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Sept 23b Haikus
04:48
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Sept 2023 Haikus B
Summer ended now
My shorts and flip-flops weeping
Sealed in dark winter
Uncle Peter passed
I sent him 'When you are old'
Now he's with the stars
We drove to Broadchurch
Hoping to find Ammonites
But not Kate Winslet
Wind howls and leaves fall
I miss the old bonfire smoke
Stronger than Woodbines
A branch fell in Close
Hitting a lady on head
Harshish act of God
TJD
19/9/23
1. Am E, F C Am Dm, Em Am E7
2. x0555x x3555x x5403x x5033x, F#m Bm F#m Bm, xx0432 x0x654 xx0333
3. (xx656x xx556x xx555x) x2, Dm7 Am7 x0403x x0555x, B7 Em A
4. (Cmaj7 G) x4, F Dm, Em Dm Em Am
5. Am E7 Am, B7 Em Am, Bm Am G Am C#7
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2. |
Sept Tankas
03:24
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Sept 23 Tankas
Get me out of Dodge
I feel like Hank Williams now
with no love-sick blues
Gas-lighted to distraction
and no kennel to lie in
T bonds are drowning
Elites grazing at Versailles
Oil soars to new highs
the poor can no longer drive
just limp over the border
When I die what's left
I think the world ends with me
Why should it survive
If I think therefore I am
all is just an illusion
TJD
24/9/23
1. G Bm, C D, G Am, G C D, Am G Bm C
2.( D D/C D/G D/A, D D/F D/C G) x2, F#m Bm F#m Bm G
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3. |
Oct 23 Haikus
05:00
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October haikus
2023 now
The year my warranty died
I can be spare parts
When I like someone
my lips turn to soft jelly
I talk gibberish
Sainsburys Badger Farm
To Johnny its wonderland
Full of new spices
My plumbing not good
I'm like old Huey P Long
When the levee breaks
Old man with stroller
Dragging his work-worn sore hip
He never complains
I reminded her of someone
Apparently he's a nice guy
I don't expect he's a rockstar
He might well be a failure
I could be his doppelganger then;
She reminds me of no-one
Except the joy of blissful youth
Summers in fields of wild buttercups.
It lights a dry tinder spark
On the beaten track to oblivion.
TJD
30/9/23
1. x0422x x0200x, G Cmaj7, F Em x0422x
2. 0xx33x x0x22x E, B C#m, Eb C#m B A G#
3. (x0x21x xx323x xx021) x2 Dm Am Dm Am
4. D Dm, Am G, Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A7
5. Am7 Dm7, Em7 Dm7 Am7, Dm7 Em7 Am7
6. (Dm Am, C Em, Dm E7, Am E7, Am Dm Am) x2
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4. |
Nyewood Revisited
03:04
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Nyewood Revisited
Dmaj7 A
My legs are older now
Em D Am
I'd hoped to make the South Downs
Bm A G F#m
But by the time I got to Quebec
G A Bm
Even South Harting was beyond my bounds
C G C G
Blackberries still hung on to sweetness
Em A Em
Black sheep too bored to run away
Bm A G F#m
A derelict steamroller unmoved for a decade
G D E7
A rotted stile creaked sadly with my weight
A Death Cap stood proud in the dark wood
I hurried through ferns, seeking the safe road's side
My hips ached when stooping for hazelnuts
Sweetcorn hid pheasants from the Red Kites' eyes
Crossed to Upperton gazing up to the Downs
Through a thicket, a dark pool fringed with horsetail
Down a derelict oxdrove shrouded by roots
Up a steep hillside to the bare empty trail
Fmaj7 Am
Straight north in a tunnel formed by ancient feet
Bm/A Am
below sycamore and ash, crab-apple and yew
D C Em
Down across a meadow with remains of wildfowl
G Am Bm C Em
Past the Great Plantation, an old dead cedar, a welcome view
