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Walkus 98-103 (Tennyson, Walks & Rover) by Vega & Haiku

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

Walku 98 (Tennyson)

Vega:
“Water to the left…”
Haiku:
“Water to the right…”
Both:
“Into the puddles!”

-/-

Walku 99 (A Walk in the Woods)

Vega:
“Along forest paths
Through the winding woods we go…”
Haiku:
“Daddy will guide us.”

-/-

Walku 100 (Rover!)

Haiku:
“What’s ‘Roverandom?’ ”
Vega:
“It is a book by Tolkein.
It’s about a dog.”

–

Walku 101 (and Rover again!)
Haiku:
“What does this dog do?”
Vega:
“He has lots of adventures
And goes to the moon.”

–

Walku 102 (Rover and Out!)
Haiku:
“Is he big and brave?”
Vega:
“No, pint-size; he is tiny –
Smaller than you are!”

–

Walku 103 (And Really Out)

Haiku:
“It’s not ‘quantity’
It’s the quality that counts –
And it’s there ‘I’ win!”.

-/-

#puppy # puppies

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All-Around-The-World Haiku (a haiku [or more] a day for World Poetry Day 21st March 2015)

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

(AKA ‘An Englishman an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bargain basement)

18th October

United Kingdom Haiku (not technically a country, but I thought that as it’s where I am – I would make an allowance).

United Kingdom

(Well, that is the first line done)

Green and pleasant land.

-/-

England Haiku

Where Angles once met

With the Saxons and did stay

It is not Saxland!

-.-

Ireland Haiku

Ireland, to be sure;

Emerald green and Guinness;

Top of the morning.

-/-

Scotland Haiku

Haggis; Robbie Burns;

Bagpipes and a warm sporran;

Porage with some salt.

-/-

Wales Haiku

Iechyd da! they greet us

Yakki Darr is what we hear;

Good Morning to you!

-/-

Northern Ireland Haiku

Lough Neagh at its heart;

Ship-building and the ‘troubles’

Bangor is pretty.

-/-

NB and if anybody would like me to put up a haiku of theirs for their country of the world (and we can put some up for states of America, counties of Uk and Ireland, etc.) let’s see how that goes, shall we? Graeme:) –

Further Reference to the Flags used can be sought here:

Though it may not be found there!

-/-

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15 (Yet More) Variously Random Haiku (31-45)

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | 4 comments

Advertising Random Haiku 15-30

So many requests

About my haiku – but, hey!

I’m publishing more!

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Jog Haiku

A Jog is the thing

To get my old heart pumping

But, I’m no dummy.

-/-

Work Haiku

Have to rise early

Then work all God’s longest hours

To earn but a crust!

=/=

Poem 6 for National Poetry Day (5th Haiku)

“So busy writing

That I don’t read all your posts;

I apologise.”

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One random haiku?

Short and sweet – and just for you!

Did you expect more?

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Haikus for sale here –

Get them while they are still hot –

Or you may miss out!

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Haiku are ‘today’ –

Limericks are ‘yesterday’ –

Sonnets ‘tomorrow!’

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This is a haiku –

And these are also haiku –

A lot of haiku!
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This is a haiku –

And there are also Haiku

A lot of haiku!

-/-

I do write a lot

And a lot of that is rot

But these are not – quite!

-/-

Prompt (about Christopher Columbus)

Fourteen ninety two

He sailed o’er the ocean blue

(With Amerigo).

-/-

(prompt – what I saw when I woke up today)

Another day ahead;

My lady to get to work;

And haikus to write!

-/-

Prompt (shock)

She ‘did’ wave at me;

I was not expecting it –

Sort of a shock-wave!

-/-

Prompt (fall)

I sheltered this fall

From the leaves falling from trees-

A leafy fall-out.

-/-

Sep 28: #Tottonbound 25

Sleep will not visit

It shall not stay a short while

Never mind a long!

#itsonlytirednessthatkeepsmeawake

-/-

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Vega & Haiku’s National Poetry Day Walkus (80-82)

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

Walku 80 (NPD)

Vega:

“Are we writing one?”

Haiku:

“National Poetry Day?”

Vega:

“It is.”

Haiku:

“Yes! One each!”

