Friday, October 26, 2007

Rosy-fingered haiku

Small boy up at dawn
Declares "Mommy, it's oh-clock!"
Abandon all hope

haiku friday

6 comments:

  1. Wow - Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno all in a single haiku.

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  2. I could have written this earlier today, when Oliver woke up at 6am rarin' to go.

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  3. Anonymous5:29 PM

    Mine wakes up at dawn, too. Isn't it lovely that I don't remember what it's like to sleep in (7 am) anymore. Feel for ya!

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  4. "Abandon all hope." A wonderful line. And "oh-clock" is a keeper!

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  5. Anonymous6:22 AM

    Ha!

    Best one I've read all month!

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  6. Excellent!

    Parenthood - abandon all hope (of sleep), all ye who enter.

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