photo gotplaid week threadless released tee-shirt design half-dozen people knew asked fact ordered good thing birthday ended week shirt made wrote haiku years habit began august continued october exact knowing dates makes feel tiny poems comprised living creature close companion born died let's overly sentimental ways haiku writing simply part morning ritual pour cereal fritos grapes baggies walk kids school shower brush floss teeth write haiku start dishwasher idea part structure part stretching part emotion-dump thing haiku-writing gave structure desperately needed freelancer people dressed work-appropriate clothes leave homey homes travel office work begins supposed begin working home workout clothes brushing teeth makes transition life work fuzzier structure mental visual cues wandering house folding laundry structure tiny ancient japanese poem served computer morning write haiku beginning writing marked pistol marks start horse race strict five-seven-five syllable format haiku creates perfect confines good writing assignment figure decide essential left finally find juiciest words proper number syllables entails thinking ways thing arrive perfect combination form content writing practice focused providing good writing exercise crafting daily haiku provided outlet moods thoughts similar journaling subtle focused back days days haiku immediately identify life feeling experiencing writing directly identifying scent takes directly back moment past scent significant two-year stretch haiku habit interesting back begins year divorce ends year jason downs represented ancient form meets twitter essentially replaced haiku habit positives negatives encouraging students media bistro copywriting seminars twitter writing exercise forces figure confined space characters generally interaction inherent twitter write funny touching controversial reactions reading haiku today feeling practice ironically reason looked collection -syllable poems today twitter haiku writing contest prize macbook considered poet stretch imagination clear contest made likes enter start writing written today share random older haiku favorite entry feeling they're interested clever funny touching sweet submissions sunday coat mittens neighbor short sleeves capris who's strange world ticks bomb heart stays intact addiction claims taking yarn-lust level life soup richness flavor dilute marriage quiz headline reads web's stupid side time response love five-year-old's crush forgotten work walk mid-day love sofa girls shriek house blissfully feigning ignorance pondering life's work beat security praise trump money silliness lets loose week tugging leash impending grin smoothly doom swapped 