Saturday, November 28, 2020

The Looks of Things (Haiku)


The trees are cut down

What's happened to aesthetics

Stark urban landscapes


Even old and worn

Are denuded of the trees

Looking like a dump


Newer neighborhoods

Where people enjoy beauty

Are a pleasant site


Bring back the beauty

Replant the trees and bushes

The old are reborn

 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Immutable Laws (Haiku)

 

Thinking about it

Some laws cannot be broken

The laws of  physics


They involve basics

Mass, energy, and movement

And must be observed


They hold to be true

Particle to Universe

Fully scalable


Attend not to these 

Often something is broken

Or simply won't work


Protest against them

Exercise stupidity

To your heart's content


Work within their bounds

Cross the river, reach the moon

Use the telephone


Like a game of chess

Pieces move in a pattern

Result is success




Saturday, November 14, 2020

The Loop (Haiku)


I'm caught in a loop

What should I be doing?

Why did I do that?


An endless spiral

Avoid it, participate

Actively engaged


When it is finished

Move on to the next and next

Rarely reminisce



Saturday, November 7, 2020

Tenses (Haiku)


Living in the past

One will remain in the past

Excludes the present


Stay in the present

Right here is where you are now

Live to the fullest


Dwell on the future

Always anticipating

Never realized


The perfect tenses

Much as we'd like them to be

Are never that way