Haiku ~ Airplane Mode
A hop and a skip
Collective euphoria
Switch off airplane mode
Ghouls and ghosts vanquished
As coulrophobia reigns.
Stop clowning around!

Matryoshka doll
Hiding unspoken secrets
Realpolitik?

~Richard
Every year National Poetry Month creeps up on me and I don’t notice it. Finally, a chance for a haiku today…
April, halfway through
Before I see the verses
It’s NaPoWriMo!
I cannot believe we are entering the third month of the year already. I know that everything seems to speed up as you get older, but this is getting ridiculous. It’s Friday already and I haven’t written a haiku for a while, so here goes:
Quickly the day flies
For us, time travelers, all.
But one way only…
Punxsutawney Phil
Opines upon his shadow.
We’ve been here before.

Yesterday Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco, died aged 91. His company was responsible for Pac-Man and launching the video game revolution. Living by the British seaside as a teenager at the time, I recall this bring installed in the arcades in 1980 and it, along with the subsequent arcade games, played a significant role in alleviating the boredom the early 80s. By way of tribute to the “Grandfather of Pac-Man”, I offer my haiku:
Chasing through the maze
Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde
Always got their man

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