tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020705944124478912011-09-08T13:38:13.248-06:00Haiku's from a Stepford ChildLesli Joenoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-42892481360115737012010-12-11T20:45:00.002-07:002010-12-11T20:45:24.749-07:00Saturday Evening<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sitting alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a queen size bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">pretending</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-4289248136011573701?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-87803371560477338562010-07-07T23:43:00.001-06:002010-07-07T23:43:46.618-06:00Mount Hood<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />As seen from my airplane - </div><div style="text-align: center;">A lost stump in a long line of </div><div style="text-align: center;">forgotten mountains.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-8780337156047733856?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-88672213977612911232010-07-06T10:49:00.001-06:002010-07-07T23:43:56.641-06:00Sunburn<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Pink skin stretched tight. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It hurts to laugh or cry </div><div style="text-align: center;">and so I sit still.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-8867221397761291123?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-47578928438839534082010-07-05T08:47:00.000-06:002010-07-05T08:47:00.298-06:00Monday Morning<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The low hum of car tires</div><div style="text-align: center;">on asphalt lull me from </div><div style="text-align: center;">bed to greet the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-4757892843883953408?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-78587328468702175252010-07-04T08:49:00.000-06:002010-07-04T08:49:00.122-06:00Settling<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house creeks like</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bones in my knees</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I kneel to pray.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7858732846870217525?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-78777405005042594672010-07-03T08:46:00.000-06:002010-07-03T08:46:00.383-06:00Clean<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh, crisp air</div><div style="text-align: center;">full of morning dew. Not yet</div><div style="text-align: center;">tainted by pollution.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7877740500504259467?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-72421457802230116792010-07-02T08:45:00.000-06:002010-07-02T08:45:00.462-06:00Dawn<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Porch lights left on</div><div style="text-align: center;">no longer give off their</div><div style="text-align: center;">comforting glow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7242145780223011679?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-79884029268066072642010-07-01T08:42:00.000-06:002010-07-01T08:42:00.065-06:00Dawn Approaches<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All that is left </div><div style="text-align: center;">behind are droplets of dew </div><div style="text-align: center;">on blades of grass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7988402926806607264?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-18916119319244445012010-06-30T08:40:00.001-06:002010-06-30T08:40:00.296-06:00Sparrows<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">chirps growing bolder</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sun makes her appearance </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the horizon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-1891611931924444501?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-69930361671788018362010-06-29T08:40:00.001-06:002010-06-29T08:40:00.805-06:00Battle<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Two birds swirl and dive</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the air to claim the first branch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">King for the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-6993036167178801836?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-10309254862508685822010-06-28T08:31:00.002-06:002010-06-28T08:32:14.096-06:00Sunrise<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Slowly the sun<br />grasps the mountain cliffs and peaks<br />over the valley.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-1030925486250868582?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-159025416462425662010-06-27T11:11:00.009-06:002010-06-27T11:11:00.759-06:00Wedding Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">forgotten heels left </div><div style="text-align: center;">beside the cake while the bride </div><div style="text-align: center;">flexes her arches</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-15902541646242566?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-4718018463945427592010-06-26T10:35:00.007-06:002010-06-26T10:35:00.315-06:00Blackout<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a single candle burns </div><div style="text-align: center;">while a black blanket </div><div style="text-align: center;">covers the city</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-471801846394542759?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-71899983645131004342010-06-25T10:30:00.000-06:002010-06-25T10:30:39.892-06:00Moonlight<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">hidden shadows dance </div><div style="text-align: center;">across my lawn playing with </div><div style="text-align: center;">what might be out there</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7189998364513100434?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-3209711426466507752010-06-24T04:48:00.005-06:002010-06-24T04:48:00.272-06:00Nightmares<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">waking up drenched</div><div style="text-align: center;">shaking like a guitar string</div><div style="text-align: center;">dark resonating</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-320971142646650775?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-7489283839273486042010-06-23T12:12:00.004-06:002010-06-23T16:24:45.961-06:00Waking<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />today I woke<br />eyes cracked,<br />heavy from missing you<br /><br /><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-748928383927348604?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-15801161475887567312010-06-22T16:23:00.002-06:002010-06-23T16:27:01.414-06:00Sickness<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each day I hack and <o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cough and snuffle the mucus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my nose and throat</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-1580116147588756731?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-74010763309627385042010-06-21T16:27:00.001-06:002010-06-23T16:28:24.629-06:00Cowboys<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Chaps and hats, tight jeans<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Riding broncos and bucking<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Bulls. They are real men.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-7401076330962738504?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-67943126589815097462010-06-20T16:28:00.000-06:002010-06-23T16:29:08.536-06:00Sunset<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">She bows gracefully<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">At the end of the evening,<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">Welcoming the night.</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-6794312658981509746?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-46719320430566216262010-06-19T16:29:00.000-06:002010-06-23T16:29:47.551-06:00High School<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Crowded halls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strutting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Students mark territory<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div style="text-align: center;">Like male dogs in heat.</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-4671932043056621626?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-62139582233157300142010-06-18T16:29:00.001-06:002010-06-23T16:31:31.081-06:00Photography<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Click of the shutter<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Shift of the lens – focusing.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Artistic beauty.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-6213958223315730014?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-82324517437635218582010-06-17T16:30:00.001-06:002010-06-23T16:31:11.712-06:00Madness<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Padded walls inside<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My head, blocking the daylight <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><div style="text-align: center;">Of my clear thinking.</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-8232451743763521858?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102070594412447891.post-4057083676288480632010-06-16T16:30:00.000-06:002010-06-23T16:41:21.275-06:00Shoes<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Patent leather with<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;">Four inch heels raising me up<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">To over six feet.</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/102070594412447891-405708367628848063?l=thestepfordchildwriteshaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lesli Joenoreply@blogger.com0