One Haiku
One of the zero
He sits, his head in his hands
Sighing out the day
One of the zero
the zero who read the rules
wasting time in school
He doesn't stand out
from the zero who stand out.
One of the zero
He checks the option;
yes, he agrees to the rules
which he didn't read
"One of the zero,"
he ponders the sound of it
wanting to be more
----------------------------------------------------
Just one thing to find
Whatever that one thing is
One can't be enough
There is not one song
that I know all the words to
I realized today
Just when it seems that
you can't possibly succeed
try just one more time
Some days are jazzy,
other ones are rock and roll-
sometimes they're the blues
In some languages
poems and songs share one name
But not in English
"Fly like an eagle,"
Steve Miller's band sings-
And I will- one day
How does one hand sound?
A commonly asked question:
Two hands sounds better
Reb Shlomo Carlebach
was the only one ever
to say I looked "sharp"
One G-d, One G-d, One
And many, many of me;
We believe in him
A pen is a brush with
with just one point, just one ink
we paint with our words
- Ner le'echad... le'meah -
Can serve one hundred
I wish I focussed
with both eyes on the same thing
But one looks away
In class- just one pen;
for me it's like forgetting
layers of clothing
with both eyes on the same thing
But one looks away
In class- just one pen;
for me it's like forgetting
layers of clothing
One then another
I write haiku; rinse, repeat
Until one strikes you
I write haiku; rinse, repeat
Until one strikes you
Take away one thing?
Okay, just please not the glue.
I said not the glue
Okay, just please not the glue.
I said not the glue
Just one more haiku
I've never had a coffee-
unlike Bob Dylan
I've never had a coffee-
unlike Bob Dylan
Nixon waited to
"make one thing perfectly clear"
I yearn to do that
"make one thing perfectly clear"
I yearn to do that
the party of the first part
or another one
The light will be green
in one way or the other:
depends how you turn
in one way or the other:
depends how you turn
That someone gets you
is rarer than one might think
cherish such a thing
is rarer than one might think
cherish such a thing
Vacation crisis
That's the one I see right now
Not of tuition
That's the one I see right now
Not of tuition
4 Comments:
Amazingly done! I loved the first one more though, Neil :-)
Wonderful haiku thoughts concerning one! I enjoyed them! Have a good week.
Beautiful wise words ,Rabbi ! If you have time , pl have a look at my post of the same prompt @
https://rajkumarmilan.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/one/
Wow! Informative as well. Nicely done Neil.
Pat
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