The FB Post (Haiku)

Posting on Facebook
Is  a sword with two edges
Poster and reader

One uses the words
To express thoughts and feelings
In different ways

The other reads words
In the light of their thinking
In different ways

The words may be read
Interpreted differently
And offense taken

The two work it out
As reasonable people
Offline and in touch

It is a problem
That recurs day after day
Learning from errors

Acting like an ass
Doesn't mean you are an ass
Continuing does.

Feeling Old Louisville (Haiku)

Buying an old house
Moving to an old city
It's a metaphor

Many relics left
To be discovered in time
Appreciated

New people don't know
But find out if they're open
To what's before them

Written history
Only tells a part of it
The kernel of it

Old parks and courses
Old mansions set back in time
Have a patina

One feels the spirits
Of those passed but not yet gone
Pressing their presence

In the old city
Sharp corners rounded by time
Grass grows in the cracks

In the old mansion
Old photos are left behind,
Bygone images

Much to realize
Cannot see it or hear it
But one can feel it

Modernity (Haiku)

It takes forever
To do what took ten minutes
Traffic is turble

Our needs met closeby
Stores and services nearby
We walked to get there

Now we are spread out
The never ending freeways
Now getting less free

Forty-five minutes
Minimum time to do it
Whatever it is

And public transport
You can forget about it
Routes are meaningless

Thus we pay the price
Progress, I don't think it is
Regress to better

High rise apartments
In the centre of the ville
With shops near at hand

But then one gets mugged
By another wanting his
Retreat to the burbs

So here we remain
Encased in a metal  box
Somewhat more secure

Getting There! (Haiku)

Wobbling, unsteady
Taking little baby steps
Walking then running

As a full adult
Taking little baby steps
Will never reach Aim

But even these steps
In the proper direction
Will allow progress

Take the baby steps
With an eye on the big prize
Ready for running

Sooner or later
One must be in the running
Or never get there

Personal assets
Physical and financial
Adding connections

Only if you know
Deep inside your heart of hearts
What you want to have

This we call the dream
Always there, in the background
Guiding every step

To get what we want
We Dream, We Ask, and We Work
That's the big picture

Why Does He Do That (Haiku)

We're all fixated
Comparatively better
It defines our life

Wasted near the end
It's better to be better
Feel good about you

But that's what it is
Feeling better about me
That's for what I live

Needs impressed on me
During early years of life
Which years I don't know

Ignoring parents
Parents who withhold their love
Instill unmet needs

Once fixed in the mind
They are forever unfilled
One can't love too much