Haiku

Haiku – Jazz Night

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 30, 2018 in Blog Posts, Haiku | 0 comments

While enjoying some jazz and growing sad while hanging with my friend Rachel before she leaves town.

~A Moment About Tea~

Million yellow buds
chamomile and hot water
sooth the human’s soul

~A Moment on John’s Guitar~

some Jazz riffs, a scale
from a breeze to a torrent
musical emotions

~A Moment Lamenting about Rachel Leaving~

Breezy plains, Midwest
a coffee shop see’s a shift
with no wind, sad day

~A Moment Reflecting on Adults Feeling bad about Toys’R’Us

Adult tears – Nostalgia
purple sky – a giraffe dies
fittest survival

Adult tears – Nostolgia
purple sky – a giraffe dies
liquidation sale

On Parenthood, A Set of Haikus

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Mar 16, 2018 in Blog Posts, Haiku | 0 comments

The two below are focused on how parents are protective of their kids. The goal was to mix that instinct to protect and foster growth with the environment. Thus, forces try to wipe out life, I wanted to show that there are pieces of the world that will protect the youth. Nothing is as unmoving as a boulder, so it made sense to me that a seedling that spouts inbetween boulders would inherently survive. So when I see the new parents in my life, I can only imagine that they are rocks that will protect those children they made. To the parents!

granite on both sides
wind lashes, storms surge – Berry
safe seed – a tree grows

~Theodore Maestranzi

Unmoving boulders
lone seed protected – parents
sapling becomes tree

~Theodore Maestranzi

Because my buddy who is a new father loves to correct my grammar (even when I speak) and his son looks like him, I feel like I am going to have a mini grammarian correcting my speech patterns soon enough. Therefore, I decided to drive him nuts with this personalized haiku.

Oh no, another
me is I, I is me – twins
my grammar assaulted

~Theodore Maestranzi

Haikus on Noise and Sparkles

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Feb 17, 2018 in Haiku | 0 comments

gunked vocal cords – meow
rain accompanied by sirens
forced boredom… hello ideas

~Theodore Maestranzi

Sparkles was staring at me and meowed. She hadn’t in awhile and I found it funny because she had groggy meow. I love when she meows at me after not meowing for awhile and it doesn’t come out right.

A silent meow
coughs, babies screaming, dogs barking
Please come back ideas

~Theodore Maestranzi

While sitting and forcing myself to experience boredom, every possible noise began to cascade around me. I was having a productive day until every people forced their lives into my idea space. Oh well, got a haiku out of it and a short story.