Hometown haiku

[klwilliams]

A few months ago, a bunch of people I know were writing hometown haiku, and this is the one I wrote. Feel free to contribute your own hometown haiku.

Idaho

Mountains, forests, snow--
admire the stunning vistas.
Ignore the people.

Comments

[branna.livejournal.com]

I like that one :)

[larryhammer]

No, no one lives here,
just stays for four years then leaves
Washington, DC.


Assuming sarcastic 'ku are allowed.

---L.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Sarcastic is always welcome. :-)

[aastg.livejournal.com]

El Cerrito

Little hill wrapped in fog
Rushing wind in the tall Eucs
A friend is laughing.

From the cool hilltop
All the world glitters below
Moonlight on the bay.

At the hill's elbow
Soft light glows from a window
Father is reading.

The wind does not sigh
Fog is not damp from weeping
The trees never mourn.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

How beautiful. Thanks for sharing that.

[aastg.livejournal.com]

Thank *you*! Your challenge of hometown haiku really pushed a button. By the way, I shared yours on Idaho with my sister, who lived there for a couple of years -- she totally agreed!

[larryhammer]

Nice.

(Lived there for six month — that brings up good memories. As opposed to the bad memories of school.)

---L.

Mountain View

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Desires to be like
its neighbor, Palo Alto
who couldn't care less.

Re: Mountain View

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

That's a funny one. I didn't realize you were from Mountain View.

Re: Mountain View

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Moved there when I was five, lived there until just over a year ago - much longer than either of my parents. 8)

Mountain View has always had an inferiority complex re Palo Alto; the relationship is much like San Francisco and L.A. San Francisco tries so hard to prove itself superior, while L.A. goes "Huh?"

...which is also like the relationship between L.A. and New York City.

Re: Mountain View

[aastg.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHA Riot!!!!!!!!!

South Gate

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

A normal suburb
Aged into modern war zone
South-central LA

Re: South Gate

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I guess you won't be going back for nostalgia trips.

Re: South Gate

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

No, any desire to see my old house evaporated when I heard that the new owners (back in 1976) had cut down the box elder tree in the back yard. The one whose trunk was so thick my father and his friend couldn't touch hands around it at chest height.

Re: South Gate

[aastg.livejournal.com]

Boy, do I sympathize: the schmucks that bought my parent's house cut down the 75-foot Eucs in the front, took out all the hawthorne and pyracantha that hid it from the street, and painted it baby blue. They say you can't go home again, but they don't tell you why: because it's been ruined by jerks....