-/-

Walku 81 (Vega’s Haiku – This Pup is a Poet!)

Vega:

“I can write haiku;

That are full of sweet phrases –

And still chase my tail!”

-/-

Walku 82 (Haiku’s Haiku – It’s the Little Things)

Haiku:

“The trees are all tall;

The river is wide and deep;

Why am I so small?”

-/-

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Poems for National Poetry Day, 2014 (1-4) by me!

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

NPD Poem 1 – Haiku for NPD

I’ll write you poems –

National Poetry Day –

Here is the first one!

#nationalpoetryday

-/-

NPD Poem 2 – Poetry Rush-Hour Haiku

My Tweet just won’t Tweet!

The Poetry Highway Jammed?

Rush-Hour Poetry!

#NationalPoetryDay

-/-

NPD Poem 3 – Waving Farewell To My Children

My poetry went!

Off into the big yonder;

Where the wild things are!

#NationalPoetryDay

-/-

FaceBook Status Poem

Paul Bickmore has suggested our statuses should rhyme;
And, as it’s National Poetry Day, it won’t be a crime;
So hone up your efforts, make them sublime;
Write them soon, we haven’t much time;
Polish them up, don’t give out the grime;…
And wish them good luck, or even “L’chaim!”
And give us a poem that is into its prime;
And if it’s ‘very’ good we’ll preserve it, not in quicksand, but lime;
And if it’s really ‘bad’ we’ll recite it in mime!

-/-

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15 more various and even more random Haiku – (upon such random subjects as ‘Love,’ Starbucks’ & ‘Advertising’)

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

Advertising my 15 Haiku Haiku

My 15 haiku –

in a neat and tidy post –

ready for your eyes!

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Advertising my 15 Haiku Haiku 2

Fifteen of my best –

You should ‘not’ see the worst ones –

they are toe-curling!

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Haiku (Draft) Haiku

I’ve avoided drafts;

They are just works in progress;

I’m not progressive

-/-

Haiku Challenge: Eager

Eager the Beaver

Was no little deceiver –

Lied, cried; believe her?

-/-

Haiku Prompt: ‘Guessing Games’

“Are you an… aardvark?”
“Do I look like an ‘aardvark?’ ”
“Are you an… Igloo?
“…!”

-/-

Haiku Prompt: ‘Guessing Games’ 2

“My first is in…?”

“Jail!”

“And my second is in…?”

“Jail!”

“And my third…?”

“On bail!”

-/-

#ahaikufortwitter 2

“This one goes out to…

All of the two and one half

Followers I have!”

-/-

Angela van Son Haiku

Angela van Son

Follows me everywhere

on Twitter – Twit-who?

@AngelavanSon

-/-

#TottonBound 40 Haiku

Winchester Cathy!

Well, it does fit the format –

‘Cathedral’ wouldn’t.

-/-

#ahaikufortwitter 3 –

I went… and came back…

in the twinkling of an eye…

and before you knew.

-/-

Love Haiku

Hold me in your arms

While I write you love poems

Or do you need more?

-/-

Haiku Prompt ‘Starbucks’

“In Melbourne we sat

Outside of Starbucks and saw

All manner of souls!”

-/-

Perhaps Haiku

A Haiku a day is…

Perhaps we shall never know…

Is there more to this?

-/-

For My Retweeters Haiku

Thank you Retweeters –

I enjoy your fajitas –

‘Yo! favouritas!

-/-

Dundee Haiku

“Dundee, for some cake!

Which to choose? Lardy? Eccles?

Bluebottle? Someone?”

-/-

You can tweet me at

@infograe – that’s me! Or…

@PoemMeGroup

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Listless Limericks for 27th September, 2014

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | 1 comment

The Way of the Limerick
–
The first line is always the worst;
Then the second line, which quickly follows the first;
Then is the third
The forth is then heard
And to come last the fifth line is eternally cursed!

-/-

The ‘Word of the Day’ it is… ‘Euphoric!!!

