Post Holiday Haiku Challenge

The Wave-inatrix is admittedly weird. (see red flag post below; hear them snapping in the wind?) And so, by extension, are my friends. We sometimes do haiku challenges, usually by text message and we do it at odd times. On the drive to Thanksgiving, my close friend Peter texted me this:

Arid roasted bird
Dreams of halcyon glory
Gravy gives no joy.

The mini-Wave-inatrix texted back, in all her emo-teen glory:

Poor little turkey
Bound in humiliation
Roasted in anguish.

Yes, the Mini-W is a vegetarian, in case you wondered.

I find haiku a particularly great writing exercise. Sometimes in screenwriting we get so bound up in character arcs and plot points that sometimes we forget the sheer glory and elasticity of the language we use.

If anyone feels compelled, inspired or otherwise moved to submit a post-Thanksgiving haiku to the Rouge Wave, please do so in the comments section for all to enjoy. Impress other Wavers, use writing muscles you rarely use - haiku today.

A few submissions = cupcake promises with the possibility of follow-through.

Quite a few submissions = Wave-inatrix has a cool prize. So let's just see.

Shake off the turkey-induced, overeating coma and spring back to life, Wavers. Fire in the belly, people! Don't make the Wave-inatrix go all Irish on your asses.