Matt Keough's Blog

A haiku for you

I wrote a haiku.
A short poem just for you.
I hope you like it.

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In this case it is for you plural.

A haiku about ballpark renovations

Just saw a picture
Progressive Field got updates.
Work in progress, right?

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I want to see the updates in person.

A fool’s haiku

Oh! So many fools.
Fooling others is such fun.
I’m not fooling, folks.

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This poem is dedicated to Lisa B., who reminded me it is National Poetry Month. I don’t think she is a fool. I am a fool because I will try to write a poem every day this month.

Poem for a cold Cleveland commute

Poem for a Cold Cleveland Commute

Salt-stained walls knock down the sound

Friction fails, steel slides and spins around

Blue sky sun blinds on dirty glass

Tailpipes belch smoke like a dragon’s ass

Four lanes, three lanes, two lanes, one.

We’re all stuck in a cold, cold, cold, Cleveland commute.

My brother-in-law generously allowed be to borrow his 100-400 lens to try on my Canon Rebel. (Thanks Paul!) So I decided to try it out at the Eastlake fishing pier. I expected to see ducks, didn’t see many. However, there was a pair of peregrine falcons on the break wall with some prey they had captured. I think it was a gull. I will get better at using the lens, but still manged to capture a few OK shots.