haiku 15 Dec 2017

Frozen, biting wind
Snowdrifts gathered here and there
Warmth beckons, inside

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 13 Dec 2017

Incense lit, hands clasped
Quiet words to greet the dawn
A grand beginning

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five seven five

This author is changing his usual daily writing efforts, preferring haiku to prose in an effort to avoid speaking divisively. He finds that there is enough vituperation being posted online and appearing on paper, these days. Laboring to point out the faults and shortcomings of politicians and society at large is exhausting work; unless there are radical shifts in income and wealth distribution, a rekindling of compassion for the less fortunate, and an adjustment of the public mindset away from ego-driven materialism, trying to come up with feasible solutions to common problems faced by all Americans is akin to flogging a dead horse.

Hence haiku, the five seven five, which allows him to say something meaningful without saying anything concrete. Shadowed hints and subtle nudges are more likely than brute-force tactics to succeed in sewing useful doubt and shattering inflated egos. Among the primary purposes of the LieSmith and Americanifesto writing projects is to play the tenth man, to look at the world from non-habitual and irregular points of view. The ends he strives for are democracy, happiness, liberty, and prosperity; only his means are different.

To make weak butter
Skim off the layer of cream
Blandness remains, then

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] 

haiku 8 Dec 2017

Santa Ana’s curse
Whips wildfires into frenzy
Cleansing the parched land

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haiku 6 Dec 2017

A secret chamber
Filled with smiles and joyful glee
Ruins all worry

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haiku 4 Dec 2017

Crunching frozen leaves
North wind blowing swiftly cruel
Jackets, gloves, and scarves

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haiku 1 Dec 2017

One room’s for laughter
Others hold space for mankind
Bound loosely in Wu

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