“Music feeds our hearts – and souls and gives wings to our – imaginations”
Archive for November, 2016
Haiku, A Birthday Present For Mark Twain
November 30, 2016Birthday Haiku For Busby Berkeley
November 29, 2016Happy birthday, Busby Berkeley, born today in 1895. “Even with today’s – technology nobody – can equal Busby”
Haiku Duet, Dysfunctional Infrastructure
November 28, 20161. “Busiest lock and – dam has technology from – the 1920’s”
2. “There is no Heimlich – Maneuver when you’re choking – on obsolescence”
Found Haiku (for Richard Manuel), Wayna Picchu
November 28, 2016“Once I climbed up the – face of a mountain and ate – the wild fruit there”
Haiku Quartet, American Grift
November 28, 20161. “America loves – its hucksters, rebels, bullies, – clowns and lunatics”
2. “Remember the Duke – and King in Huck Finn; we just – picked them as leaders”
3. “As in Poe’s story – reason must find a way to – cheat the Trump Maelstrom”
4. “History never – repeats itself but every – so often it rhymes”
Haiku, Support ACLU
November 27, 2016“No matter who is – President, ACLU – is fighting for you”
Haiku, Banks Rig The Game
November 27, 2016“Banks can’t get healthy – without growth; economy – can’t grow without banks”
Variations On A Theme (haiku quartet)
November 27, 20161. “After making love,
2. “After partying,
3.”After studying,
4. “After playing songs,
– all night we would go to the – truckstop for breakfast”
Happy Birthday, Tina Turner
November 26, 2016Happy birthday, Tina Turner, born Anna Mae Bullock, today in 1939. She is 43 in this clip.
Haiku Trilogy, Unhappily Ever After
November 26, 2016http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/23/once-upon-a-time-3
1. “Rapunzel let down – her long hair and the Prince climbed – up and enjoyed her”
2. “Fingers, toes, heads and – hearts get dismembered; parents – murder their children
3. “Dearest Mother, we’ll – go to sleep and not get up – until Judgment Day”
