Frank J. Tassone

Coffee-making Mayhem…#npm2018 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #senryu #haibun

stainless steel coffee maker on stove
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“Did you pour water?”
As gasping sounds emerge from the coffee maker…

 

“Why wouldn’t I?”
a quick check of the machine anyway…

 

Reveals a coffee-maker filled with coffee.

 

But not water.

 

“Fool of a man! Less poetry, more coffee-making!”
As a hastily-added caraf of water pours into a thirsty machine!

 

WordPress alert …
occupational hazzards
of a poet

 

first published in Failed Haiku 28, April 2018

#GloPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo 2/30 (voice)

 

UPDATE: for dVerse Haibun Monday – Unconventional (pubtended by Jilly)

 

 

 

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17 responses to “Coffee-making Mayhem…#npm2018 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #senryu #haibun”

  1. haikuspot Avatar
    haikuspot

    Being an haijin isn’t always a perk XD My tea making feels the same flaws! I’m happy i’m using the chinese preparation, so nothing is going to explode like a moka could…

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  2. jillys2016 Avatar
    jillys2016

    You had me at coffee.. but now I am laughing clearly and loudly! Such priorities – how does one choose?! The best part of this is how it makes me feel so much the better about myself.Not alone; not alone. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your unconventionality!

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  3. rothpoetry Avatar
    rothpoetry

    Ha, I have been there and done that also. Even worse water and no coffee!! Very weak indeed!! Poetry messes with your mind!
    Dwight

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  4. Charley Avatar
    Charley

    YEAHHHH, I’ve never done that. …that I can recall. Too funny! Love the dialog with self… and the coffee maker.

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  5. Waltermarks Avatar
    Waltermarks

    I have forgotten both, but now the machine won’t start without both, whew. Just back away from the pot and keep writing. Love the Haiku!

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  6. V.J. Knutson Avatar
    V.J. Knutson

    Ha ha! Glad I’m not the only one that gets distracted.

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  7. ladynyo Avatar
    ladynyo

    LOL! Shit happens with a book in your hand or head. Loved this Frank!

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  8. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    Nice description of the machine as “thirsty”.

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  9. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    Ha.. too many things to do… I know the feeling of that wordpress alert.

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  10. lillian Avatar
    lillian

    Hah! LOVE it! Occupational hazards of a poet……….Too funny and too true!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, lillian! 🙂

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  11. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    I have forgotten a few more….love the occupational hazards of a poet Frank ~

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Grace! 🙂

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  12. qbit Avatar
    qbit

    Perfect!!! So good! Yep, sometimes the folks around us want us to lose that far-away look and get the damn coffee made. LOL!

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  13. Gospel Isosceles Avatar
    Gospel Isosceles

    Ha! I’ve totally done this before, but the opposite: a little too much water and no coffee!

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  14. memadtwo Avatar
    memadtwo

    Oh, I’ve done many variations on this. (K)

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      😀

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Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!

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