Jan 15
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: children's songs, driving, Han Min, memories, music, three blind miceJanuary 15th, 2013
kid songs in the car — I’d forgotten all about three blind mice One of my friends gave me a 3 CD collection of classic children’s songs with H came into my life. Since he’s been home, those CDs have proven themselves to be a well chosen gift. H loves them! I’m quite sick of […] [...more]

by Kelly
kid songs in the car —
I’d forgotten all about
three blind mice
One of my friends gave me a 3 CD collection of classic children’s songs with H came into my life. Since he’s been home, those CDs have proven themselves to be a well chosen gift. H loves them! I’m quite sick of them, if truth be told, but I’m continually amazed by the song collection.
Some of the songs are tunes I’d forgotten all about, songs I probably hadn’t thought about — let alone sung — in decades, and yet here they are coming through my car stereo and there I am singing every single word. Three Blind Mice is a perfect example. It’s even sung in a round on the CD, and I’m pretty certain I sang Three Blind Mice in a round in elementary school.
But beyond all the “a-ha” moments of suddenly discovering I know all the words to all these songs I’d forgotten, I also have these “what the f—?” moments where I find myself listening to one of these “kid” songs and thinking, “Who decided this was appropriate for kids?” For example, again, Three Blind Mice. The lady cuts off their tails with a carving knife and it’s the topic for a cute little ditty for wee children? Really?
And consider this one:
Oh where have you been Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh where have you been charming Billy?
I have been to see my wife, she’s the apple of my life. She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
What? His wife is so young she can’t leave home? Putting aside the rather obvious question about pedophilia, who decided this was an appropriate song for children?
Feb 25
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: cars, driving, fate, gas, home, NaHaiWriMoFebruary 25th, 2012
he tempts fate 40 miles of gas in tank 30 miles til home [...more]

by Kelly
he tempts fate
40 miles of gas in tank
30 miles til home
Jul 28
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: driving, summerJuly 28th, 2011
all these souls driving different directions – hot August sun [...more]

by Alison
all these souls
driving different directions –
hot August sun
Jun 08
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: age, driving, spring, visionJune 8th, 2011
cold car, warm highways – I rub my eyes and accept I now need glasses [...more]

by Alison
cold car, warm highways –
I rub my eyes and accept
I now need glasses
Apr 16
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: driving, home, lost, springApril 16th, 2011
cool April – I spend the day looking for lost car keys [...more]

by Alison
cool April –
I spend the day looking
for lost car keys
Mar 25
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: cyclists, driving, springMarch 25th, 2011
a unicyclist passes me on my way home – bright baby blue skies [...more]

by Alison
a unicyclist
passes me on my way home –
bright baby blue skies
Mar 23
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: busy, clovers, driving, green, snow, springMarch 23rd, 2011
I burn through the gas driving to get here and there – clovers peak through snow [...more]

by Alison
I burn through the gas
driving to get here and there –
clovers peak through snow
Mar 13
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: daughter, driving, family, music, spring, winterMarch 13th, 2011
driving home through mist – no siblings, daughter’s pulled into the music [...more]

by Alison
driving home through mist –
no siblings, daughter’s pulled
into the music
Mar 09
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: cars, driving, road rageMarch 9th, 2011
Blue VW stop riding my tail! I’ll only go slower [...more]

by Alison
Blue VW
stop riding my tail! I’ll
only go slower
Feb 17
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: danger, driving, light, peace, spring, winterFebruary 17th, 2011
sun and snow flicker in my rearview mirror – ahead blue sirens [...more]

by Alison
sun and snow flicker
in my rearview mirror –
ahead blue sirens