Comments on: Snow day and dishwashing haiku

By: greenfrog

greenfrog — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:28:58 +0000

Can dishwork include odd gardening implements waiting for warmer weather on the patio?

Flakes fall straight, cast a
Shadow of snowshine beneath
A empty pot’s rim.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:43:10 +0000

Despite recently seeing my first strand of Canadian geese fly loose overhead, winter clings to my mind. Two days ago, I watched yet another series of snow squalls roll toward us and snow–again–blur the long view.

Skies, dishwater grey;
Cold, white froths curl down; the done
Season drains southward.

After this thread, I fear winter will ever be linked in my thinking to dishwashing.

Is that a bad thing?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:37:35 +0000

Hi Adam! Glad to see you here.

I like your merging of snow and dishwashing. A good haiku. Thanks for adding a link to the chain.

Hot suds loosen stuck
Crumbs, snags of dishes, the day’s
Knots tied in the hands.

After nearly two months, we’re finally beginning to see a few patches of bare ground, mostly around the bases of trees.

By: Adam K. K. Figueira

Adam K. K. Figueira — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:29:37 +0000

Sorry to break up the banter with a less refined perspective, but a little poetry once in a while is good for even a soul like mine. I’m not sure if this more is about the dishes or the snow:

Pile is high again.
Hard to start, but once begun:
Strangely relaxing

By: Lora

Lora — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:17:50 +0000

squeeze the detergent
the genie in the bottle
obeys with bubbles

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:49:17 +0000

Still too much snow to go out venturing, but we seem to be entering a thaw. Finally! (jig of joy)

By cup-and-bowlfuls,
on knives’ blades, dishwashing moves
light across the sink.

By: Lora

Lora — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:28:54 +0000

one missed haiku-op
equals a nap, a chapter;
dishes still in sink.
;)

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:23:51 +0000

@Lora,

That sounds like a missed haiku-op to me. I’d like to see what you can do with it if you have time and inclination.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:22:21 +0000

@greenfrog: *giggle*

Sounds like it might be time for you to fix the faucet. How-to hint: it shouldn’t require dismantling cabinetry.

And stop making me laugh! I’m trying to notice things, you know? Serious business, noticing. (Stifled guffaw)

Outside pump pulls loose
Strands of well water into
Plaits that hands undo.

Top that.

By: Lora

Lora — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:11 +0000

You folks are reminding me of how I would tip the detergent bottle upside down then right side up, and then squeeze it hard. Bubbles would come out by the dozens, floating all around that side of the kitchen. The kids LOVED my magic.