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Bogbrush — Spring Haikuthon 2008
Published: 2008-03-03 12:52:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1307; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 24
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Saturday 1st Marchcome mid afternoon
finally remembering -
white rabbits!
Sunday 2nd March
Mother's Day
the bottle of wine
goes down well
Monday 3rd March
lines of code
sunlight streaming through
office windows
Tuesday 4th March
biting wind
the cat turns
and yawns
Wednesday 5th March
another eBay win
the postie sighs...
Thursday 6th March
tapping harder
you're still not coming in
angry rain
Friday 7th March
Friday -
bacon heaven scent
across the carpark
Saturday 8th March
over coffee
with appropriate sounds
the gent spins tales
Sunday 9th March
gladioli
in a teashop window
watching the girls
Monday 10th March
above the storm
the airliner's howl
unheard
Tuesday 11th March
hello toe
another sock
for the bin
Wednesday 12th March
all through the night
electric off, electric on
mid-day yawns
Thursday 13th March
retired gardener
turning allotment soil
smaller this year
Friday 14th March
swoosh...
shuttlecock
falls
Saturday 15th March
driving rain
driving home
driven mad
Sunday 16th March
sundressed toddler
on father's shoulders
mussing his mohican
Monday 17th March
half a phonecall
more interesting
than work
Tuesday 18th March
flying teabags
landing anywhere
but the heap
Wednesday 19th March
red coat
flashes by
40-40 In!
Thursday 20th March
sated on noodles
a fat moon rides
high over town
Friday 21st March
midnight chimes
I can hear myself
breathing
Saturday 22nd March
I liked
the paper boat fiver
scowling barman
Sunday 23rd March
easter church
full of sunshine
and flowers
Monday 24th March
shining harwaeg
rising moon
on frost
Tuesday 25th March
squirrel graph -
along the ground
and up the tree
Wednesday 26th March
thoughtful shop -
headache tablets
in the beer aisle
Thursday 27th March
white crane
against a black sky
the workers hurry
Friday 28th March
starling roost
- the jogger
speeds up
Saturday 29th March
black car
black crow
whose road?
Sunday 30th March
skylarks
and blue sky
Finally!
Monday 31st March
divers alarums
the blackbird exits
stage left
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Comments: 106
Cheers
I get to see quite a lot of squirrels, the trees near where I work are always full of them. I probably spend too much time watching squirrels instead of working...
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Tuesday 25th March
Thursday 20th March
Tuesday 4th March-
are my favourites
at the moment-
great set overall, good show!
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20, 22, 26 and 28 are probably my favourites of your most recent, but it's tough to choose. You always write so concisely, you know how to cut everything unimportant out and just leave us with the bits worth reading. Congratulations on finishing!
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Thank you
Congratulations on finishing too
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Grats! On completion!
A quick crit:
6th March
tapping harder
you're still not coming in
angry rain
--I think the second line doesn't quite match with the third line.
suggestion--'rain, you're not coming in
even if you angry'
9th March--cheeky flower
18th March--flying teabags--surreal and lololol.
20th March--Love the image of the sated fat moon on noodles-clouds. But if the moon is sated, can it still ride high?
21st March--Love the second and 3rd lines.
31st March--Love the word 'alarums'
24th March--omit 'the' in 2nd line (for more precision)
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Cheers very much for the comments, much appreciated
I see what you mean about the 6th, I shall have to have a think on that. I've got rid of the 'the' in the 24th too.
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Congratulations on completing the spring haikuthon!
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Thank you 
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ah somehow i had faith that all would be well
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It's over! I'm both sad and glad.
Several of your last ones made me laugh out loud. Favourites this time are the squirrel one, crow one and the last one of all. A great way to end.
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Aye, I always have mixed feelings once these months are over. Good to hear that they made you laugh though
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thoughtful shop -
headache tablets
in the beer aisle
Excellent!
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Hehe, thank you
I went shopping there again today and they've moved the headache tablets, now there's tablets for upset stomachs
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I had to think about #17 for a minute, but when I realised what you meant by it, I thought how clever it is (and how true!).
