It's Limerick and Haiku Time
I think I wrote an entry for last week and never posted it. At least, I don't remember posting it, and I'm too damn lazy to go see.
But THIS week's Limerick and Haiku prompt is: poems about poems.
First, I want to get an old chestnut out of the way:
There was an old man from Peru
Whose limericks stopped at line two.
That's done! Now, a limerick and a haiku about poems or about writing. One of the main things that keeps me from writing is procrastination; a lot of times I get caught up in making sure that everything is "just so": the desk, the document in Word, custom macros (that of course need development and tweaking before any writing can possibly begin). That procrastination, of course, masks a glaring deficiency.
A cup of coffee.
Everything arranged just so.
Now I need a plot.
I'm not feeling a limerick this weekend, sadly. Really--what's going to beat the "dog crap" limerick?
But THIS week's Limerick and Haiku prompt is: poems about poems.
First, I want to get an old chestnut out of the way:
There was an old man from Peru
Whose limericks stopped at line two.
That's done! Now, a limerick and a haiku about poems or about writing. One of the main things that keeps me from writing is procrastination; a lot of times I get caught up in making sure that everything is "just so": the desk, the document in Word, custom macros (that of course need development and tweaking before any writing can possibly begin). That procrastination, of course, masks a glaring deficiency.
A cup of coffee.
Everything arranged just so.
Now I need a plot.
I'm not feeling a limerick this weekend, sadly. Really--what's going to beat the "dog crap" limerick?
posted by Robert at
7:46 AM
3 Comments:
honest and direct haiku. I like that.
like you, I didn't write a limerick. just couldn't do it.
I think procrastination is just our brain taking a vacation without us but it always comes back somehow.
that two line limerick is so wonderful to read.
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Anonymous, at 1:07 PM
I loved your haiku. It made me laugh out loud. And I sure did need a laugh.:) Thanks for playing.
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Anonymous, at 2:24 PM
Ohmigosh - this is a cleverly done and honest post that makes me laugh. A two-line limerick sounds more than twice as easy as a five-liner. Great!
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Tumblewords:, at 12:53 PM
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