#RIPBeauBiden #Haiku

RIP to Beau Biden.
Son of Vice President dead.
Cancer. 46.

#NewTires #Haiku

New tires for the car.
Good thing this only comes once
every 4 years. $Ouch!

#OregonHeatWave #Haiku

Ten feet from A/C
Only place to be today
Heat wave hits OR

#IRSHack #Haiku

Taxman data breach.
IRS steals your money,
outsourced ID theft.

Duplicitous #ObamaDoctrine #Haiku

Ballistic missiles.
Obama wants in Gulf, but
broke Poland promise.

#TexasFlood #Haiku

Texas, OK Floods
Homes, lives lost. Roads are rivers.
Wide devastation.

#MemorialDay #POWMIA #Haiku

Memorial Day
Time to honour those who died
that we may be free.

#JohnNash #RIP #Haiku

Nobel Prize Winner
Portrayed in "Beautiful Mind"
John Nash, killed: car crash.

#HappyBirthday #Haiku

My oldest daughter
No longer a teenager :^(
H B, E.J.S.!

#JoshDuggar #TLC #Haiku

TLC Scandal
Again?!? Reality shows
really attract freaks.

#OfficerOrozco #Haiku

Omaha cop killed
day before maternity
leave to start. Tragic.

#IranNukeDeal #Haiku

Iran Nuke Deal stalled
Tehran says no inspections.
Nonsense deal without.

#Walmart Earnings #Haiku

Bentonville trouble.
Wal-Mart misses estimates.
Low-end shoppers balk.

#MtStHelens #Haiku

Mount Saint Helens blew
Thirty-five years ago. Wow.
Time, like mountain, flew.

#JusticeforBoston #Haiku

Death for Tsarnaev.
Indiscriminate killing
forfeits his own life.

#TheMorningAfter #BirthdayParty #Haiku

The morning after.
Birthday party teen slept in.
It was wonderful!

#RIP #BBKing #Haiku

Bluesman B.B. King
Pure magic on a guitar
The thrill will live on.

#Amtrak188 #Haiku

Amtrak derailment
What was it doing going
that fast, Engineer?

#Samsung #Washer #Haiku

Bought a new washer.
Snazzy electronic job.
Same brand as my phone O.o

#DeflateGate Verdict #Haiku

Brady smacked down HARD!
NFL lowers the boom!
Was it justified?

#GeorgeZimmerman #Shooting #Haiku

Zimmerman shooting
Appears he was the target?
Turn-about fair play?

#MothersDay #Haiku

Only Mom I knew.
Adopted me at 6 months.
Gone 8 years. Ages.

#Saturdaylabor #Haiku

Sunday. Day of rest.
'Cause this Saturday sure ain't!
Workin' my tail off.

#A10Warthog #Haiku

Killing the A-10?
High success combat aircraft.
Killed by politics.

#Deflategate #Patriots #Haiku

Doc says Brady knew.
Will it deflate his ego?
Or his playing time?

Pre #MothersDay #Haiku

Farmers market day.
Picked up flowers for my wife.
Early Mom's Day treat.

#CincoDeMayo #Haiku

Cinco de Mayo!
The one day all Bud drinkers
order Corona.

#StarWarsDay #GraceLeeWhitney #Haiku

Star Wars Day, it is.
But it's Star Trek that's mourning.
RIP Grace Lee Whitney.

#ParentingTime #Haiku

I-5 corridor.
Taking my kids back to WA.
Lonely car ride home.

#LaundryDay Blues #Haiku

Washing machine blues.
Springs a leak, laundry room floods.
Man, these things ain't cheap!

#HR #Hiring #Haiku

"Overqualified."
Lousy reason to reject
your best candidate.