Finale (National Poetry Writing Month)
Well, that didn't go the way I planned ...
The normal Wednesday night reviews went until 4AM, which carpet bombed a long day in meetings on Thursday and a busy night with the family ... meaning I missed a day. Given that I started 2009 six days late, I don't feel that bad, but clearly my summary and recap was woefully premature. Like the tortoise and the hare, I lolly gagged and messed around and stumbled so close to the finish line that it's stupid.
Also funny, there are five Fridays in April, and I claimed my haiku series for my wife was four parts. Hahahahahaha! In the words of Bill Simmons, the moral, as always, is "I'm a moron." At least part time.
My misstep is even more frustrating because this blog may go on a very brief hiatus. Tonight's the last night that Blogger will allow FTP service, which means that once that goes, I'm gone. I won't be hosted by Google (I don't trust their cloud happy philosophy) and I won't give up the hard-won control my current domain and host provides. I blogged for years without a blogging service/engine and I am inches away from having FTP on my phone. I may try to do something with the Wordpress server that my friend installed since this stylish design house is freaking the theme for me, but until it's running, it's vaporware. I'm very confident the theme will be properly freaked and all the goodness of being good will, er, be all good.
If this is goodbye for a week or three, it's been a blast. Now -- two poems to close out NaPoWriMo 2010!
I cannot move any faster than this
My pace determined by some circumstance
Each step is vital and cannot be missed
Too much at stake to leave something to chance
I'm working just as hard as I can now
Focused on keeping steady as I go
A long time before I can take a bow
So many things can interrupt the flow
The truth is I have faltered in the past
but now sustained with never ending glee
good love, manifested in wife and kids,
and no one can take that away from me.
Won't complain as I nod and try to rush
If you ask me, I'm ready and I won't be crushed.
"Sonnet: How Long Is That Gonna Take?"
By Hannibal Tabu ... and, of course, the final haiku for my beloved bride ...
dance pretty sister
motion grace passion grooving
light lives in those smiles
"African Class"
By Hannibal Tabu,
with apologies to Sananda Maitreya Dude, I'm tired. Tabu out.
... I solemnly swear to always treat this roof like my daughters and raise it ...
Playing (Music): "Not Afraid" by Eminem
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: blogging, creativity, daughter, family, fatherhood, haiku, napowrimo, poetry, wife, writing
Patience, part four of four (National Poetry Writing Month)
I have been posting haikus about my wife every Friday of NaPoWriMo .. except this one. I was worn out after three late work-related nights in a row and a fairly challenging dental visit. Slippin' on my pimpin' obviously. Here the haiku is ...
Toasty ecru skin
cashmere surface in the dark
warm against my own
"Cuddle Time"
By Hannibal Tabu
... and thank you for being patient. We're gonna do this y'all! Whoo!
Playing (Music): "Winner" by Jamie Foxx feat. Justin Timberlake (I can't lie, this cut's crazy!)
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: haiku, napowrimo, poetry, wife, writing
Patience, part three of four (National Poetry Writing Month)
Normally on Fridays for this NaPoWriMo, I've been doing haikus about my gorgeous, talented, whimsical wife. Today, I just needed more syllables, so I switched it up, dropping a tanka on dat azz! Here goes ...
Dancing CSS
Media streams after dark
life between pledges
choices we make manifest
together, holding on tight
"Tanka: The Lines of Our Code"
By Hannibal Tabu
with apologies for inverting the sentiments of Sixpence None the Richer Busy day tomorrow, so the poem may be later in the evening. Happy Friday, putas!
Playing (Music): "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" by The Gap Band
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: napowrimo, poetry, tanka, wife, writing
Patience, part two of four (National Poetry Writing Month)
Before I get started, a special note to two possible readers: Janai and Shareka -- I am not on Facebook during 2010, although my words (i.e. these posts) are, through the magic of online syndication. I am merely a fragment of your intoxication, so please don't let the fact that these posts keep appearing on Facebook freak you out or let you believe I have supernatural powers (beyond the ones I've already evidenced anyway). I just didn't turn off "import" on the "notes," which pulls from my blog. See the paragraph at the end for more information on that.
Enough prelude: It's Friday, which means it's time for a haiku about my wife! Here goes ...
Hub scub a loo dank
credank, moo-mop, loving me
Language that's just yours
"My Wife Makes Up Words All The Time"
By Hannibal Tabu I've gotta get ahead for the weekend ... thanks for hanging in there with me!
Playing (Music): "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...Labels: haiku, napowrimo, poetry, wife, writing
Patience, part one of four (National Poetry Writing Month)
All righty.
Every Friday, you will get a haiku (or maybe a tanka) about my beautful (really, she is relentlessly hot), talented (dance teacher, super mom, taught herself CSS in two weeks), glorious wife Myshell. She has a gang of new projects in the works, but I'm not supposed to say anything ... Oh, I can't help it. She's gonna have a satirical sex advice video blog called Ask Supasista that I cant't wait to see. I'm excited to see her maybe turning a hobby into a hustle: that's so Hannibal!
Anyway, enough about her, let's get to the poetry!
Monitor lit face
pixels beckon to her call
beauty makes beauty
"Digital Diva"
By Hannibal Tabu More tomorrow! Behave!
Playing (Music): "Fantastic Feeling" by Colleen BrownLabels: haiku, napowrimo, poetry, wife, writing
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