haiku namatata: Poems

A better me

haiku namatata May 2010

A better me

I wish I were sly.
Life would be more enthralling
If I were James Bond.

Best Break Up Line EVER

haiku namatata May 2010

Best Break Up Line EVER

I'm lucky you're sweet.
But I've found a sweeter love.
I've chosen pancakes.

Cake Work

haiku namatata May 2010

Cake Work

Our politicians
Enjoy the easiest jobs.
Won't you vote for me?

Coach (version 1)

haiku namatata May 2010

Coach (version 1)

Budding, nubile girls.
They call me Mr. P.E.
God I love my job.

Coach (version 2)

haiku namatata May 2010

Coach (version 2)

I'm to teach P.E.
That's short for Phys Ed, but it's
More like *******.

Fish Food

haiku namatata May 2010

Fish Food

Give me one reason
To get out of bed, since I
Sleep with the fishes.

haiku (1)

haiku namatata May 2010

haiku (1)

Haikus: so easy
A toddler can do them! But
Not sexually.

haiku (2)

haiku namatata May 2010

haiku (2)

Haikus: somewhat lame.
They serve better as segways
Between my poems.

Heavy Lies the Crown

haiku namatata May 2010

Heavy Lies the Crown

Pity Presidents,
Both hands firmly on The Wheel.
See how fast they age?

How bout that nickel

haiku namatata May 2010

How bout that nickel

Give me a nickel
For every time they've told me
I can't write haikus.

I confess..

haiku namatata May 2010

I confess..

Want to play with *****.
You can forget how they feel
And need reminders.

I'll Come Up with a Better Title Later

haiku namatata May 2010

I'll Come Up with a Better Title Later

I procrastinate.
So much wasted potential.
This poem ends with...

Locked in a basement, feet in cement

haiku namatata May 2010

Locked in a basement, feet in cement

Get me out of here!
I knew I should have paid them!
Is anyone there?

Lonely Boy Blues

haiku namatata May 2010

Lonely Boy Blues

How come every girl
I meet is either taken
Or wants to be friends?

Nucular

haiku namatata May 2010

Nucular

There is a reason
Why bad things happen on Earth.
His name is Dubya.

pleasant thinking

haiku namatata May 2010

pleasant thinking

Wouldn't it be grand
If every time I dropped by,
I shared something new?

Please. Wear. Thicker. Pants.

haiku namatata May 2010

Please. Wear. Thicker. Pants.

I see cottage cheese.
Too bad your Granny *******
Accentuates it.

Remember Way Back When?

haiku namatata May 2010

Remember Way Back When?

Bullies, puberty,
Homework, shockless school buses.
Don't you miss high school?

Stop? Go? I'm confused.

haiku namatata May 2010

Stop? Go? I'm confused.

A crime scene chalk line,
A red hand, blinking loudly,
"Give me a high five!"

The Better Things in Life

haiku namatata May 2010

The Better Things in Life

There is more to life
Than writing small, profound truths.
...
Not sure what it is.

Untimely Gifts

haiku namatata May 2010

Untimely Gifts

I don't understand
Why she gave me the clap when
It's not my birthday.

Work(ing) in Progress

haiku namatata May 2010

Work(ing) in Progress

It's time I write some
New material for you.
...
Give me a second.

You've got something in your teeth..

haiku namatata May 2010

You've got something in your teeth..

I hate hairy ****.
They're like female mustaches.
They get in your mouth.

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