Predictive function - Curiosities

'elect' is 'eject'
'zeal' is 'weak', 'jazz' is 'lazy'
'us' turns to 'versus'

Ian Row

Learning for leaders:
drips from ceiling - fetch bucket
and FIX FUCKING ROOF!

Chris Gill

have i let you down?
how to manifest refuge
and resolution?

Ian Row

doors are wide open
no welcoming committee
new church fails first test

Ian Row

There are times when one
Feels the ebb and flow of life
Not now, not tonight

Damien Norris

Hot nights, sweaty sheets.
The pillows' blessed cool side
my only relief.

Steve Andrews

to the rude fuck on ocean grove beach

father makes wrong call -
"had a good look at my children?"
worthless apology

Ian Row

The world denies me
as I strove to deny it.
Yet nothing changes.

Steve Andrews

Obama Wins Big
He is an agent of change
We all benefit!

Carlae

Speed Round 10

Long weekend haiku

i.
Park-trees, crackers, cheese;
B-minor, BBQ, wine;
Sleep till 11.

Damien Norris

ii.
when the mind opens -
opportunity expands
with the universe

Cathy Dineen

iii.
healesville, bendigo
ballarat, film, freeze, sneeze, booze
i think i need sleep

Jason Rostant

Obamarama!

Obamarama!
Yes, we can, we should, we must.
You show them, sugar.

Ian Row

Stevie Wonder haiku

The following suite uses the lyrics* of Stevie Wonder in both original and altered forms. Stevie Wonder performed at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia on 19 October 2008.

i.
my cherie amour:
only one my heart beats for.
how i wish you're mine.

ii.
soul = burning fire =
one desire = all that matters
to me.

iii.
you might have the cash
but you cannot cash in your face,
don't want ya living here

iv.
can't help it, if i
wanted to, wouldn't help it
even if i could.

v.
do i do
what you do, when i do
my love to you?

vi.
don't wanna bore you...
oh but i love you, i love you,
i love you.

Ian Row

*from:
i. My Cherie Amour
ii. All I Do
iii. Cash In Your Face
iv. I Can't Help It
v. Do I Do
vi. Knocks Me Off My Feet

iMac haiku

gorgeous new iMac
further isolate myself
from society

Ian Row

Work-related haiku: Suite

i.
suck it up, sunshine
seat of progressiveness yields
old school management

ii.
meltdown
five tablespoons resentment
bring to boil

iii.
mayday
angel in my pocket
don't give up on me

thanks to anna f and peter g

Ian Row