Bm G Bm
Staggering back to my patient car
C#7 A Bm
Thirsty and stumbling, eager to be home
C#m Bm A Bm
Yearning a hot bath, tea and supper
D A C#7
An early night with Sussex in my bones
TJD
7/10/23
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5. |
Oct 23b Haikus
03:46
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Oct23b Haikus
Better to die than kill
Whichever side you are on
Karma will get you
The first frost today
Crisp light and early shadows
Filled with cold beauty
Massaman curry
Once exotic with Thai spice
Fails to excite me
Caff closed at Ropley
We eat pastries by the track
Steam but no hot tea
Rupert says hello
Medication keeps us sane
But not completely
14/10/23
TJD
1. Em Am B7, Em Am B7 Em
2. x7558x x0558x, x5x005 Fmaj7, Am7 x5x005 x0355x
3. Dm A7, Dm F A7, G Dm A7 Dm
4. G D, G C D, Am G Am Bm
5. E A E (xx055x xx033x xx023x) x2 E7
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6. |
Oct 23c Haikus
04:24
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Oct23c Haikus
The dog is barking
The owner went into shop
Tail wags, eyes look scared
Bread and butter pud
All the things I should avoid
Bring comfort and joy
Dog shit on my shoe
The villain is XL Bully
It not only bites
Little boy on trike
Cares not for sweet bubble tea
Only for carnage
So she is gone now
We cant compete with chic BAth
Come back aged 60
TJD
22/10/23
1.x0x44x x0x22x 0x410x, x0x44x x0x65x 0xx87x, x0x224 x0x222 0xx44x x0345x
2. E B C#m E, A E B, C#m B A E B
3. D F# Bm, Em Bm, Dm7 C F C Dm Am E7
4.Am7-Em7 Am7, Am7 x0x03x x0505x x0x03x, Am7 Em7 Am7
5. -"-
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7. |
Borneo
03:04
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Borneo
Am D
Singapore to Kuching
Em Am
Straight down to the river
Em Am D Em
For satay, noodles and tiger beer
F Am G F Am Bm
Goodbye blighty, better to live here
Up the coast to Miri
My old wooden house on the beach
I wonder if the Piasau bride still stands
And the clangs from the shipyard still reach...
C x2001x Am7
my bedroom under Casuarina trees
G Am G Am
Where reflections from the water played on walls
F C G F
And night fell sudden on the South China Sea
And we all felt the insects’ call
Those days I was someone with a family and status,
Respected as an expat, a class above
Now I return as a frail old husk
Alone and unwanted, bereft of love.
TJD
6/11/23
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8. |
Oct 23d Haikus
03:41
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Oct23D
Try to buy camp mug
Must have one with spill-proof lid
Drips on stairs I'm dead
Sun shines then rain pours
Sumo wrestling in the sky
Apollo fights Zeus
Glenda and Michael
Watch the sunrise at Hastings
Before the sun sets
Burger King thrills
more than popcorn and the film
Beef Whopper slays schmaltz
Ready for the rain
Zeus won't catch me out this time
Yellow umbrella
TJD 28/10/23
1. C Em Am Em, F Am Dm Em, F Am C G F Em Am
2. G D Em D, C D Em F, Gm C Dm
3. (D D/F D/C D/G) x2, F xx2011 Dm
4. E, A7, (Em Am) x4
5. x0555x Bb, F Dm Am, F C Dm
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9. |
Nov 23 Haikus
04:13
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Nov 2023 Haikus
I knitted a hat
My Neighbour Totoro style
After accident
We cleared Johnny’s room
Cobwebs spun thick on cobwebs
Sorry poor spiders
Xmas market now
Same old crap as last year
But lovely sweet smells
Vivaldi A Moll
Concerto for 2 violins
Played at the clappers
Winter duvet time
Soon I’ll be making stollen
