13 Haikus
by Robert Tusso
Neck-hair Bon Jovi
Upon a steel horse John rides
Please get a haircut
White kid from winter
Don’t need no silly sunscreen
Peeling’s easier
Be less self-centered
Ten books about me tell me
It’s not about me
There’s no “I” in Team
Especially Team Audax
Plenty of “meat” though
What does “Audax” mean?
Courageous to the point of
Too long a meaning
Hooters playing cards
Sharlene, Darlene, Brodine, from
Our trailer to yours
“Ooid” – sand grain with
Calcium Carbonate rinds.
Look it up, doubters.
Wanna rent scooters?
Sure you can drive on the right,
Cement trucks will yield
Johnny Cash Hot Sauce
Hotter than a pepper sprout
Gives you Ring of Fire
The Doors again? Dude,
Let Jim find his own way to
The next whiskey bar
Dear Delta Airlines:
I hate you, you stink, there’s a
Bomb on your next plane
Dear Judge: I’m sorry
Who’d have thought the FBI
Reads John’s little blog?
Haikus are really
Overrated — Kind of like
Alex Rodriguez
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Touche.
Well done on substituting Alex Rodriguez for my original last line, Jason Varitek. I actually agree with you — no love for A-Rod from this Yankee fan. Now, if you had chosen to pick on one of the other pentasyllabic Yankees (Melky Cabrera, Jorge Posada, or, God forbid, Joba Chamberlain), there would’ve been problems.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Touche, well done.
with the exception of one word
caution, my friend, en guard
Most enjoyable additional Haiku reading provided …the “meat” Team Audax was extremely witty indeed….agreed????
again, ooid - brilliant word….most excellent!!!
A closing (novice) Haiku thought for Team Audax…
Sigh, Audax pictorials not
she weighs anchor toward time and tide
on the horizon, vision!
Thanks for sharing
To all…be well!
Sonrisa
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Maybe a combination travel guide to the caribbean, nature guide, and poety book - I’ll do some paintings?
XO MOM/Jillian
April 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am
On the matter of ooid:
Common usage is the requirement for speed scrabble - or any variety for that matter - and I don’t think ooid is prevalent in the common vernacular, or, for that matter, in the predominantly accepted dictionary, Websters. Ooid is an esoteric word, specific to, I would surmise, geology. I think a point deduction is in order.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:02 am
On the matter of ooid:
Isn’t the whole point of Scrabble to employ a vast vocabulary? Should we only be relegated to the 100 most common words in the English language? Who says the particular book published by Noah Webster (which was condensed to fit in one volume) is the be all end all? If something is a word, it’s a word. Period. It’s impossible to draw a line somewhere between what is a common-enough word and one that’s too tricky. To try to do so is against the whole point of the game, to use one’s large vocabulary. If it’s a word, it’s a word. Period.
April 15th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
From the official Scrabble rules:
“All words labelled as a part of speech (including those listed of foreign origin, and as archaic, obsolete, colloquial, slang, etc.) are permitted with the exception of the following: words always capitalized, (proper nouns), abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes standing alone, words requiring a hyphen or an apostrophe.”
Ooid is not always capitalized, it is not an abbreviation, it is not a prefix or suffix standing alone, nor does it require a hyphen or an apostrophe. It is not common, but there is clearly no rule saying that a word must be “common.”
“All words labelled as a part of speech are permitted.”
If it’s a word, it’s a word. Period.
The SpeedScrabbleMaster rests his case.