Project Haiku

NOPE, NOT DEAD YET. SLOWLY BUT SURELY PLUGGING AWAY AT THINGS. I WISH I COULD POST MORE OFTEN INSTEAD OF JUST SPORADICALLY DUMPING STUFF ONTO THIS SITE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. SOME OF MY THOUGHTS:

1) SHOULD I KEEP THIS ORDER OR REARRANGE THEM ONCE THE WHOLE PROJECT IS COMPLETE?

2) IS IT KIND OF CHEATING TO TITLE THEM? I MEAN, ISN'T THE WHOLE POINT OF A HAIKU TO COMMUNICATE SOME SORT OF PROFOUND MESSAGE IN A VERY SHORT, STRICT FORM? SO IF A TITLE IS NECESSARY TO FURTHER INFORM THE POEM, THEN HAVE I REALLY DONE MY JOB WITH THE POEM ITSELF? THEREFORE ISN'T IT KIND OF CHEATING? AND IF NOT, CAN I TITLE SOME BUT NOT OTHERS? ON THE OTHER HAND, I KIND OF LIKE TITLES, ESPECIALLY CREATIVE ONES. NOTHING BURNS ME UP MORE THAN WHEN AN ARTIST CREATES A REALLY FANTASTIC WORK AND THEN TITLES IT SOMETHING LIKE RED #74 OR WOMAN IN CHAIR IF IT'S A WOMAN IN A CHAIR. OR, WORST OF ALL, UNTITLED....I MEAN....COME ON. THIS DOESN'T JUST BOTHER ME WITH PAINTINGS AND POEMS BUT WITH LIPSTICK TOO. I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE $20 TO FRIVOLOUSLY DROP ON LIPSTICK. BUT IF I WERE LOOKING FOR THAT PERFECT RED, I'D BE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SPEND THE CASH ON SOMETHING CALLED INFERNAL OR COVERT AFFAIRS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS OPPOSED TO DROPPING CASH ON A TUBE OF PAINT LABELED RED #74. IN FACT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE ARE WHOLE JOBS THAT JUST INVOLVE THE NAMING OF PRODUCTS. I WONDER HOW ONE LANDS ONE OF THOSE, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING?

3) AM I REALLY GOING TO FINISH ALL OF THIS BY THE END OF AUGUST? IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FROM WHERE I STAND. PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT, TRUTHFULLY, I DO SOME OF MY BEST WORK WHILE DRUNK OR AT LEAST SLIGHTLY BUZZED, AND SADLY THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ALCOHOL IN THIS MONTH'S BUDGET. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I LOVE BEING "ARTISTIC"... WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL "BUZZED" WE CAN REFER TO AS "INSPIRATION FROM OUR HEAVENLY MUSE" OR WHAT HAVE YOU. JUST AS LONG AS WE DON'T DRINK WHILE TEXTING AND DRIVING. OR WAIT...ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE" AND "DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE" BUT AS FOR DRINKING AND TEXTING WITHOUT THE DRIVING PART, THAT'S PROBABLY OKAY. UNLESS YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE NASTY DRUNKS IN WHICH CASE YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY ALTOGETHER.