Which in Aberdeen is spoken in Doric

So, in the Aberdonian ‘Play of the Day’ which is…

Hamlet; Hamlet doth say:

(To Horatio): ‘Alas, puir Yorick!”*

* (From Willam Shakespeare’s Danish Play -Aberdeen Ed. ‘Alas, puir Yorick, Ah kent heem, Horatio; a fellaw ay infinite jest.’
-:-
A statue from Central Aberdeen
One night was sprayed fluorescent green
The police were confused
The public amused
But, to so paint the Prince Albert ‘was’ mean!
-/-
Whilst piloting Flight 612
The captain discovered a screw
Laying loose on the floor
Then he found three screws more
Then his false leg fell off – over Crewe!
-/-
The end of the world is Nigh!
So come let us all say goodbye!
“Cheerio!”
“Time to go!”
“We’re all of us going to die…!”… eventually!
-/-
The man who is writing these words
Refuses point-blank to shoot birds
Clay pigeons – yes.
He has pacifist aims, I guess
And he’s a poet, so he’s one of the nerds!
-/-
A Scotsman was wearing a quilt
Because of the food he had Spilt
It covered his knees,
his ankles, phalanges;
But, it nowhere near covered his guilt!*

(*at not wearing a kilt!)
-/-

The ‘Alternative Word of the Day’ it is… ‘Mistaken’

For I can’t understand what you mean by ‘taekin?

Am I ‘taekin’ two yews?

I’m not, please excuse –

I’m from the South, where old Daleks are all but forsaken!*

* It may help you to understand the above to know that it was written in Aberdeen where I had the great delight of having a conversation with a local chappie last night who clearly thought that he made perfect sense – I only heard that he was suffering from Hay-Fever (and not from visiting the Theatre) and that explained his situation. I think a fine 12-year-old Hay-Fever was more likely! I’m from the very south of England.

-/-

Whilst writing a few of the above

The writer thought about his true love

At home with the pets

He hopes that she gets

A laugh from some of the above!

(to Jane x)

-/-

Note to the discernible reader: I do make all of these up for you, just you. I hope they bring a smile to your face, as they have to mine – G:)

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Lumpy Limericks for 25th September,2014

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | 1 comment

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A young lad from Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Was intending his girlfriend to smooch
He bought her some flowers
And counted down the hours
But, he never got so much as a touch (pronounced ‘Tooch!’)

-/-

There once was a driver from Coleraine
Who couldn’t drive his lorry in Spain
He’d stop at the border
In total disorder
And turn round and drive home again.

-/-

In the town where I was born
There is a man who stands forlorn
On a street
The night to greet
From late in the evening to early dawn.

-/-

A Limerick
That is quick
Will
Still
Be slick!

-/-

The ‘Word of the Day’ it is ‘Haunting’
To open creaky doors is so daunting
You shiver and shake
At the ghost in the lake
And the dismembered head that is taunting.

-/-

One dreary day in Aberdeen
A man dressed up as the queen
Nobody gave
Much heed to his wave;
From a bike, he’d no limousine!

-:-

Whilst out chasing mice in the garden,
A cat heard a low voice say “Pardon
Me, I too am a mouse, you see,
But crossed with boxing kangaroos
Our meekness for to harden.

-/-

A message to earth from deep space
Threatened the whole human race
“We will cleanse your planet
Of every John and his Janet
The way you’ve carried on’s a disgrace!”

-/-

Whilst preparing some carrots for lunch
A detective received a good hunch
If they were peeled and then plated
(A task instigated)
He could investigate how well they’d crunch!

-/-
Sandwich Lady on the set of a well known Shakespearean play Limerick
“To be or not to be
That is your question, you see;
Exist or desist –
But, can I add to my list
A ham or a lettuce sandwich for thee?”

-/-

The ‘Alternative Word of the Day’ it is… ‘Trouble’

Where confrontation and conflict burst your bubble

To argue the toss

To leave at a loss

To be at it hammer and tongs at the double!

-/-

A Limerick strolled into a Gothic story

Stood there like a lord in his glory

And said ” I am short –

“And sweet to the thought –

But, I’m more suited to something less gory!

-/-

A limerick was chatting to a friend

About how a good Limerick should end

The Haiku, he said,

“Limerick! You should go quick!”

Into mirth descend!

-/-

A Limerick waltzed into a bar

– three quarters of the time.

