Domestic Haiku

It's that time of year when people get goofy.  Having been on Facebook for a while now, coming up with witty and clever things to post is a bit of a challenge. A Facebook friend suggested domestic haiku, and so the bunch of us were off and running. Or rather, typing.  Below are the contributions, in no particular order.  I took the liberty of deleting the author names.

One contributor suggested that those on Twitter could check out "momku," who is the queen of domestic Haiku.

For those interested in this form of poetry, the first line is composed of 5 syllables, the second line is 7 syllables, the third line is 5 syllables. 

The dog hair drifts like

Feathery messengers of

Untidy thinking. 

Yard work beckons me
Kudzu makes topiaries
I snooze anyway

chicken for dinner
no leftover surprise now
Papa John's Friday?

stinky cat nuggets

overcast wednesday is blah

my fucking laundry

Wash Fold dry, away
Dirty again, wash fold dry
Dirty, wash fold dry

Dog hair everywhere
Get out the Swifter
Dog hair everywhere

 my house was tidy
david and eva typhoon
it is clean no more...

Laundry is all done.
Dishes have been washed and dried.
Now Jenni must write.

I am on facebook
So not doing my housework
Come morn' this will suck

Who cleans the toilet.
I think it's not my job.
Looks so disgusting .

Procrastinator!
Economic stimulus ...
A job is a job.

Make the bed first light
Only to return at night
Make the bed again

Laundry hanging on the line
Undies happily flapping the in the breeze
She must use Cheer

a meal well planned
but not well executed
in the garbage disposal

Fuzzy-haired David

still-sleeping daughter Holly

don't want to wake up

A memory house
Hard parting with first true love
Floppy Snoopy mine

Menacing dirt leers
Evil dust bunnies attack
Must stop drinking gin

Chained to the vacuum
of unhinged melancholy
I regret my life

My desk, chair, and couch
Small islands amid the stacks

Of interview notes