NATURE
The smell of rosewood
settles in your sinuses
for a long life’s nap
FREAKY
Bear and raven meet
Both need meat and company
Whom will they eat first?
WHIMSY
Pseudo-Haiku
A collection of poetry by Thorin N. Tatge
CHARACTERS
NATURE
FREAK
God is not watching—
we can fly without feathers!
young pterodactyl
MODERNITY
Other people’s dreams
In your hands without warning
Do your Chelsea best
Exit all. The
End.
WHIMSY
MODERNITY
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Recently, as all creative people do for thirty-eight hours at one time or another, I got into haiku. Since I had nothing else written, I decided to share them with you. Properly speaking, some of the following are not haiku, but something similar and probably much cooler. Real haiku tend not to use pronouns and stay fairly simple. In English, some haiku are written in 5-7-5 form, and some are shorter so as to be more authentic. There are some of each in this, my fortieth Chelsea script. (Woo!)
The characters
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NATURE
soft boughs
leaves adhere to face
windbreaker
FREAKY
I am of two minds
Bind me fast so that one will
Outwit the other
WHIMSY
Ten thousand puzzles
in a sprawl of children’s blocks
and a rubber ball
MODERNITY
motion and colors
unique to a compact space
miniature golf
NATURE
Tunnel through the earth
orchids rustle as we pass
one petal falls.
FREAKY
turtles
are good at hiding, so
are fun to torture
WHIMSY
Nature filled with drugs
Pills, pollen, wispy air
flummox you.
MODERNITY
one dozen doughnuts
More than anyone would want
and therefore perfect
NATURE
vegetables
are when our hearts dare to grow
outside of us
FREAKY
greedy raccoon
never stops to bargain
just takes my food
WHIMSY
birds smile
an upturned head
and a quiver
MODERNITY
breakfast cereal
nuts and raisins are treasures
for the day ahead
NATURE
found unwanted thing
journeys far in this pink bag
purpose held in string
FREAKY
fucking computer
please won’t you compile this code?
do it for me, bitch
WHIMSY
Dolphins’ thoughts spread wide
Their virtues define the sea