Daily Haiku

Benny

2010-03-02T15:57:00.000-08:00

Too many swishers

smoked on an empty stomach

time to cut a bitch

Roundeley

2010-02-15T11:53:00.000-08:00

I decided to take a stab at a roundeley. I'd like to start writing rodels and I figured this was a good first step. feel free to eviscerate me.

The snow is cold
flakes dropping in the Yahara
the snow is cold
man on the bridge is feeling old
stiff hands, sore joints and vertebra
smokes a Camel like a mantra
the snow is cold

I'm kind of turning into a regionalist, aren't I?

Monday (late) morning

2010-02-15T11:18:00.000-08:00

Eyes are half open
I'm stumbling down the street
Give me some caffine

kick, kick, snare

2010-02-08T16:56:00.000-08:00

Skin is dry and tight

I am hollow as a drum

Music is divine

goodnight friends

2010-01-31T20:31:00.000-08:00

I wish you goodnight

Let your blankets and your dreams

Keep the world at bay

Low-down dirty shame

2010-01-19T20:26:00.000-08:00

Karma is a bitch

But She offers redemption

I'm not so lucky

When I didn't hear William

2010-01-14T19:03:00.000-08:00

Have you seen my plums?

I left them in the icebox

I was saving them

Not very creative tonight

2010-01-14T18:21:00.000-08:00

La dee da dee dee

Boys keep on chasing girls

The beat goes on

skeletons in my closet

2010-01-11T20:41:00.000-08:00

wallet chain tapping

keeping time with my swagger

skateboard in my hand

sweaty and singing

I start my trip to my bed

tonight is breezy

A girl walking

crosses to the other side

I figure out why

post season

2010-01-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

I'm watching football

Packers in Arizona

Huzzah for Green Bay

Harry V

2010-01-09T21:15:00.000-08:00

Although mean and base

The finches in the branches

Hath noble lustre

a whole colony of finches hangs out in a brush pile in front of my house, they are my new obsession. I was at ReStore today and they had a bunch of bird feeders, I should have bought one.

Geckos: A report in haiku format

2010-01-05T20:28:00.000-08:00

Marzipan is green

sometimes more green than others

it's because she sheds

BY: Cam Shimniok

confession to the cute waitress

2010-01-04T00:40:00.001-08:00

I saw down your shirt

hills and vales worth exploring

when you took my plate

Nevermind

2010-01-03T21:06:00.000-08:00

spending a lifetime
loving you as you deserve
sounds too Hollywood

The popping of joints

a snap, a pull, then release

is more in tune here

birds in the daylight

fade away with the sunset

cold branches are left

with apologies to Saul

2010-01-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

hey everybody
alone on a mountaintop
wanna see the stars

Holliday Porter

2009-10-26T19:57:00.000-07:00

Holliday Porter
From Sam Adams Brewery
A touch too bitter

2009-09-28T22:23:00.001-07:00

My underground nights
Fumbling for the light switch
Fingers slick with sweat

-Cam

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And so fall begins

2009-09-23T15:02:00.001-07:00

Cranes in a cornfield
Hay is up for the season
Pumpkins getting big

-Cam

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Last cutting

2009-09-16T18:29:00.001-07:00

Last cutting is in
The hay was put up too wet
End of a lean year

-Cam

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2009-09-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

The frogs are chirping
The crickets are in concert
My eyes are closing

The air smells like dirt
Coming through the front window
The fan is humming

-Cam

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Rude boy's out the jail

2009-09-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

Up beats and beat downs
Selector spinning it 'round
Damn, that shit is tight

Mortality

2009-08-03T21:22:00.000-07:00

Ashes in the wind
Floating down the Wisconsin
From a sandy beach

Recent events in my life have me thinking about death*, mine and others. I'd like to be taken out to a sand bar in the Wisconsin River and stacked up on a bunch of oak skids and lit up. eventually the river will wash me to the Mississippi, then the Gulf of Mexico, hopefully eventually to Scandinavia and around the globe. There are some logistical concerns with getting that much lumber out onto a sand bar, but hey that won't be my problem. If it does prove to be impossible, burn me outdoors on a wood fire and bury me under an oak tree. If anyone has a decent use for my skull, they are welcome to it (productions of the Danish play and whatnot). I used to think I wanted my ashes or skull put up in the grid or backstage somewhere at whatever theatre company or space I called home, but I don't have one of those and I'm a rolling stone that hasn't had the opportunity to keep the moss off so going down the river would be more fitting.

