My childhood, Sixties:
Small town, Midwest, oldest son
Cartoons were okay.
Mamá Catholic,
only Disney and Wildlife--
Mutual Omaha.
"Let me watch Batman!
Dark Shadows, the Green Hornet!
Quick! Turn off the set!"
Author notes
My mother was a very controlling person. She only allowed us to watch Disney, Mutal of Omaha's wildlife documentaries, and sometimes the news or a film like Dr. Zhivago. Now, some of you may think she was being a proper parent. Maybe so. Yet we were atypical of American youth. I never knew what people were talking about when they talked about tv. But that's okay.
A contest entry
- The Black-And-White TV Haiku Contest by NoWayJo.
600 points, ended August 22, 2007, 19 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Maybe we could collaborate. Don't be shy to write what you really think of this.
Comments
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ok well i liked it
hey u r a good poet but then again what else would i expect from one of Abuyi's friends
well anyways
keep it up and oh yeah my cookie
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You must be my long lost cousin, my mother did the same thing. Never knew what a "bippy" was for years! Great haiku!
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Jah, azure, maybe so, maybe so
What exactly is a bippy?
I got confused for Amish a few times.
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Wonderful Haiku-chain Cafe, I'm glad to see ya back strong. Always a pleasure to catch your writes friend. Good job here...GETS
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Thank you, Mr. G
Am back, yes. Don't know how strong. Let me try to get in a solid three weeks of Tai Chi.
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My father was probably similar to your Mom in TV tastes...To watch TV with him it was always that 20th Century show--(I think Walter Cronkite was the narrator), though now I'm hooked on the History Channel. Still love those old Timmy and Lassie reruns when I can catch 'em though!
Thanks for this great haiku-chain entry to the contest, Cafe!
Jo
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The 20th Century Show? Not sure what that is
Still, thanks for the kind message.
I won't watch Timmy and Lassie till I get my own dog. I still miss Galahad, our tux-clad retriever.
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