Gunfighter: A Modern Warrior's Life

Presidential Haiku

POTUS says we surge

We ignore long histories

GF calls "BULLSHIT"

Spontaneous Haiku

This came to me while I was working out this morning:

Sane  folks don't like it

Violence without reason

Rockin' The Casbah

Suburban Haiku

Parents shout "Great try!"

Refs make many crappy calls

I'm a soccer dad

Tattoo Haiku (just for you) XXII

Last week (or the week before), I showed you an image of what my next tattoo is going to be. Although the symbolism will be immediately recognizable to people in most mainstream Christian denominations, perhaps not everyone would get the specific scriptural reference because I don't plan to add the text. It's going to be sort of an inside thing to those who already habla. Further, it might spark some curiosity in someone who DOESN'T habla... which sets me up for a moment of welcome evangelism (don't be afraid of the word evangelism, friends, I'm not going to his you with a Bible or attempt to heal you in the streets).

Anyway, that post sparked an exchange of email with my Canadian e-brother Mick, who challenged me to tell him the scriptural reference without Googling it. I had to confess that I wasn't sure (ok... I just didn't know!), so Mick schooled me up and let me know that the reference is from the prophet Isaiah, chapter 40, verse 8: "The grass withereth, the flowers fadeth away, but the word of the lord endureth forever".  

Fast forward to this morning... about 30 minutes ago, while I was working out (my arms, especially the biceps will hurt tomorrow), I was trying to think of something to blog about, since my life is so exciting these days, and I just have too much to tell you all about (yeah, right), I thought I might do some Haiku-ing, as it has been a while since I did any.

When I got back to my desk and logged onto the system, my sketch for the tattoo artist was squarely in my vision on my cubicle wall, so I decided to reduce Isaiah 40:8 into the traditional 5-7-5 syllable formula for a Haiku, without losing it's meaning.

Here it is:

Life-giving grass dies

Lovely flowers fade away

God's word lives always

Haiku (16-21)

Fey Spoofs Ms. Palin    

Tired nation has a good laugh

Campaign says "sexist"

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Rachel Maddow rocks!

Welcome fresh counterbalance

How's that for "fair", FOX?

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Balmy dark morning

The moon, a glorious gold

Sunrise unwelcome

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Poor students campaign

Trivialised intellect

Mediocrity

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"Government Reform"?

Flee from investigators

Truth seeks light of day

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Breathe, relax, aim, squeeze

Perfect head-shot at long range

Just paper this time

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Haiku (15)

We cried "Mushroom cloud!"

We went to war for their oil

Elect us again?

Haiku

Synod assembly
Long, dull drive to Roanoke
Vote on church issues

Haiku (13)

Mental exhaustion
Siblings with the sense of gnats
My Mom is dying

Papal Haiku (12)

Holy Father speaks
Welcome human rights message
Talk to George, willya?

Haiku (11)

Barack says "Bitter"
Hill'ry calls him elitist
Pot calls kettle "black"