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My day in haiku

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I spent most of my day in downtown Dubuque doing various things. I ran errands first, wrote in a cafe, helped run a kid's movie event, and the came down to the river walk to sit and think. I couldn't compress it all into one poem so you're going to get a series instead.

You know you've grown up
when you're the cafe patron
glaring at giggles.

We're all still children.
Finding joy in small things.
Just not the same ones.

solitude; lonely.
two ends of the same spectrum.
i live in between.
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  1. GretchenApril 2, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    Really liked your post.
    I live in the same spectrum.
    Roommates forever!

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  2. KatieApril 2, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Giggles have their place.
    Disturbing Becky's writing
    Is not one of them. :-P

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  3. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    I was excited
    to post comments in haiku.
    Not original. :(

    (Just a haiku secret from me to you: The ":)" has no syllables in it, so you can use them as often as you want.)

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  4. Becky JeanApril 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Not original, :(
    but it still made me smile. :)
    That was your goal, right? :)

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  5. AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    I found this to be beautiful, if not just a bit sad. Love you. :)

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  6. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    I enjoyed your haiku Becky, though I must admit, they were a bit heavy for me today. On a different day my brain might have been more prepared for the product of your river walk contemplations. Just not today I guess.

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  7. AndreaApril 3, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Pretty if a little sad, but I know what you mean.

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  8. AutumnApril 3, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    comments in haiku?
    Fine I'll do it, 'cause it's fun
    grown ups SHOULD giggle

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