SMARTPHONES ARE NOT FOR SMART PEOPLE: I NEED HOT STUFF!

Dear God!

Hot stuff!

Toys for the lazy
I still have my red landline:
The world has not stopped

Haiku Copyright 2018 by Dylan Mitchell

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL...

Yolko

Sunlight and freedom

And a gentle human's touch

Most of all I love

Copyright 2018 by Dylan Mitchell

DUMP TRUMP: BILLY JACK THEME SONG (VOTE!)

I remember hearing this song as a young child during the early 1970s.  I liked it a lot, even though I had no idea what the lyrics meant. Plus I never saw the movie, so I was at a huge disadvantage.

Today, most people consider the movie and song utter trash. I don't agree. Yes, it's a bit simplistic and sentimental at best - but compared to the insane hatred Herr Trump posts on Twitter every single day - this song is a masterpiece big time.

P.S. As to why I no longer allow comments on my blog? Because suffering fools gladly is not my idea of having a serious debate. Plus I started this blog as a personal diary, and so that is what it shall now remain.

Peace to those that mean
most to me: There are one or
two or three - or thee?

Dylan

CAT WATCHING GEESE & DUCKS

Observe the world now
For it is not meant to last
An image on film

Haiku Copyright 2018 by Dylan Mitchell
Photo Copyright RoyP

HAROLD AND MAUDE

Harold has no friends
The grave is a friendly place
Maude won't let him go

Copyright 2018 by Dylan Mitchell

ELIZABETH HARTMAN

Alone in a room
Dreaming of love in the park
Wide open window

Copyright 2018 by Dylan Mitchell

BLUE DAYS

I am alone now
And the sky is without clouds:
We are very blue

Haiku Copyright 2009 by Dylan Mitchell

LETTING GO...

A new microwave
An old vase breaks on the floor
Treasure the present

Haiku © 2016 by Dylan Mitchell

Roy bought me a new microwave! It's twice the size of my old one, so I can now buy and cook food I was never able to cook before (microwave was way too small). This is really good news.

I thank you much, Mr. Roy!!

Dylan

PIECE OF HER HEART

 

Afraid and lonely
A wallflower from Texas
Bloomed into a rose

Haiku © 2014 by Dylan Mitchell

I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

for Roy

Since we must not die
Fight the system till the end
And love our true friends

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

A CRACKER JACK WORLD

What is going on?
Folks were sweet to me today
Did I find the prize?

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING

Snoopy made the feast
The children were not happy
Popcorn and toast? No!


Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

THE AGONY OF SYLVIA LIKENS

Sylvia's nightmare
Christ's agony on the Cross
Nobody saved her

Sylvia Likens Home Page

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell 

ROBIN WILLIAMS: 1951 - 2014

You made the world laugh
While death tortured you inside
The belt was too tight


Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

THERE'S A LIGHT...

In her memory

Shadows on the walls
The light cannot bring you back
But it's meant for you

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell
  

GO, BRUCE JENNER! GO!

What is infamy
Other than a poor man's fame?
Go, Bruce Jenner! Go!

Haiku © 2015 by Dylan Mitchell

SUPER STAMP SUNDAY: SYLVIA PLATH

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LAST CALL

What good is a phone?
In cold England or the States?
Just ask Sylvia.

Haiku © 2009 by Dylan Mitchell

SUPER STAMP SUNDAY: JANIS JOPLIN

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Okay, here we go: The first official SUPER STAMP SUNDAY post! Did you guess (thanks to my previous post) that Janis Joplin would finally go postal in late 2014? I'm gonna buy the really cool FDC (First Day Cover) for sure.

I'm thinking it might be sort of awesome to include a little haiku moment with the postal one. So here's something I wrote about Janis a year or two ago? It's not perfect (syllable count totally sucks), but it pretty much sums up how I feel about this great singer:

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

So large on the stage
Her voice like thunder and rain
Little girl blue so alone

P.S. I'm still adjusting to the time change, so I'm sleepy/lazy as hell. I need more coffee big time. See you next week - when I'm actually wide awake!

SUPER STAMP SUNDAY (HALLOWEEN)

I know it's not Sunday, but I couldn't resist posting this really cool US postage stamp from the Classic Hollywood Monsters series (first issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 1997) just in time for Halloween.

There were five monsters to choose from: Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein's Monster.

Anybody still remember the days when the cost of a postage stamp was just 32 cents, and snail mail had not yet become a thing of the past? Oh well at least most folks still send out their Christmas cards the old fashioned way. Plus the utility bills never stop coming.

I'd best hurry up and grab a pumpkin at the grocery store before it's too late. There were only a few sad and neglected looking ones left at Safeway (last time I checked). But rumor has it that there's still plenty of fresh pumpkins on sale at Fred Meyer, so I'm gonna go for it. Hope you have a Spooktacular Halloween!

P.S. I'm officially launching my Super Stamp Sunday posts on November 2nd, so if you are a lover of U.S. postage stamps (or just curious as hell) be on the lookout. Can you figure out (no help from Google) which awesome rock star from the late 1960s is finally going postal? Here's a little haiku hint for you:

PIECE OF HER HEART

Afraid and lonely
A wallflower from Texas
Bloomed into a rose

Haiku © 2014 by Dylan Mitchell 

NOT YOU!

(for Philip Seymour Hoffman)

You were great in Doubt
And too much in Capote:
A needle? Not you!

Haiku © 2014 by Dylan Mitchell