Milkshake Moment...
Poem #5 For 'The Haiku Of Now' Challenge
Cold yet sweet-tasting...
Smooth, creamy vanilla treat...
Devoured through a straw...
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Tiffany Gordon
I am a super-spiritual, fun-loving artist, writer, & peer-counselor residing in the Pacific Northwest. I am also an Institute of Children's Literature alumna who enjoys writing about the triumph of the human spirit.
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I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore4 days ago in Humans
Comments (15)
Japanese culture! I really like it!
Best treat ever. Hi TG, been a while.
Great, tactile imagery. Sounds yummy!
Good entry and delicious haiku!
Delicious 😋 Love it!
This is great, I actually had a chocolate milkshake yesterday. So good!
Sweet and simple! I could almost taste it myself.
Devoured gets a new meaning through a straw. Nice haiku, Tiffany!
I'm working out while reading on Vocal. I'm sweating so much and I wish I could have that milkshake hahahahahaha
Mmm😋, I Love A ❤️ Strawberry 🍓 milkshake...
Now, that's what I want at this moment! Nothing better! Love this entry, Tiffany
The power in this I love 💜
Made me want a milkshake 🤤🤤🤤
THE POWER OF NOW LOVE IT
This is definitely a yummy one ! 🍧