Author: ETHNODATA1

02/03/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Kirk Cameron

When you look back on
Your life, your dreams and longings
Distort through time’s lens.

Blast from the Past:

The tighter my grip
The looser is my control
Life explodes from this.

02/01/26 A New Tanka for a New Day

Photo Credit: Brad Neathery

May you read my words
As if they were more humble
Than I intended
When I originally
Put them on paper for you

Blast from the Past:

I wrote this haiku in Python, a programming language.

def haiku_maker():
for x in [5, 7, 5]:
print(random_word(x))

01/30/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Simon Follin

Poetry is the
Window into
The impossible
Through the words of
The possible

Blast from the Past:

To learn what is possible,
You must cross into
The impossible.

01/28/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Ioana Mohanu

The boy saw his laundry
That his mom handed to him.
He lounged for his favorite shirt,
But she said, “Keep it clean.”
“But I want to wear it.”
“If you wear it now, it will dirty again.
You must keep it clean as long as you can.”

He ran to his room
And put his laundry aside,
And looked at the shirt on his chest
Evidently becoming dirty.
To keep them all clean,
He knew what he must do,
Waltzing into the hall
Knowing that
He’d never wear clothes again.

Blast from the Past:

Brains are like lettuce:
Both go bad if I do not
Use them frequently.

01/27/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Tom Brown

What comes of the day
With morning’s quiet passing?
After the dew fades.

Blast from the Past:

As long as it’s here
As long as it’s here at last,
I will be happy

01/26/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

What questions persist,
What keeps you going
After the dew fades

Blast from the Past:

Because I did nothing,
Because I did too much,
Because I did not intervene enough,
Because I interjected too much,
I am leaving your because