Haiku Frenzy!*

A couple of days ago, I had a sudden burst of haiku creativity. Therefore, here is my trip to date, boiled down to it's essential elements.

These four are from last month at Tassajara...

"Kitten in a Blender"

You make me feel like

a kitten in a blender.

Grind up, rinse, repeat.

"Wake-Up Bell"

Before breaking dawn,

DING! DING! DING! DING! sprints down path.

Stupid wake-up bell

"Fooky Promotion"

I am Fukuten

Wash this! Chop that! Umpon-woo!

Feed monks' appetites

 "Oh Shit this is gonna fuck my car up And How!"

 Out of the Valley

 cursing the dappled sunlight

skewing rock-rut view

"Greyhound Blowjob"

Young meth addicts meet

in the back of the Greyhound.

blowjob soon ensues...

And onward to thailand...

"Ode to Keens"

oh I love my Keens

homely red potato feet

 cushioning my world

"Dogs in Clothes"

Back here in Chiang Mai,

dogs still wearing clothes so as

not to be eaten.

"Monkeys Suck and Here's Why"

Lopburi monkeys

attack! Pineapple war zone!

Victory: Jingles

"Gypsy Grandma"

 Gypsy grandmother

waves magic crystal pen o'er

scooter-broken foot

"The Yucks"

Yucks flock to Siam

Dirty old men cruise Thai whores

to get their yucks sucked

"Talking Bones"

Gypsy grandma says:

heed the talking buddha bone

haunting Doi Suthep

Bone or no bone, I'm going to rock some white clothes and meditate for 10 days at the end of the month at Doi Suthep:

http://www.doisuthep.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en


Meanwhile, after a week in Chiang Mai, Penny and I are heading up to Chiang Rai tomorrow to check out the scene and visit an orphanage up there, then bound for Pai.
Pai-ku will surely ensue.

Well, that about brings us up to date. Pics to follow just as soon as I figure out how the hell to use a computer...

xo,
jingles



*Apologies in advance to all you haiku "must-mention-the-seasons-in-every-poem" purists.