(You've typed #20 twice...)
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Oops. Fixed that now - I shouldn't be cutting and pasting at silly o'clock, trying to get the formatting correct, I do silly things like that
The bloke who sits opposite me at work was on the phone - apparently his wife got fed up with her boss and walked out of her job. I was tempted to ask for details...
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Tut tut.
Lol, best not to I think.
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Curiousity got beaten down with a big stick
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I very much liked the sensory picture of #16, and #18 is a new favourite, very funny.
The moon is doing strange things here. If I get up in the early hours of the morning I see it as a small (for the moon) orange ball low on the southern horizon - unless it's something else altogether! Spooky.
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With the 16th, I really wished I had my camera with me at the time, he was a very tall, archetypal punk - leathers, tatoos, chains, piercings and a huge green mohican and he was bouncing his daughter on his shoulders. Both had the biggest grins I've ever seen
I stand at my back door, flicking the teabags off of the end of a teaspoon, the heap is only about three yards away under a bush but the teabags more often than not end up in the bush, in the herb tub or on a lantern I've got hanging in a clematis...
The moon does sound odd, here it's been very bright most of the time.
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I realised the "moon" was actually a streetlight last evening. I feel a right prawn. lol
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Oops...
A:though I can't laugh, I once wondered why the planet Venus appeared to be getting bigger one night until I realized it was a plane going into Luton airport...
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So did I, almost immediately after going 'Doh!'
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Thank you, and thanks for the 
I really apologise for my lack of comments at the moment, but I will get there
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i started early comments to some when the haikuthon first was underway but now i'm trying to do some catching-up so other participants know that not only am i posting in my own collection but also am very keenly watching them in return.
#11: i adore the toe one which is no surprise because those are usually the best haiku - ones inspired instantly by the most common and mundane of observations/actions. Here's a 2-liner that responds:
lucky toe
wears a new sweater!
#12: someone sounds tired from a rough night.
#16: that one is such a sweet visual of father & daughter. wouldn't that actually be "mohawk" though? just asking.
#18: 
#20: mmmm satisfied hungries - this one reminds me i need to eat!
#21: yes - totally relate to the heaviness of the middle of the night sound of silence - and one's own cycle that we aren't nearly as aware of during the day.
i've not commented on all my favorites but know that your collection is a virtual garden treasure.
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I certainly wish I could do that, at the moment it looks like I'm going to be doing all my commenting at the end now
(11) Love that answer to the socks
saving footwear
time for the nailclippers
(12) Yes, the change in light levels when the power went off would wake me up then just as I'd doze off again, the power would return and my bedside phone would switch itself on with a loud beep.
(16) It was one of the many times I wished I'd had a camera with me, the pair of them looked so happy. Mohawk is probably the correct wording, with mohican probably being a local thing - I've always called them mohicans anyway
(18) Yes, I stand at my back door and fire them off of a teaspoon
Cheers very much for the comments too
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ohh thank you - comments to my comments - this was a real treat for me!
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day 3
it's good to take a break from work and look at the light streaming through the windows.
although i suspect this practice leads to a lazy mood and makes you feel like going home.
day 4
i've never think of the cat as 'biting wind' when it yawns. interesting description.
day 7
good job. it makes me water.
day 9
picturesque. the window has become a picture frame and it's almost ready to be painted in monet's impressionistic style.
day 18
frustration, ya? it's one of those days when nothing seems to be done right.
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The front of the office where I work has huge glass windows looking out toward tree covered hills - on nice days it's very difficult not to book time off and head out
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1st: very familiar.
9th: cute. but in a good way.
11th: 
20th: a full stomach and everything looks cozy. great one.
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Cheers very much
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driving rain
driving home
driven mad
I felt like this last night....
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I'm sure rain brings out the nutters on the road... lol
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driving rain
driving home
driven mad
Very clever...
And I find 6th March a gem 
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Cheers
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hello toe
another sock
for the bin
I love the one about the airplane being unheard too. Actually, I love them all
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Thank you
I shall try my best
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It's ok, I know how hard it is to find time, I need more of that myself these days 
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