Man of Steel Haiku Review

Superman Haiku Review

1. I Liked the first half/
Interesting alternate/
Krypton backstory/
#haiku

2. Good production design/
Krypton’s parallel of earth/
Though clumsy green points/
#haiku

3. Politics’ Absence/
Was strangely highlighted by/
Light skinned black gen’rals/
#haiku

4. Did not like the suit/
Sent by Jor El predicting/
His hero status/
#haiku

5. Kryptonite metal/
Was anything from Krypton/
Should have proved fatal/
#haiku

6. Paradoxically/
I liked the “S-Key” tying/
Krypton to present/
#haiku

7. Hollywood action/
Swallowed the movie’s last half/
With gross Air-Force-Porn/
#haiku

8. Immigrant status/
Of Kal-El bothered no-one/
Because he was white/
#haiku

9. Liked the destruction/
Of the spy predator drone/
Comments on freedom/
#haiku

10. *Man of Steel* movie/
Was not without some fissures/
I’ll give it”B+”/
#haiku

Thinking Fathers Haiku

17a. Happy Father’s Day/
I owe you everything:/
Especially love/
#haiku

17b. Happy Father’s Day/
Thanks for trying and trying/
& understanding/
#haiku

17c. Happy Father’s Day:/
Doing your best ev’ry day/
Helped to make me, me/
#haiku

17d. Happy Father’s Day/
To all struggling parents/
And patient children/
#haiku

17e. Happy Father’s Day:/
The burden is the blessing/
Thank you for playing/
#haiku

17f. Happy Father’s Day:/
The burden is the blessing/
Thanks for engaging/
#haiku

17g. Happy Father’s Day:/
The burden is the blessing/
For this I’m grateful/
#haiku

An Agnostic’s Repetitious Sermon in Haiku

20a. I cannot forgive/
Religions their predations/
Though I know better/
#haiku

20b. I cannot forgive/
Religions their predations/
Though I know that’s MAN/
#haiku

20c. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings/
Though I know better/
#haiku

20d. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings/
(Man should not play G_d)/
#haiku

20e. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings/
(Though faith may ease pain)/
#haiku

20f. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings/
(Perhaps I’m jealous)/
#haiku

20g. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings/
(This has cost me much)/
#haiku

20h. I cannot forgive/
Religions their shortcomings*/
(I’m not sure G_d cares)/
#haiku *predations

Gatsby Haiku Review

#Baz #Luhrmann’s #Gatsby/
Was surprisingly pleasant/
A pretty good #flick/
#haiku

Production design/
& DeCaprio’s #Gatsby/
Were well worth watching/
#haiku

Fantastic Costumes/
& faux aged New York City/
Were interesting/
#haiku #gatsby

Clever impression/
If not true fidelity/
In this new #Gatsby/
#haiku

#Race’s clever use/
Added a new patina/
On segregation/
#haiku #Gatsby

Ubiquitous #Blacks/
Reminded viewers of #race/
Without preaching much/
#haiku #Gatsby

Forward

36. I struggle with fear/
Doubting my abilities/
& accomplishments/
#haiku

37. Fear keeps me from life/
Scaffolds insecurities/
Paralyzing me/
#haiku

38. I can do this job/
It is not beyond my skills/
I WILL push forward/
#haiku

39. Worst that can happen/
Is I look a bit stupid/
I should care less/
#haiku

40. Dawn’s iridescence/
Blends today’s optimism/
With yesterday’s fear/
#haiku

42. Poems together/
Inspiring myself on/
A #haiku pep-talk/

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Ambulatory Surgery

2/19/13

12. Ambulatory/
Hand surgery with hardware/
I’m a bit afraid/
#haiku

13. Pre-surgery fast/
Difficult because I eat/
Habitually/
#haiku

14. Waiting room TV/
Game shows: American greed/
Fight for un-needed/
#haiku

15. Loud television/
Drowning out humanity/
Easing their function/
#haiku

17. Stripped of belongings/
Ev’rything vouchered like jail/
Sit waiting for Doc./
# haiku

18. Climb to the table/
Painful IV under skin/
Drift off to warm drugs/
#haiku

19. Post-Operation/
Dizzy nausea from drugs/
Confused and cold/
#haiku

20. Nurses & Doctors/
At your most traumatic times/
Are simply workers/
#haiku

21. I am in some pain/
It is the pain of healing/
Life keeps improving/
#haiku

16. Surgery went well/
Discomfort is unpleasant/
I will be just fine/
#haiku

Academic Abolitionist Sonnet

Editing Brown Sonnet

Addressing this paper academic/
Re-reading & re-writing ideas/
Illustrates my problems are endemic:/
From the pompous I want the most cheers/

The thesis: “undermined literacy”/
By a bright loyal abolitionist/
Was intellectual apostasy/
Formal language makes Blacks contortionists/

I am like runaway slaves showing off/
With my pompous elevated language/
I want my enemies their hats to doff/
For this approval I am most anxious/

It is no small irony I study/
People from long ago like me/

Valentine Mine

2/14/13 ❤

2. On valentines’ day/
We try to live up to Love/
But my love’s too big/
#haiku

2b. On valentines’ day/
We try to live up to Love/
No THING could show love/
#haiku

