Father’s Day —
hunting in the diaper bag
for his cell phone
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Susan Constable
Susan Constable mainly writes haiku and tanka, receiving her inspiration from life on the west coast of Canada. Her work is widely published in both print and online journals, as well as in numerous anthologies. She has judged several contests as well as co-edited a couple of haiku and tanka anthologies She was the tanka editor for the online journal A Hundred Gourds from March 2012 to June 2016.
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when i was a student i worked in a home for the aged and we (the staff, the helpers) needed a lot of humor and respect to solve unexpected and sometimes very difficult situations
Thanks Alan, Magyar, Bill, Angelika, and Josh. I’m not sure if ‘father’ had the kids to himself that day, if his wife was phoning to see how he was doing, if she was somewhere else momentarily and it was her phone that was ringing . . . but I did empathize with the man. lol
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Ooops! ;-)
Good strong haiku for a special occasion.
absorbed
ring tone barly heard
safety pin…
-M
Fortunately, my diaper bag period was over long before the cell phone period began.
a haiku with a good sense of humor
when i was a student i worked in a home for the aged and we (the staff, the helpers) needed a lot of humor and respect to solve unexpected and sometimes very difficult situations
very cute susan!
lost cell phone —
the diaper bag
plays a samba
Thanks Alan, Magyar, Bill, Angelika, and Josh. I’m not sure if ‘father’ had the kids to himself that day, if his wife was phoning to see how he was doing, if she was somewhere else momentarily and it was her phone that was ringing . . . but I did empathize with the man. lol
Thank you all for taking the time to send your comments!
Susan
Hi Susan,
Loved your take on this one!
Good one indeed!
_kala
Thanks, Kala. Glad you enjoyed this.
Susan
Hi Susan,
I’m just catching up…
love your take on this!
:)
Lary
so glad to have found this.
A perfect example of less is more.
a wonderful peek at the life of a modern father! thanks for this
Jerry
I’ve just discovered your comment, Jerry. Thanks so much. (A few haiku have also lost there way in cyberspace.) Glad you enjoyed this one.
dark clouds form
midsummer day–
multiple rainbows