Chutneys and Chai Tea
TJD 14/11/23
1. Bm, Bm A G, F# Bm
2. X0200x 2x023x, G F#m Em A
3. C Dm E Dm Cmaj7, Dm E D
4. As per Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins in Am
5. Dm E7, Am Gm F Am, Dm Am Gm Am
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10. |
Nov 23 b Haikus
03:25
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Nov 23b
The whining bulldog
Quick to disembowel poodles
Cries outside Iceland
I bought Xmas crap
Eager to please ungrateful
Nephews and nieces
Black Bomber cheeses
On sale in xmas market
Surely cost a bomb
Bollocked for smoking
The bad vibe around my house
Thicker than Woodbines
I love Chinese shop
Just the labels from Asia
Whisper: Come Penang
TJD
21/11/23
1. Damj7 G, Dmaj x0555x, Bm Bm/A x0555x 05640x
2. E B E B, C#m B A B, G#m A
3. C9 G C9 G, Am G Am Bm/A, C G C G Em G Am
4. (A D A D) x2, C Bm C D, A D C D
5. C Bb C G, Bb Eb C G, Eb C C G, C Bb C
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11. |
Dec 23 Haikus
04:07
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Dec 2023 Haikus
December the first
The start of Holy Advent
But no cause for hope
In Projects Cafe
Too cold to sit outside
Warmth beats nicotine
60’s music plays
‘Stop, hear, What’s that sound?’ I hear
The sound of failed dreams
Tomorrow she leaves
Six weeks of peace and freedom
To smoke in the bath
I so want a cat
The ugliest one in town
Can be friend for life
TJD
1/12/23
1. C C9/B Am Em Am D, G D Em, Fm Bb C7
2. (Xx022x xx000x xx067x xx005x) x2, x0555x Em9, x0555x F Em
3. F C Dm, Dm C Dm Am G, Gm Bb Dm
4. A Em C, A Em D A, C#m D A
5. A E, D A, D A Bm E
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12. |
Dec 23b Haikus
04:44
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Dec 23b Haikus
What to buy my friend?
Paprika and Epsom Salts
For a spicy bath
The High Street is crushed
I hide away with a Flat White
From madness of crowds
My luck is safe now
The waving cat will bring charms,
Fortune from Penang
Dark by four p.m.
Baltic winds from Russia blow
Feel like Zhivago
Bought a leg of lamb
Last time I had such a haunch
Sunday, College Street
TJD
9/12/23
1. X6505x 6x056x, X6505x Cm Gm, G# Cm Gm
2. Amaj7 F#m C#m Bm Amaj7
3. X0x55x Dm, G Am, Am Em x0x55x 0xx43x
4. C G F G C
5. G D C G, Em G Am D, Em G Am x0776x x0765x
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13. |
Dec 23c Haikus
05:55
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Dec23C Haikus
I made fresh chai tea
But like a complete fool I
forgot the ginger
I’m like King Lear
Filial ingratitude
The story of my life
Sunbeams fall on town
Seem to spread calm cold silence
Kiss before the dark
Hoover ate my lights
Now my tree is dark and sad
Baubles fall like tears
My stollen got hard
The crumbs on my kitchen floor
Will last till Easter
The Eclipse
Ten years ago I was drunk here
Ranting with Jim and Austin over beer
Solving crosswords and the world’s issues
Talking history with Mick, and the local news
Now benches became metal frames
There’s music blaring from the Square
The cathedral’s lit like a Turkish brothel
Hat Fair street artists, festive despair
TJS
15/12/23
1.Am Dm Am Dm, G C D Em, Dm Am G F
2. x0241x Dm7, E7 x0241x, Dm7 F Am7 xx056x Dm7
3. x0210x F#m Bm E, F#m A Bm E
4.A C#m, D C#m Bm A, F#m Bm F#m Bm
5.Em, x0x553 xx0775 x0x553 D Em
6. (Dm Am) x2 (G Dm) x2 (Dm Am) x2, G Dm Em G (Am Em)x2, F Am
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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia
Amateur enthusiast.
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