through thin fabric.
Dress for the season!

December 15, 2008

with a single shoe,
free speech flies into the air;
a world's thoughts are heard.

December 14, 2008

scratching with graphite
leads me to one conclusion:
I cannot draw hands!

December 13, 2008

"more than you can chew"
is better than starvation.
Take a bite, okay?

December 12, 2008 - an ode to Brandon Flowers

false dichotomies
separate where we should join
dance, you humans, dance!

December 11, 2008

Bipolar weather
sunny days, then freezing cold
just pick one, dammit!

December 10, 2008 - on the anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights

May we one day reach
the lofty goals we put forth:
all are born equal.

December 9, 2008

it's a tragedy:
certain ideologies
don't mix with plotlines

December 8, 2008

not a sharp knife's blade,
nor the sword of a ninja:
nothing cuts like wind.

December 7, 2008

a two-day respite
is not nearly long enough.
vacation needed.

December 6, 2008

your scale must adjust
to meet its circumstances
for correct measures.

December 5, 2008

the time's come again;
another cycle closes
and the next begins

December 4, 2008

This is leadership?
a Parliament suspended
to save one's own skin?

December 3, 2008

I'm sick of pop tarts,
give me back my radio!
let true music play.

December 2, 2008

you should have realized
arrogance gets you so far
before it bites back.

December 1, 2008

the last place you'd look
to find a cure for cancer:
just above the lip

(today's haiku is dedicated to those brave souls who partook in Movember for the past thirty days. Good on you, gents!)