#Grocery #Shopping #Torture #Haiku

Grocery shopping.
Thank God, only once a month.
Rather eat glass shards.

#Mediaday #Nonsense #Haiku

Ask stupid questions
" Just here so I won't get fined."
Get stupid answers.

Stupid Ways to Fight #Terrorism #Haiku

Hostage trades, foolish.
Emboldens the terrorists
Makes more hostages.

#Saints #Bensonfamily Battle #Haiku

Benson family
Airing their dirty laundry
Sad it's come to this.

#ANWR #Drilling #Haiku

Simple principle.
Have to drill where the oil is.
Can't tell it to "move."

#Greek #Elections #Haiku

Greece elections done.
Reject austerity, plus
Reality, sense.

#Oceanview #Haiku

Peaceful waves roaring.
Sea birds caw, gentle wind blows.
Squalling kid runs past.

Confused and Searching Haiku

Not on the same page.
Finding common ground, hard work.
Committed survive.

#ilovemywife #Haiku

Understand her?? HA!
She's incomprehensible.
Yet, I ADORE her.

#Worldleaders ,or the Absence Thereof #Haiku

We need a leader.
World is fresh out of statesmen.
We need a Churchill.

#SAD #Seasonalaffectivedisorder #Haiku

Short, dark winter days
Never bothered me before
Til one I love was.

#SOTU #Stateoftheunion #Haiku

State of the Union?
A divided,leaderless
careening train wreck.

#Facepalm #Lookingstupid #Haiku

"It won't work," I said.
"Stop! I already tried that!"
She tried. It worked. Sigh.

#Hurting #Helpless #Hopeless #Haiku

Barely hanging on.
If the last, strongest thread breaks,
is there any hope?

#CPR #Firstaid #AED #Haiku

CPR First Aid
Search and rescue training day.
Blue plastic dummies.

#Paris #CharlieHebdo March #Haiku

POTUS skips French march.
Cites "security concerns."
World leaders had none.

#HappyBirthday #Haiku @Run2thesun1

Happy birthday, Will!
My youngest son, my Buddy.
Have an awesome day!

#Depression #Haiku

Depression haunting.
Churchill called it his black dog.
Indifference, worse.

#Sleepdeprivation #Haiku #sleepy

Sleep deprivation.
Stumbling through life half awake.
So exhausted. Sad.

#Monday #Haiku

Dragging through Monday.
Wishing away one seventh.
Just want it over.

#Manning #Brothers #Haiku #AFCchampionship #Peyton #Broncos

Who would have thought it?
E Manning will retire with
more rings than Peyton.

Stupid Football Player #Haiku #Ducks #UOvsOSU #DucksvsBucks #OregonDucks #NationalChampionship

Two Ducks fail drug tests
Will cost them playing in their
Biggest game. Dumb move.

#Political #Debate #Haiku

Mindless politics.
Spouts without understanding.
Check your "facts," then speak.

#KeystoneXL #Haiku

Veto KXL?!?
No! Jobs, cheaper oil, safer.
The project makes sense!

Paris Terrorists #Haiku #CharlieHebdo

Murders in Paris.
Islamists shoot cartoonists.
Rational world mourns.

John Smoltz Haiku

Congrats to John Smoltz
First ballot Hall of Famer
Atlanta Braves Star.

Stuart Scott Farewell Haiku

Rest in peace, Stuart Scott
ESPN superstar.
Cool dude will be missed.

Post-getaway Haiku

Back at home again.
Piles of laundry to the sky.
Lions Cowboys on.

Snow Tubing Haiku

Skibowl snow tubing.
More my skill level, I'd say.
Sore muscles, oy vey!

Skiing Haiku

Skied at Timberline.
Not what you'd call a "natch'ral."
Nothing broken though.

#PeachBowl #Haiku

Rebels in the Peach
Ball Boy roughed the Frogs' mascot
Most offense they had.