how did he put it?
"been around the writer's block
once or twice before"

hay baled up in white
marshmallows on a landscape -
good enough to eat

grey farm pond
water on ice
dirty dishpan

To a philosopher, all news,
as it is called, is gossip,
and they who edit and read it
are old women over their tea.
--Thoreau

deer running through sheep
scare the snot out of the sheep
baah baah scaredy sheep

my wisdom teeth hurt
most philosophers are fools
says one in the know

inspired by:
http://analphilosopher.powerblogs.com/posts/1135894743.shtml

Somewhere I read that Basho wrote about 2000 haiku in his life of which 100 or so are considered excellent, and of which he believed there were maybe ten that truly hit the mark. This is a tough ratio but perhaps holds a realistic perspective for us all. Excellent haiku craft requires tireless resolve to keep at it despite the misses and bunches of weaker attempts, with hope that out of the effort will surely come some keepers, and, if we are lucky, serendipity may provide an opportunity to create a haiku that will stand the test of time.
--Tom Clausen, "A Haiku Way of Life"

zappai #1

humorous haiku
just for the sheer hell of it
really haiku? Not!