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Whiffle Ball, Haikus and BBQ

April 15, 2008 Adam Walker Cleaveland

I had a wonderful birthday party yesterday – started out with whiffle ball, a great game! I didn’t do so bad if I do say so myself, hitting at least two home runs, I think. We played whiffle ball for awhile, then started up the grills, hung out with lots of friends, and had a birthday haiku reading as well. There were some very creative haikus written, and I’ll post them below. I had a friend taking photos – and they turned out really well (his name is Joel Bock – you should check out his stuff). You can check out the photos from my birthday party here. The haikus are below.

Adam Walker Cleaveland, by Keelan Downton
beer in a cozy
emerging like geneva
mmm tomato-pie

Traveling Mercies, by Keelan Downton
take solace in the
verisimilitude of
my electric sheep

untitled, by Hans and Michelle Novenson
Synapses firing
In the apartment below
We are glad you came.

untitled, by Dan Pioske
You, surnamed “pomo”
Panther eyes, riddle, rebus
My name for you – friend

untitled, by Dan Pioske
Unfathomable
Inaccessibility
Inexplicable

And finally, a collection of 5 haikus collection entitled “On the occasion of Adam’s twenty-eighth birthday, we pause to consider his qualities, his virtues, his household, and overall merits.” This collection was composed by Nate Van Yperen and Elaine James.

Blog
Online: IN-TER-WEB
Is it work or is it play?
Adam at a click

Dillon
Clear eyes and full hearts
You’re never LOST in Texas.
First season only

Sadie
Interlocutor
Is that urine on my shoe?
Adam get the spray

Musings
Enlightenment flee!
Your afterglow suits me well
Bring on pomo bro

To Sarah Catherine Walker Cleaveland, whose full name is too long for any line of Haiku
California bound
Leave us Adam or Sadie?
You can come on breaks

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Birthday, Haiku, Life, Poetry

Adam is an artist, entrepreneur, pastor, husband and father. He lives in Skokie, Illinois with his wife Sarah (who is also a pastor), their son Caleb, and their dog, Sadie. Read More…

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