2c. On valentines’ day/
I try to deserve your Love/
But I’m unworthy/
#haiku

2d. On valentines’ day/
We try to live up to Love/
But love is too big/
#haiku

3. The “miracle you”/
Made me the man that I am/
I am so grateful/
#haiku

4. We are an alloy:/
Alone just Copper & Tin/
Together we’re bronze/
#haiku

4b. Linda & Stafford/
Alone just Tin & Copper/
Together we’re bronze/
#haiku

5. Linda Pragmatic/
Stafford too aromatic/
Miracle children/
#haiku

6. Children, don’t chase Love/
In its icky human form/
Real LOVE’s not mere “cute”/
#haiku

7. Love is the beauty/
That human eyes cannot see/
Only hearts* know love/
#haiku *souls

8. Love is pure sweetness/
A dark flavor so sublime/
No tongue can enjoy/
#haiku

8b. Love is pure sweetness/
A dark flavor so sublime/
Mortals taste heaven/
#haiku

9. Love is pure vision/
Seeing beyond physical/
To beauty itself/
#haiku

10. Love is sonic joy/
The music of creation/
Played aloud for you/
#haiku

11. Loving you transforms/
Moments into eternities/
Of pure happiness/
#haiku

12a. Our lusts have become/
Disposable fantasies/
Dreams meant for instants/
#haiku

12b. Desire and lust are/
Disposable fantasies/
Dreams meant for instants/
#haiku

13. Hottie cards expire/
After time foeveryone/
Except our belov’d/
#haiku

14. Beauty’s brief shelf life/
Often expires in-noticed/
Though always observed/
#haiku

Non Urgent Emergency Room

1. The Q18 bus/
To Astoria E.R./
Afraid of Doctors/
#haiku

2. Dirty bus windows/
Obscure the present future/
Adding foreboding/
#haiku

3. I’m afraid of this/
Emergency room visit/
I’m afraid to say/
#haiku

4. Injuries remind/
Me of my mortality/
This life is finite/
#haiku

5. This bus ride: noisy/
Conversations of others/
Matter to speakers/
#haiku

6. E.R. Clerks are good/
Working for creaky system/
Insurance stays paid/
#haiku

7. Little girl bleeding/
Another casualty/
Of Woodside sledding/
#haiku

8. Father holds ice-pack/
Doting on his brave daughter/
In accented love/
#haiku

9. We’re all refugees/
From our usual sound health/
In the waiting room/
#haiku

10. Concentration camp/
People Waiting for health care/
From indifference/
#haiku

11. Mother & Son wait/
Hijab & Hip-Hop visit/
Injured family/
#haiku

12. Nurse turns son away/
Says: “you can translate” winking/
Letting both enter/
#haiku

13. Old man tells story/
Angling for pain killers/
Spurious details/
#haiku

14. Facts shouted indict/
Hospitals, projects & clerk/
An expert patient/
#haiku

15. Russians, Brazilians/
Jamaicans and the forlorn/
In “Camp Waiting Room”/
#haiku

16. Bengali man’s scarf/
Worn like a scott-plaid head-wrap/
Burberry hijab/
#haiku

17. Unfortunate day/
Spent in crowded waiting room/
Small, slow tragedy/
#haiku

18. Wedding ring removed/
Gold dust in the hospital/
From cut wedding rings/
#haiku

19. Got a shot for pain/
This dislocated finger/
Will be re-wrestled/
#haiku

20. Ketorolac shot/
Burns while injecting my arm/
Kills the pain quickly/
#haiku

21. Three left hand Ex-Rays/
With an overworked techie/
And no lead blankets/
#haiku

22. The X-rays can’t say/
How bad my dislocation/
Or where my day went/
#haiku

23. Tiny finger fracture/
And a hand surgeon visit/
The day crawls forward/
#haiku

24. A blind mother dotes/
On a cute nauseous daughter/
Explaining unseen/
#haiku

25. Bus heading back home/
Hand throbbing insistently/
Glad to be outside/
#haiku

Sledding in Woodside Queens 2013

35. Sledding in Woodside/
With the people of the world/
Human gravity/
#haiku

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2/10/13

50. The snowy hillside/
In Woodside’s Doughboy playground/
Is peppered with fun/
#haiku

51. Here Colombians/
Bengalis, Tibetans as/
Americans slide/
#haiku

52. Snowy experience/
ReCaptured digitally/
Are sent to tropics/
#haiku

53. iPad made movies/
Of happy Americans/
Are sent far away/
#haiku

54. Woman with hijab/
Gucci covered iPad films/
Her smiling children/
#haiku

55. Korean father/
Roars down the tree covered hill/
Ecstatically loud/
#haiku

56. Mexican fam’ly/
Unloads children & their sleds/
Then tackle papí/
#haiku

57. Americans all/
We enjoy democracy/
Of our acceptance/
#haiku

36. Sledding with children/
Overshot my playfulness/
Collided with age/
#haiku

37. Clenching rope handles/
Spinning beyond all control/
Damaged ring finger/
#haiku

38. Regretting my ride/
Because I injured myself/
Shows a lack of faith/
#haiku

39. Staying young inside/
More important than safety/
For immortal* souls/
#haiku *eternal

40. Aging bodies recede/
To within our comfort zone/
Abandoning youth/
#haiku

41. Aches and troubles/
Of old immaturity/
Are truly priceless/
#haiku

42. Youthfulness’s worth/
Though dangerous to old men/
Keeps their spirits fresh/
#haiku

43. Adventure’s value/
Is an internal journey/
Exploring within*/
#haiku *our souls

44. The pains in my body/
Temporarily remind/
My mind I’m alive/
#haiku

45. This throbbing finger/
Beats the rhythm of my heart/
Where I can feel it/
#haiku

46. I regret nothing/
Because I’m educated/
By experience/
#haiku

47. While I don’t like pain/
It reminds me I’m alive/
Here to live for now/
#haiku

48. Wedding tourniquet/
The ring keeps my red blood in/
The heart of my life/
#haiku

49. Ring’s Symbol becomes/
An active agent in life/
I cherish it so/
#haiku