TREMBLING

For Haiku Bones
And The American Sandwich

UNWORTHY

As I consider
the wisdom you have accrued
I weaken, trembling

Your selfless aura
shooting shivers down my spine
awakens my awe

Burden of duty
to transmit your innate gifts
causes me to quake

NEWS SUMMARY

For Carry On Tuesday – It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
And The American Sandwich
And NaiSaiKu Challenge?
And Monday Poetry Train Revisited
And Sunday Scribblings - Extreme


THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT



Television and newspapers alike, announced THE BEST news so far.
The EXTREME cold had hit us all hard, but THE WORST OF IT WAS over.
Each of us had cause to celebrate, and let the good TIMES roll again.



IT WAS all over
THE BEST thing since forever
Right now, OF all TIMES
THE BEST/WORST OF TIMES
Not now OF all TIMES
IT WAS THE WORST thing ever
Starting all over



THE BEST news thus far
THE WORST OF IT WAS over
Let the good TIMES roll

DRAIN, EPIC, NIBBLE

For Three Word Wednesday


Brrr-itain

EPIC winter freeze
Jack Frost NIBBLES fingers, toes
DRAIN pipes rupture,burst

YORE

For ABC Wednesday

Yo!
Yes You!
You’re Yelling!
“Yackety-Yak!”
Your Youthhood Yearnings
Yo-yo Your Yesterdays

SPORT IN BRIEF

4 COT
For Carry On Tuesday – We Laugh, We Weep, We Hope, We Fear


F.T 20’s X-MCR
Full Time Scores From Manchester

RM :-D Happy, LAUGH
Roberto Mancini

MH ;-( Crying, WEEP
Mark Hughes



EC IHS I HOPE so
Eastlands Champions

UCLA >.< Wary, FEAR
So-called ‘Big’ 4
United
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal



MCFC 88888888 Applause
Manchester City Football Club

MUFC 555 Ha, ha, ha
5, five in Thai is ๕, ha
Manchester United Football Club



RUNI 881 Bye-bye
Chinese origin
Wayne Rooney

FERGIE (_8^ (1) Doh! Homer Simpson
Sir Alex Ferguson



L8EST 20 X-FRTN PK
Latest score from Fratton Park
THE ABU DHABI DERBY


ALI AL FARAJ IOU I Owe You
Portsmouth FC owner

SHEIK MANSOUR BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN $_$ He’s got money
Man City FC owner



PLAYERS AND FANS ALIKE

We weep tears of joy
We laugh in the face of fear
We never lose hope

JUST A THOUGHT

Now then...
Posted to Haiku Bones


THROWBACK

I live in the past
Where the future is brighter
Than how it turned out

HAPPY NEW YEAR

For Monday Poetry Train Revivited


สวัสดีปีใหม่ : SAWASDEE PI MAI : NEW YEAR GREETING

สวัสดีปีใหม่
สองพันห้าร้อยห้าสิบสาม!
ฝรั่ง; สองพันสิบ

Sawasdee pi mai
Song pan ha roi ha sip sam!
Farang; song pan sip

A New Year greeting
It’s Twenty Five Fifty Three!
English; Twenty Ten

PROGRESS

For Sunday Scribblings - A New Leaf
And posted to Naisaiku Challenge?
And The American Sandwich


TWENNYTEN

Readers, watchers, avid fans
Of Space Age books and movies
Brought up on Science Fiction
Stories that got ‘Lost In Space’

Stories that informed us
The Future would arrive
In time for Century Twenty One
Year Two Thousand; Y2K

Extra-Terrestrial beings
Of Superior Intellect
Provide the opportunity
To take the initiative

Miracle cures for all ailments
Telepathic transportation
Sophisticated computers
That speak and think like us

Robot/Android workforce
Paper a thing of the past
War consigned to History
Famine and Poverty too

A decade of ‘Future’ later
Ten years passed are now past tense
Sick commuters with sick computers
Millions starve; Wars rage on

Anti-climax despite ‘Giant Leaps’
That sadly fell short of the mark
Newspaper headline this New Year
‘It Isn’t The Future Yet!’




