Yesterday in New Orleans, I saw what seemed to be an improvised parade going down a side street in the middle of the afternoon, celebrating… I'm not sure what. New Orleans is like that.
It is also the season for homecoming parades, which I dearly love. Let's haiku about parades today-- the good, the bad, the utter disasters. I will go first:
Our float burned up
"It seemed like a good idea"
IPLawGuy said.
[Based on actual events. Yes, plural-- more than one event]
Now it is your turn! Use the 5/7/5 syllable formula and have some fun!
1969
ReplyDeleteVienna Halloween P'rade
Cub Scout Pack won Prize
(see how I compressed 8 syllables into 7-- cool, huh?)
Haiku to the Class of 1980...
ReplyDeleteColored garbage bag
pom poms, stuff into wire mesh,
A waterproof float
I was a drummer
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kids cover their ears
as our band marched by.
Drum cadences should be LOUD.
We made sure they were.
I am terribly
ReplyDeleteBad at marching; So why
Was I in the band?
I love/hate parades,
ReplyDeleteHated playing the same songs,
Pretty uniforms.
There was a dark boy
ReplyDeleteOjibwe in his blood who
Rode a spotted horse
In the parade on
The Fourth. Wore buckskin bare chest.
Appaloosa proud.
On the Fourth of July
ReplyDeleteOn emerald lawn, band marched by
I know myself. True
Citizen of World.
Glad to live here,But in the
Hypocrite parade.
When they marched past all
ReplyDeleteWearing hats,I took mine off
I did not come from
The cookie cutter.
They said it would all be fine.
I found third party.
She sat on the float
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Rhinestone tiara.
Her court nuzzled close
Miniature brunette dwarves.
Perpetual smiles.
They waved til their wrists
Fell off and the scary clowns
Threw penny candy.