-/-

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Walku 76 (Pet Shop Girls) by Vega & Haiku

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | Leave a comment

(This haiku is not sponsored by Jollyes – but if they wish to sponsor the pups… please get in touch 🙂 @Jollyes1

Walku 76 (Pet Shop Girls)

Vega:

“Piggy Ears!”

Haiku:

“Big Nose!”

Vega:

“No, they’re selling ‘Piggy Ears!’ ”

Haiku:

” I know that, Big Nose!”

-/-

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Librarian Limericks for 24th September, 2014

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Words from a Lentil Institution | 1 comment

The ‘Word of the Day’ it is… Disgraceful!

It is bad-manners whilst filling your face full

Of trifle and cake,

Cod fillet and hake,

And spraying the audience – is this graceful?

-/-

A man from Cardigan did travel

In a jumper which did start to unravel

He headed due west

As he slowly undressed

And when got there… he was just in his vest!

(See what I did there – not many good rhymes for ‘Travel’ and I couldn’t fit ‘gravel’ in. G )

-/-

The end
My friend
Near
Here
END!

-/-

A man,
Called Stan;
Talked,
Walked,
Phoned his Nan.

-/-

Whilst cycling through Stockton-on-Tees
A cyclist lost track of his knees
He got off his bike
And said: “I dislike
Limericks! Can I have them back, please”

-/-

The centre of the Earth is quite hot
It is, believe it or not;
There is lava and such
Which is too hot to touch
And it’s a place where I’m glad I am not!

-/-

A great idea for a Limerick came into my head

Last night, as I was just getting ready for bed;

“I’ll remember it tomorrow!” I thought;

But today, to my sorrow, there’s nought!

So, you are stuck with this other one instead

-/-

The ‘Alternative Word of the Day’ it is… ‘glamour’

Which is truly fabulous to enamour;

Shiny and flash

You’ll cut a dash

If you just didn’t dress like your grammar.

-/-

There was a man from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Who lost his favourite sock
If it’s location you learn
Could you please return
It to him at no. 17 Church Place, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

-/-

The trouble with writing a Limerick
Is that they are over so very quick
They are too short
Teaching us nought;
Such as how a ‘Moon-Clock’ is known as a ‘Lunatic!’

-/-

A Limerick bumped into a Bard
Who said “All your frivolity – discard!”
The Limerick sighed
And sadly replied:
“To be anything else would be hard.”

-/-

This is an ‘ironic’, not an ‘iconic’ Limerick

A Limerick is not just five lines in an aabba rhyme scheme

It is a vocation, a calling, a future from a dream

There is no other that puts

It’s poetry into foots

In the way that a well-written Limerick does!
-/-

A Limerick placed last in a list

Said: “I should really be first – I insist!”

But the writer was bland

To the Limerick’s demand;

“Last you will go, please desist.”

-/-

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Category Archives: infograe

(AKA ‘An Englishman an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bargain basement)

Sleep will not visit

It shall not stay a short while

Never mind a long!

Walku 80 (NPD)

Walku 81 (Vega’s Haiku – This Pup is a Poet!)

Walku 82 (Haiku’s Haiku – It’s the Little Things)

NPD Poem 1 – Haiku for NPD

NPD Poem 2 – Poetry Rush-Hour Haiku

NPD Poem 3 – Waving Farewell To My Children

FaceBook Status Poem

Haiku (Draft) Haiku

I’ve avoided drafts;

They are just works in progress;

I’m not progressive

#TottonBound 40 Haiku

Winchester Cathy!

Well, it does fit the format –

‘Cathedral’ wouldn’t.

Love Haiku

Hold me in your arms

While I write you love poems

Or do you need more?

Perhaps Haiku

A Haiku a day is…

Perhaps we shall never know…

Is there more to this?

For My Retweeters Haiku

Thank you Retweeters –

I enjoy your fajitas –

‘Yo! favouritas!

Dundee Haiku

“Dundee, for some cake!

Which to choose? Lardy? Eccles?

Bluebottle? Someone?”

You can tweet me at

@infograe – that’s me! Or…

@PoemMeGroup

-/-

Note to the discernible reader: I do make all of these up for you, just you. I hope they bring a smile to your face, as they have to mine – G:)

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