h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

They look naff hanging
There on the rear-view mirror -
Fluffy spotty cubes

next topic: popcorn

life's a cinema
and heaven's where you never
run out of popcorn

nt: blueberries

On an exposed coast;
Kiting in a wind so cold
I had blueberries!



(I won't change topic - my berries aren't blue anymore )

That's good to hear!

Topic still 'blueberries' then folks

Goodness me, is it so long since I wrote a haiku?

Neglected so long,
Summer nights leave the challenge
Rotting in the bowl.

Next topic: ravens.

I paid a visit
To the Tower of London...
The birds are big there!

nt: bank statements

Every end of month
Pondering my cheque balance
Too late for regret

Next: Sunrise

Heliocentric.
Orbit and rotation raise
Our immobile star.

How about sunset next? Seems appropriate.

No takers? OK, I'll make an attempt again then...


Sun drops really fast
From bright light to pitch black sky
Near the equator

Hmm.... next: lollipop

Inspiration - an icecream van just drove past:

In this hot weather,
The Pied Piper of Hamlyn
Is playing "Greensleeves".

I expect it's been done earlier in the thread, but how about "haiku" as the next topic?

To meet the challenge:
Five syllables, then seven,
Then another five.

nt: samurai warriors

Gosh, a one-word line:

Ritualistic
Warrior with folded steel
Reaps wartime harvest

Next topic: laying a lawn.

Back-breaking labour
Rolling out strips of lush green -
Then it turns yellow.

(at least that's my experience!)

next topic: photo frames

Worn finger caress
The edge of a memory
Fading in the Sun.


Hmmm, that's a bit melancholy. How about "coral" next?

Bombing coral reef
Frenchmen playing with new toys
Ignorance is bliss?

Not that new, this was in 1995 - and the ignorance is because they initially denied that there would be any permanent damage done...

Next: Iceberg

I thought coral would be a more pleasant topic . Anyhoo...

White ice and White Star,
Meeting in Atlantic gloom.
Return stubs wasted.

(Seems we're doomed to gloom for a while.)

Next: a pedestrian subway.

The Streets of London
Played on a busker's guitar -
The subway echoes.

nt: a wildflower meadow

Wadering girl sells
Only the crumbliest, and
Flakiest chocolate.

Anybody seen this: http://scq.ubc.ca/?p=289 ? Why not send a few animal/plant related haiku you have written in this thread?

Not alphabetic.
Classification by type
Is phylogenics.

I forgot the next topic: your next door neighbour.

Lovely old couple
Who let my dog out daily.
But, boy, can they talk!

nt: garden ornaments