AMERICAN SANDWICH

Casual stroll of mis-spent youth precedes the frantic sprint of old age.
Along the way to what we make of our time, most of it is wasted.
Finish line in sight now and it seems people are dying to get there.




NAISAIKU

Older and wiser
Another decade passes
New Year Twenty Ten
ANOTHER DECADE PASSES
New Year Twenty Ten
Another decade passes
Older…sure; wiser…?

AMBUSH, HIDEOUS, MEDDLE

For Three Word Wednesday


DIRTY WAR

HAPPY to Ambush
NEW and Hideous target.
YEAR to Meddle - win.

X

For ABC Wednesday

XMAS PRESENT OF XMAS PAST



X


Wife


L o v e r


C o m p a n i o n


M o t i v a t o r


C o m m u n i c a t o r

!
!
\_/

SPOT THE BALL

PLACE YOUR X WHERE YOU THINK IT MAY BE

NEW YEAR

For Carry On Tuesday


RESOLUTION

Same old, same old, sad old year
Regrets…? Perhaps a few
Another year, another chance
To start our lives anew

Half the time, I’ve half a mind
To make more time for you
The other half, on the other hand
Confusion clouds my view

Too many irons in too many fires
Too much on my plate
In truth, all lies, if truth be known
Truth is, it’s not too late

My clear intent, to clear the way
My resolution spoken
My promise that, I promise, will
Survive intact, unbroken

DELICIOUS

For Sunday Scribblings
And Monday Poetry Train Revisited
Also posted to Poets Who Blog

DEC 25, 2009

Just another Friday night
In rural Village Isan
Same as any other night
Perhaps a little cooler

Family gathered with friends
Around a simple table
A simple meal of Somtam
Simply served with Sticky Rice

Offered by those with nothing
To those who have even less
Exchanging gifts of friendship
Is the Isan way of life

For an after dinner drink
The Milk of Human Kindness
It tastes just like happiness
Only much more delicious

HINDER, JOURNEY, RIGID

For Three Word Wednesday


ONCE BITTEN

Life’s rigid regime
A journey we can’t repeat
Hindered by hindsight…?

- W -

WINTER

For ABC Wednesday


TROPICAL WINTER

At year’s end in Village Isan
Be prepared for climate change
Arriving in casual dress
Under cool cover of darkness

A hint of winter in disguise
Moves in for the chill by morning
Twice a week throughout December
Finished by February

Neighbours unite to fuel the fires
Gloves, scarves, coats, hats, help combat cold
Gather in gangs to feel the thaw
Central heating – Isan style

Breakfast is a sombre affair
Enter the sun, and spirits rise
On shafts of steam, issued by breaths
Mimicking mists in the valley

Dare to stare at insipid sun
Take the full five second challenge
Blink away green and yellow dots
Reminders of futility

Face to the east as embers fade
Lounging like so many lizards
Rays penetrate, revitalise
Hearts and minds numbed by nature

Sun earns its keep, loungers shed skins
Returning to T-shirts and shorts
Mid-morning quest for cool beneath
The shade of a Tamarind tree

And Winter, a recurring dream
Unwelcome guest, who can’t stay long
Has business to conduct elsewhere
Much tougher terrain to torment


NOSTALGIA

When
We Wore
Wellingtons
We Walked Without
Watchful Wariness
Winters Were Wonderful!

DARE

For Sunday Scribblings
And Monday Poetry Train Revisited


DARE I?

I’m getting around
to getting around to you.
Still…I hesitate

An obstacle course
lies between your heart and mine.
Proceed with caution

and circle the globe
to reach my destination
…next door to my home.

‘All’s well that ends well’?
‘Happily ever after’?
But where to begin…?

Courage deserts me,
delays the happy ending,
hastens my sadness.

Words always fail me.
If only I could express
my feelings for you,

I would find a way
to say just how much I love
all the things you do.

I love the way you… …
Then there’s the way you always… …
As well as how you… …

Most of all, I love
that thing you do with the thing
you go like that with.