Jaw opens and shuts
Opens again with small words
Ears like sponges catch
Retrieve the meaning barely
Although fumble with the gaps
New curiosity however fairly
Demands instant recaps
All paint-by-the-numbers maps
Look, I was talking to myself
Look, I was talking to myself
wordcoaster 
Oct 22, 2011 @ 09:04:16
Great haiku 🙂
Oct 22, 2011 @ 11:48:00
Thanks! It was a difficult one to write as I didn’t know exactly where to take it 🙂
Oct 22, 2011 @ 12:30:42
To catch and capture words…nice one ~
Oct 22, 2011 @ 12:55:39
Thanks! Capturing is the hard part–words don’t stay long in cages 🙂
Oct 22, 2011 @ 12:44:40
Clever haiku. I liked it.
Oct 22, 2011 @ 12:56:45
Thanks, glad you enjoyed my small words 🙂
Oct 22, 2011 @ 13:52:03
Very clever indeed!! and guided the words well!! 😉
Oct 22, 2011 @ 15:58:24
Thanks! Hmm, a word guide, I like that a lot 🙂
Oct 22, 2011 @ 20:56:20
I like the way you fitted the Haiku into the Joe Randall acrostic. The italic repetition at the end is brilliant! As is the Steinbeckesque title.
Oct 22, 2011 @ 23:27:47
Thanks! I’m so glad you appreciated all of those things–you really keyed in on the three things I was most excited about! 😀
Oct 24, 2011 @ 09:10:00
well captured
Oct 24, 2011 @ 10:51:22
Thanks! I’m glad to share my zoo of words 🙂
Oct 25, 2011 @ 13:50:51
cool and beautiful.
🙂
Oct 25, 2011 @ 14:54:48
Thanks! Your cool comment brought warmth to my day 🙂
Oct 26, 2011 @ 11:59:55
Great Haiku. Love the idea of ears being like sponges and catching the words.
Oct 26, 2011 @ 13:40:32
Thanks! I like that image because sponges can only hold so much–you truly can have an earful. At the same time, they can absorb a lot 🙂
Oct 26, 2011 @ 18:16:47
I wish my students had ears like sponges!
Sponging up the river
Oct 26, 2011 @ 22:54:05
Kids have sponges for ears–they just don’t always absorb what we want them to. 🙂
Oct 27, 2011 @ 01:18:02
Nice…I too wrote my haiku on how children are sponges….we must learn to be better examples…they do see and hear us even when we believe they aren’t
Oct 27, 2011 @ 01:30:37
So true! Loved your haiku, thanks!
Oct 28, 2011 @ 23:13:18
Very clever!!
Oct 28, 2011 @ 23:24:02
Thanks! Loved your mouthwatering haiku 🙂