game piece

playing the
yin and yan
of home and self,
puts a game piece
into his pocket

What is a sherku?

Inspired by David Zinger's posting for Joyful Jubilant Learning blog this month, I found myself writing something very close to this in the comments.

Note: this is a new layout for sherku. I am deliberately deviating from the haiku-like origin of three lines and shifting to the more American 3-4 syllable phrase and running five lines to still reach 19 syllables overall. I'll acknowledge William Carlos Williams work as a key source for this change.

how 'bout that!

South Station
Hears his voice
“All half price papers
‘Cept for the Herald
How ‘bout that!”

What is a sherku?

This is a new format for sherku. I am exploring more of the common 3-4 syllable phrases that characterize much of American language following work done by William Carlos Williams. The nineteen syllable restriction remains but the lines will work out to be five or six instead of the original three.

legacy

goodbye telegraph

telephone

track side pole

arms spread out

standing wireless

What is a sherku?

This is a new format for sherku. I am exploring more of the common 3-4 syllable phrases that characterize much of American language following work done by William Carlos Williams. The nineteen syllable restriction remains but the lines will work out to be five or six instead of the original three.
 

This was originally posted to Twitter tagged with #twitpoem #140poets

Relationship Geek

There is a relationship geek named Phil

who lives on top of the hill

he’ll use his blue book

or tweet with a hook

for your need he will fulfill

A limerick for Phil Gerbyshak to celebrate our joint birthday. The full posting can be found here (link removed as it is no longer valid).

Bend and stretch to recycle

With apologies to your Romper Room memories, I rewrote a few lines to help remember to recyle while you walk.

Bend and stretch
reach for the can
while exercising
help your fellow man

One can at a time, you can come back from a three mile walk through your neighborhood with something like this:



Bend and stretch
reach for the can
while exercising
help your fellow man

You can take this challenge in two ways:

1 - Take a plastic bag along with you and remember these lines when you walk.

2 - As you walk, if you come up with better lines let us know via comment or email.

Fall in Franklin

something about the redness

of the leaves, the white fence 

and the morning sunlight

What is a sherku?


Originally posted with the picture that inspired this on Franklin Matters

I'll also acknowledge some resemblance to William Carlos Williams' The Red Wheelbarrow

sherku: missing touch

Apple bannered South Station

Apple could have provided

an iPod to touch

What is a sherku?
 
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#140poets

prototyping

prototyping - what counts is

moving forward achieving

some part of your goal

What is a sherku?

This is a "found" sherku in that Tom Kelley IDEO wrote most if it (perhaps without realizing it) in his book "The Art of Innovation"

good prototypes

good prototypes don't just

communicate, they persuade

and help shape your ideas

What is a sherku?

This is a "found" sherku in that Tom Kelley IDEO wrote most if it (perhaps without realizing it) in his book "The Art of Innovation" 

leaf herding

Blue mower, green rake. where are 

the leaves? Herded to a 

pile under the trees

What is a sherku?

leaf pile

Blue mower green rake pile of

brown leaves. I can see a

sherku at the bottom

What is a sherku?


Originally Twittered on 10/25/09 

outside the lines

go ahead, color outside 

the lines but try your best

to stay on the same page

What is a sherku?

This is a "found" sherku in that Tom Kelley IDEO wrote most if it (perhaps without realizing it) in his book "The Art of Innovation"

simple use

don't let the cloud of features
blur the simplest most common
use of your product

What is a sherku?


This is a "found" sherku in that Tom Kelley IDEO wrote most if it (perhaps without realizing it) in his book "The Art of Innovation" 
 

sherku: leaves dancing

time to rake the leaves today?

time to watch and pray 

the wind blows them all away

What is a sherku?


This was twittered on Saturday, a blustery day here in New England


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sherku: innovation verbs

as you step thru the

innovation process try

thinking verbs not nouns

What is a sherku?



This is a "found" sherku in that Tom Kelley IDEO wrote most if it (perhaps without realizing it) in his book "The Art of Innovation" 
#twitpoem 
#140poets