Craft

craft #haikurdle

the witchcraft of art

combines craft with the talent 

but is one greater?

Prune

prune #haikurdle

forget the mem’ry

that’s what the brain does during 

synaptic pruning

Gleam

gleam #haikurdle

pristine, black and white

the gleam of the old console

television tube.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/206602701628505502/

Vapid

vapid #haikurdle

vapid uninformed 

those who cannot teach pass laws

to punish schooling

Intro

intro #haikurdle

a short overture

not much more than an intro

la bohème begins

Overt

overt word salad #haikurdle

overt obnoxious

oblique observational

opportunities 

Rover

 rover #haikurdle

they are a rover

wondering in time and space

a question so sad

Laser

laser #haikurdle

laser or phaser

what is the diff’rence between

the wars or the trek?

Jolly

 jolly #haikurdle

be jolly my love

forget the past, it is done

be jolly and blithe 

be jolly today

what’s past is past, let it go

be jolly and blithe 

be jolly, forget

the past is past, passara

be jolly and blithe

Lucid

 lucid #haikurdle

one last lucid thought

had the ant that could have cured

cancer. then the crush.

https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/25883684-ant-scientist-holding-flask

Raise

 raise #haikurdle

raise the flag of white

i’m too tired to even

fight. I surrender.

Facet

 facet #haikurdle

diamond facet eyes

the cloak too long, ears too big

a grin so dopey

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Dopey

Tithe

tithe #haikurdle

one tenth of a soul

dropped in the collection plate

is greater than cash

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Brueghel_the_Younger_%28or_workshop%29_The_Payment_of_the_Tithes_Bonhams.jpg

Shank

 shank #haikurdle

hammer of the scots,

edward longshanks lisping said

“no one is perfect.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England

Equip

equip #haikurdle

a vault daughter must 

equip to venture outside 

the vault with no clue

https://nerdist.com/article/everything-we-know-about-prime-videos-fallout-series/

Blimp

blimp #haikurdle

dimension parallel

steampunk blimps easily dock

at the empire state

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/docking-on-the-empire-state-building-12525534/

Steel

steel, pittsburgh haikus #haikurdle

gratitude remains

for ancestors in the mines

working to get out

parents said work hard

parents said be tenacious

parents said go out

values instilled young

tenacity and hard work

pittsburgh steel within

times change. that was then.

the mills are gone, mines are gone.

but what has remained?

I did not, I left

but values are remembered

the sacrifices

gratitude remains

for ancestors in the mines

working to get out

Whiny

whiny not be I

for the bad haircut of late

embrace the spiked hairs

Louse

louse #haikurdle

louse promised hugely

glorious richly future

the lice cheered bigly

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fahrenholzia_pinnata.JPG 

Broth

yum yum yum, yum yum

yum yum yum, yum yum, yum yum

yum yum yum, yum yum!

chicken broth, beef broth

yellow broth, brown broth, yum yum

vegetables, noodles 

yum yum yum, yum yum

yum yum yum, yum yum, yum yum

yum yum yum, yum yum!

Merge

do not zipper merge

God forbid anyone gets in

if they passed back there.

Breed

breed purity is

overrated. give me a

mutt, tail awagging.

Voila

voila! the walls fell

once the pride of a small town

now a torn down school

Scarpia Finch

a baritone finch

desires a soprano

so kills the tenor.

Songbirds flex singing muscles every day to stay in shape, shows new study

Wrist

a smile appeared quite

easily when We slayed with

a flick of Our wrist 

Climb

climb in, then climb up.

redshirt in the jefferies tube.

your death serves the plot.

Plait

singing hosannas

parents watch their young offsprings

creating palm plaits

Serum

anticipation

held such promise to the boy

one drop of serum

Frond

the frond of the tree
landed on the ground at night
and looked at the moon.