missing my true love
vegas is so far away
yet it is too close

consider the facts
what you think is obsession
is irritation

nick, i loved the book -
but for the movie, why not
"about a monkey"

like you, i once thought
poetry would make me rich
life's a bitter pill

The winners poems are
Too long, and as such they are
Ineligible

Just read their letter:
5-9-5 dollars?
I am only a student
And in the U.K.
Government screws me
University screw me
And it will cost me...

I'm a team player,
of course, I'm also the sole
programmer on staff

"be a team player!
there isn't an i in team!"
nor "accountable"*

if you can't critique
a design til it's coded,
don't critique at all

when the deadline hits
they will have to accept it
how software is made

let them redesign
let them discuss endlessly
i'll do it my way

my interface got
released today, it's flying
away, heading south...

found on the printer:
my interface, redesigned...
i am a mushroom

why does everyone
obsess over my haikus?
they don't? well, why not?

Goats across the street,
in private he did meet, cuz
anything thought they'd eat.

A sunny Frogtown
t-shirts, shorts, Asian tourists
checking out thrift shop

cold produces ice
cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla
= ice cream

R. produces a
constructive syllogism

new swimsuit issue
National Geographic?!
"she sells sea shells"

trailing chimney smoke
winter nears longed completion
yesterday is lost

What

Confidence can be
an excuse for laziness

Feeling confident

Personal effort

hunting for their prey
two red-tailed hawks' low circle
eyes do follow ground

Victim now of hate -
fifteen vicious Cossack knights
hunting for their prey

weeping icicles
streaming silver-wet cascade
splash upon the rocks

splash upon the rocks
single malt scotch will do, thanks
thaw those winter blues

nice one scotch me lad
i'm quite the auteur myself
when it comes to that

unfortunately
my finger's create typo
but I won't obsess

pale subnlight journeys
weary spirit passes by
searching for the spring

Obsession is there
Every time i write something
Some fool does comment

seems the time is right
ash: wish that you could be mine
irresistible

Still is the water
Broken by a disruption
The coming of rain

long on syllables
obsession your delusion
bottom of the class

Short on talent then?
Why does everybody obsess
Over my haikus then?

blix sticks fix with nix
war more sure than 'twas before
rhyme but not reasons

she flounced down the street
jiggling like a cheap hooker
in an old movie

What tomorrow brings:
A funeral for a friend
Then a friend to kiss

it makes sense to me
that you'd get a peach while high
since they are stone fruit

dare i eat a peach?
a blue, glowing martian peach?
eat or be eaten

"so you play music?
what instrument do you play?"
me: "I play the fool"

timing! that's the key
to all the best comedy
wait, i screwed that up

let me demonstrate
what sheer talent truly is:
take it away, ash

seems thin-skinned to me
(student of boring ennui)
short on talent too

Male maturity?
So I am immature then
Writing on this site
Has shortened what was
Left of my patience for those
Who would be stupid

Your opinions are
Not important to me so
I shall ignore them

Let's get one thing straight
I'm sure you're a nice person
But I have no proof
And I shall assume
You are standard redneck scum
And discard your views

dear boyish student
have you ever considered
male maturity

See the callous sheep
How it affects my spelling
With its evil ways