*No worries, all the people in my life are healthy and my one injured pet is on the mend and will be just fine. I lost a rat a few weeks ago, but he lived a long full life.

Another one about heading west

2009-07-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

Hugo's in my head
Like trout in a cold river
Flies dancing above

I have enough cash
To get me to Montana
But not to get home

-Cam

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Forsyth

2009-07-22T21:20:00.001-07:00

The wind from the west
Sounds like antelope running
Forsyth is calling

I have a sudden urge to head west. I think The Scavengers Guide to
Haute Cousine is to blame

-Cam

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A horse in the yellowstone

2009-06-28T21:45:00.001-07:00

Two days hard riding
A horse in the Yellowstone
He owes me a drink

-Cam

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A little late

2009-06-04T21:15:00.001-07:00

When the lilacs bloom
The breeze off B.B. Clark beach
Still has a cold bite

This one would have been more appropriate a couple weeks ago.

-Cam

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Insomnia

2009-06-04T21:05:00.001-07:00

Sirens late at night
The refrigerator hum
And a hard pillow

-Cam

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Earth Day

2009-04-22T11:45:00.000-07:00

Ducks on the sidewalk
Bruce the bunny in my yard
happy Earth Day kids

Go out and do something good, or at least take a minute to appreciate a tree.

Friday

2009-04-17T20:43:00.001-07:00

a warm Friday night
Drinking alone at mickeys
its a poets life

-Cam

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In Memorium #1

2009-04-15T15:53:00.000-07:00

for defending our
Intellectual freedom
Thank you Judith Kurg

We lost a soldier and a rockstar.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/us/15krug.html

sleeping potion

2009-04-02T20:12:00.000-07:00

The sound of the rain

Mixing with cars passing by

brings a quiet warmth

Goodnight my sweets.

Living

2009-04-02T20:10:00.000-07:00

I know I'm alive

The chill breeze against my shin

Lets me know as much

5:45 wednesday

2009-04-01T18:51:00.000-07:00

Walking home from work
a six pack of Schlitz in hand,
chill wind in my face

On the way home I was dropped off at Jenny St. Market and I picked up some groceries and a 6er of Shlitz (Don't knock it until you've tried the new...old...formula) I had a wonderful walk home. The sun was bright and the wind was cold, just as I like it.

all apologies to Murder by Death

2009-04-01T18:45:00.000-07:00

Running hard and fast,
The rain on the roof sounds like
All the slaughterd lambs

I have to rip shit off every now and then. Check out Murder by Death if you haven't already

Garver

2009-04-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

Vote yes on Garver
it doesn't cost anything
it may save your life

Truth be told, I really can't see how it would save your life but vote yes anyway.

check out my friends post about it too.

whiskey instead of water

2009-03-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

the will to survive
just roll your head to one side
before you vomit

I overindulged the other night celebrating my birthday, but I managed to not choke myself. sometimes we just have to take what we can get.

Clouds

2009-03-18T23:13:00.001-07:00

When you are bleeding
And being turned inside out
Try to float away

-Cam

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Stomach ache

2009-03-16T16:11:00.001-07:00

Typical Monday
I'm walking to E V P
And my stomach hurts

-Cam

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Today: a present tense retrospective

2009-03-03T17:45:00.001-08:00

Stuck behind a train
My head dropping to my chest
Butchering shakespeare

And that pretty much sums up my day. Be well all!

-Cam

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Tonight

2009-03-02T19:06:00.001-08:00

Vodka in my veins
My girl butchering german
Goodnight Madison

This is so much easier now that I've learned to post from my phone,
now I don't have to remember crap until I get to a computer, I can
post when the muse sings.

-Cam

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some cheese to go with that?

2009-03-02T10:19:00.000-08:00

Eyes red and bleary
legs stiff from dehydration
Sorry for whining

I am genuinely sorry for whining, I just didn’t sleep well last night and I’m kind of feeling like Trebek’s mother likes it.

