965 - Thinking Makes It So

Haiku Horizon’s prompt: Joy

Thinking makes it so.

One man’s meat, they say,

Is another man’s poison.

Joy is subjective.

We are as happy

As we determine to be.

It’s an easy choice.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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964 - Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

I know you’ve come through so oft’ before

But the time has come to ask for more.

So, let me be firm and let me be clear

World peace tops my list this year.

And the climate seems to be a mess,

Perhaps you could teach us to use less.

Remove animals out of cosmetics

And take religion out of politics.

And why not knock off the odd disease

And remove the pirates from the seas.

And stop folk cutting down our trees

And improve the quality of what's on our TVs.

And rid the streets of hoons and louts

And ban the sale of Brussels Sprouts.

But if all this is just a wish too far

I’ll happily settle for a good Pinot Noir.

Now reader, visit the comments section

To nominate your gift selection.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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963 - A Rushed Life

Haiku horizons prompt: rush

A rushed life.

Small. Feathered. Anxious.

Quiet.  Still. Sensing danger.

Hides in the rushes.

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If it’s important—

Surely they will wait for you.

So what is the rush?

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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962 - Stuffed and can't be stuffed.

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

tempting, specific and snuff.

Stuffed.  
And can't be stuffed.

That flame,

That light,

Is quickly snuffed,

For no specific reason.

Just lots of things 

Conspire to quell

The heart

This festive season.

I see.

But why just me?

You?  Well—

It’s tempting to try 

To make you see

But in the end 

I can’t be stuffed;

The fight is just too big for me.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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961 - Safe and Secure

Haiku Horizons has the prompt “Safe”.

Safe and Secure.

We worry too much—

Safety is an illusion

That’s quickly shattered.

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There is no such thing

As a life lived in safety:

The gods laugh at you.

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And what price safety?

You can be well protected

But are you alive?

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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960 - Don't Make Me Cross!

Mad Kane poses a regular limerick challenge.

The key word this week is ‘ice’.

Don't Make Me Cross!

A fellow with nerves of pure ice,

Was asked by his wife for advice.

His reply was that

“Of course it looks fat”;

His death, while quick, was not nice.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016

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