Joe Hill

Haikus from my random thoughts. Occasional pearls of wisdom and humor. Puns. Sci-fi and fantasy.

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Ode to Brown

I have a brown crayon
I use it once a day
I color on the paper
and throw it all away

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England: It’s coming home!
Australia: Naur way!

#WorldCup

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Doctor today said, “It’s not how you look, it’s how you feel.”
I said, “Well Doc, that’s two strikes against me so far.”

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What’s the secret of my success you ask?
I like to spend several quiet hours in the morning resentful of having to work instead of just being. This resentment carries me through a day and leaves me exhausted to do anything in the evenings.

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The odd audience was awed by the audacious oddments audibly oscillating akimbo.

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Six weeks, no haiku
Bread, crackers, beer and pickles
Things are fermenting.

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It’s a criminal tragedy I don’t have a rabid following on social media. These jokes don’t just write themselves you know

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@stephenRB4 If we pronounced all other consonants by the same rule it would be Ay, Bed, Ced, Ded

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Why does plastic wrap cling to everything but the bowl?

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@tugce190333 Hippotato

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@AgathaChocolats Catnip

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All of my thoughts become novels. All of my novels are unfinished. And so it goes day to day, nothing mattering enough to finish. Poor efforts with anything consequential.

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I know it’s not what I want
But I desperately want everyone to stop needing me
For my work not to be so reliant on other people
To shut myself off from all associations
And to be accountable to no one but myself
This is not possible but a feeling I frequently have

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I’m going to trust
That the world is unfolding
The way it needs to.

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The uncertain world
Fogs the valley on our way
Moments of sunlight.

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First I see through a glass darkly…
The way forward is often cloudy, confusing, full of fear, but I must move forward with as much love and bravery as I can muster.

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The road to Hades
is paved with good intentions
and slightly porous cement

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#WritingCommmunity #writing

“Hades” because Hell lacks a crucial syllable

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Endlessly scrolling
Hoping to find some old words
ancient melodies

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We really need to be calling out artists’ lyric choices more. “Her harlequin hovers nearby”? Is it the tears of a clown? Or is it Stephen King’s eponymous clown?

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The link in bio
Often leads to other links
Rarely in bio

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“Link in bio” 😡

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Instagram-designed for photos. Auto-crops and ruins regular pics.

Facebook-a place to connect to good friends. Suggests random people you hate.

Twitter-was short status updates. Now long thread essays.

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Rabbits are laying
Chocolate eggs and jelly beans
Praise be to his name

#haiku #poetry #writing #easter