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In spite of continuing stories about British binge drinking, a report out today says that we are drinking less:
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said 2009 saw the sharpest year-on-year decline in alcohol consumption across the board since 1948.
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/uk/2010/09/03/record_fall_in_alcohol_consumption
Sky News had a roving reporter out in the pubs:
***********************************Reporter: Are you drinking less?
***********************************Old Man: I’m drinking more now I’m old.
***********************************Reporter: Than when?
***********************************Old Man: Than when I was younger.
Looks like all that booze hasn’t impaired his common sense.
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I assume it was an old man because he sounded like one; I had my back to the telly so I don’t know. Technically, then, I overheard that conversation, which brings me to this week’s Big Tent prompt: eavesdrop on conversations and use the words in your poem. As all I have done this week is stay home, that didn’t work for me. However, I dug out this old senryu from a few years back:
Hindley’s Dead
‘Well, at least one good
thing happened this week,’ I heard
an old lady say.
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Two senryus for the price of one today: this one is for Haiku Heights, the prompt being resurrection.
The Good News
The Resurrection:
God breathing new life into
an old religion.
I like your two senryu for the price of one. You are the haiku queen in my estimation.
Beautiful senryus!
pavement musings
well done!!
The haiku encapsulates the Christian ideology in a few words. Clever.
The first one made me smile, Tilly, and the second one ‘said it all.’
Hindley’s Dead — clever, clever.
The Good News — IS good news indeed!
Tilly cleverly done!
Pamela
Wonderfully written post! =)
-Weasel
As always you leave me with a smile…so enjoyed the two poems and your comments.
I really liked your process notes. And the two haiku were well thought out and well-written. Thank you for all of them, leaving a smile on the reader’s face,
Elizabeth
Love that first one!
Superb – from start to finish – superb!
Wow! Thanks for the brilliant comment
Thanks, everyone; glad you enjoyed them.
The first piece made me laugh…the last was quite profound…
I laughed at the first and hoped at the second.
Enjoyed the humor!