In honor of the Cradle of the American Haiku Festival, held in Mineral Point while we rollicked, Weekenders — with Haiku Helper forms and yellow whistles on hand — announced their creations:
Underwhelmed
Frank Lloyd Wright’s all right
Warehouse too much dust and must
Who needs the dumb bat
. Tommye | Malvolian of the Year
Bean There; Done That
Thou must mind the Bunn
Else thy pot runneth over
Thou hast wet thyself
. DD | Silver Medal
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First time Weekender
Looking forward to some fun
Great times with loved ones
. Jennifer | Bronze Medal – Tie
Wright Direction | A Bryku
We start with no guide
From the womb self-docenting
Where’s Bryan Schneider?
. YOS | Bronze Medal – Tie
+ + +
Hunting lodge is nice
Not good for the animals
Eat corn no read meat
. Mick
Mary Jo kitchen
Food always so tasty
Join us for some fun
. Sharon
See Last Line
Opinions? You bet.
Traffic, cookies, jelly beans
Orchestrated rant
. Deb
today
Cedar Valley Lodge
Brought us all from our homes
Food! Wine! Improv! Friends!
. Tommye
Road trip
The date was now set
Spring Green is the next stop
Ready Set Let’s Go
. Sharon
All the World’s
Just me and a chair?
Clock ticks. Stares. No printed sheet?
* Gulp * Planet Improv
. YOS
Hey Doodle!
No. This isn’t right
Everybody turn around
Bucolic gridlock
. Deb
WWW
At Cedar Valley
With a bunch of weird people
Amused and confused
. Ed
You want to what
Oh for the improv
Let loose and let your hair down
A good time for all
. Sharon
The syllable count.
My place in the bathroom line.
Both five seven five.
. YOS. From “Haiku Helper”
Ha! Ha! Haiku
Meteor oh my!
The sky was quite a beauty
Tonight was the best
. MJ, Lu, Fran, Jen, Tommye, Wayne, Mick.
A Spiteku by the non-play goers to mock those up the Hill
Friday Night
Silent Sentinels
Late Lights Streaking Sky Wonders
Early Light White Dawn
. Mike
Bump Trump
Trump is a road bump
So hold on till he is gone
Our people save us
. Wayne
I need a haiku
Love you to the moon and back
Happy to be here
. Lu
Reflections on the bathroom habits of cows
pie pie pie pie pie
cows can come and cows can go
pie pie pie, pie pie
. Mike
Mickey
New pup in the home
And he won our hearts quickly
And likes his friend Jake
. MJ
G—- : Renku! Haiga!
We’ve all got our own problems.
Lou Gehrig managed.
. Deb. See “HSA Midwest News – July 2018”
Our Flyku!
Keep your spirits up
The father also rises
You can’t be grounded
. The Collective. To Joe
Our Comedy Barn
Laugh passed hand to hand
Hitchhiked through dice and docent
Good friends all thumbs up!
. YOS. Post-end wrap up
Afterku Haibun
On Sunday, a legation of Weekenders visited the Cradle of the American Haiku Festival in Mineral Point. We were admonished there – crossed forearm X for emphasis – that the English language is now considered too heavy for 5/7/5. Mooooon, throoough. Whatever that means. We shall ultimately ignore this warning. Meantime …
Cotton candy despair.
Ghosts of dead rainbows
On my tongue
. DD | Haibun variation on a theme from Frogpond 37:2