LP

2009-03-02T00:46:00.001-08:00

Needle in the groove
Or mabye it's in my arm
Either way, scratchy

-Cam

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hitler

2009-01-29T10:31:00.000-08:00

when you ride alone
coming home on the beltline
you ride with hitler

carpool people!

2008-12-31T09:11:00.000-08:00

It's that time again
My New Year Resolutions
eat right and get fit

Hey guys, same resolutions as always eat better and get in better shape. I've actually been very slowly getting better on both fronts. I'm also resolving to be better with money, save more and give more to charity. help keep me in line.

Dishes

2008-12-07T14:56:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I feel that
no matter how hard I try
I cant get ahead

Mabye I'll buy a dishwasher some day.

Timeless Story

2008-12-06T21:18:00.001-08:00

On a frigid night
a bottle and my woman
are keeping me warm

On nights like this the only thing I love more than the weather is the fact that I have someplace to go to get out of it. Homelessness is a problem that doesn’t get nearly enough attention here in Madison or in this entire country for that matter. Things are tight around the entire country right now, but there is probably somebody out there who is in a tighter spot than you are and could use your help. Please give a little to help out one of your local shelters this winter. Sorry to get all preachy. Have a good night and stay warm guys and girls.

2008-11-23T14:14:00.000-08:00

I've been a bad bad blogger. ok kids here is a haiku about how tired I am. It's a damn good thing next week is a short one, although come to think of in I'm going to be working harder on my days off than I do at work.

twelve hours of sleep
Its still hard to lift my head
My eyelids like lead

thank god for steroids, by tomorrow I should be feeling better.

2008-11-03T11:00:00.000-08:00

When you build bridges
You have to go to rivers
Beware the fauna

For Sarah

2008-10-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

Please donate to me
In Sarah Palins honor
A wise investment

Keep it real kids.

mabye there is still hope

2008-10-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

Biblioburro
Keep up all of the good work
keep the dream alive

Biblioburro is one of my new favourite things mad props to Luis Soriano, a god among men. There is more than one great thing happening in Columbia check out our brothers in arms at Gaviotas and check out the book.

A couple more for no reason.

And the moon rises
on a crisp October night
and my cup of tea

All of that hiking
watching out for honey bees
but there was no bear

What the police hate

2008-10-18T22:50:00.000-07:00

the last three bands to play on my itunes were strike anywhere, Dropkick murphys and The Coup so....

what the police hate:
raise the whole world as your kid,
die with your boots on

One love brothers, collars up against the cold. Our solidarity is our strength.

Chainsaws!

2008-10-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

With a sharp chainsaw
A man can find his fortune
In times such as these

For Emily

2008-10-08T11:11:00.000-07:00

I am a river
Flowing and meandering
Hand me a tissue

I'm not dead yet

2008-10-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Still feeling pretty sick, I went to the doctor today. They put me on an inhaler. Chest x-rays are awesome things to get with halloween coming up.

Down with bronchitis
Left alone in the graveyard
I have found solace

If you guys haven't read any Gaimen yet, everyone should. I think he's written something for everyone. Plus, he is now a home fry. He lives up in the northwoods somewhere. Hope you are all feeling better than I am and are enjoying the weekend.

2008-10-03T11:28:00.001-07:00

Wow this week has kicked my ass, sorry I haven't been posting

Blackbird in a tree
I'm stuck in my cubicle
thank god its Friday

enjoy your weekend friends

Autobiography

2008-09-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Greetings friends;

I have a cough and
I am out of Theraflu
thank god for whiskey

Have a good one kids!

Welcome

2008-09-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my inaugural blog post for Hardcore Haiku. the idea here is to post a (roughly) daily haiku for your reading pleasure, or pain, or pleasure spiked with pain. Whatever you are into really.
As I'm having a hard time switching from setting up a blog mode to writing haiku mode, I will give you one I wrote this past winter.

Rests between two lakes
one hundred inches of snow
bunnies in the street

That is the haiku I came up with for Isthmus's Annual Manual. I'm sure I checked some box saying that the Haiku is their property and I'm probably setting myself up for a lawsuit and S.W.A.T. dudes are going to be repelling down my building and kicking in my windows before I can hit "publish post" but such is life I guess.

Messed with the Isthmus
Now I'm in a dark cold cell
Rats gnaw at my toes

Oh well. hopefully I can bring you something a little better in the future. Cheers!