Golfer takes her stance
Swings with grace and gentle ease
Aiming for the green
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Haiku – Iron Will
Hate now in power
Guilty before innocent
Freedom sacrificed
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I heard this great song yesterday and it made me think about the way America is currently doing business at home and abroad. I thought I might write a Haiku based off of it. I think, no matter how you voted, it is time to stop the hate and learn to find a great middle ground. We can’t make “America Great Again” if we don’t work together to do it. I am a Democrat, and I will admit that. But they need to shut up and work with Trump. Trump also needs to put on his big boy pants and start learning to compromise. We can’t put in bans like we currently have without stirring up a whole lot of trouble. I agree we have been lax in some areas of this country throughout the years, but bans don’t work. They don’t keep out the bad they just incite more anger, and those we are trying to stop just add fuel to their fire. There has to be a better way to handle our politics than what we have now.
If you decide to leave a comment. Make it productive. I don’t mind a solid discussion, but let’s not get down to childish name calling.
Okay, have a great weekend. Here’s the song.
LYRICS
If I could kill a word and watch it die
I’d poison never, shoot goodbye
Beat regret when I felt I had the nerve
Yeah, I’d pound fear to a pile of sand
Choke lonely out with my bare hands
I’d hang hate so that it can’t be heard
If I could only kill a wordI’d take brokenness out back
And break heartbreak, stand there and laugh
Right in its face while shootin’ it the bird
I’d put upset down in its place
I’d squeeze the life out of disgrace
Lay over under six cold feet of dirt
If I could only kill a wordGive me sticks, give stones
Bend my body, break my bones
Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
‘Cause you can’t unhear, you can’t unsay
But if were up to me to change
I’d turn lies and hate to love and truth
If I could only kill a wordI’d knock out temptation’s teeth
I’d sever evil, let it bleed
Then light up wicked, stand and watch it burn
I’d take vice and I’d take vile
And tie ’em up there with hostile
Hang ’em high and leave ’em for the birds
If I could only kill a wordSo give me sticks, give stones
Bend my body, break my bones
Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
‘Cause you can’t unhear, you can’t unsay
But if were up to me to change
I’d turn lies and hate to love and truth
If I could only kill a word
If I could only kill a wordSource: Google Search
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Haiku – Sky Cotton
In the blue above
White fluffy clouds moving slow
Like a soft whisper
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For more prompts like “cloud” go here: A Week for Writing
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Haiku – Arrival
Flood of emotions
Soldier returning back home
After a long tour
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For more prompts like “flood” go here: Haiku Horizons
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Haiku – Winter’s Rain and Chill
Two birds on a limb
Huddled together for warmth
Hoping for the Spring
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Haiku – 3 Looks at Look
First sip of coffee
Finally able to look
Upon the morning
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She looked in the room
Thick dark black shadows looming
Hiding the monster
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Look at the old house
Ghosts linger and walk its halls
Waiting for victims
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For more prompts like “look” go here: Haiku Horizons
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