winter freeze sets in.
optimism its victim,
trapped beneath the ice.

trees of industry
crashing heavy to the ground-
cacophonously. 

houses built on sand,
monuments to mankind’s greed,
blown into the wind.

we’ve taken stock in
false constructs for way too long.
lets blaze our own trail.

in the wilderness,
our trademark has always been
ingenuity.

be ever hopeful
together we’ll discover
life in harmony.

with strengthened resolve
the whole of humanity
will walk in the light. 

work has started in earnest on the debut album!  recently mz and i recorded some scratch tracks to give us a blueprint for the record.  these are as stripped-down as they can get: just me and the guitar and 3mics… and they’ll all be re-recorded before we’re finished, but i thought they sounded better than what i’ve got up here now.  so here goes, an acoustic preview:

where did you come from?
the universe, he whispered
through the silent snow

for some inexplicable reason, i’ve recently found myself on haiku-writing kick.  well, maybe its not that inexplicable, i’ve been using twitter–a social network/micro-blogging service–and haikus lend themselves to the 140 character limit.  that coupled with the fact that i’ve been mildly beating myself up for not writing much poetry anymore.

there are some haiku variations, but traditionally they’re three lines: a five syllable line followed by a seven syllable line by another five syllable.  usually they incorporate nature and lend themselves to the changing seasons.  here’s a few of the latest:

snow-covered boughs hang
evergreen in time and place
forest through the trees

we spend so much time
glued to the computer screen
nature will calm us

winter rain falling
today’s battles lost it seems
much colder than snow

on katy’s birthday
brilliant muti-colored lights
shone for her and friends

winter skies can’t mask
incredible energy
springing from inside

give it a try!  capture the way you’re feeling, what your seeing, or what you believe with 17 syllables.  the boiling-it-all-down is therapeutic and the result is something that will remind you of an exact moment in time.  let me know what you come up with, it would be most excellent to receive haiku comments on this one… life is poetic, live happy!!

other links:
haiku wikipedia entry
my twitter profile
haikudrew twitter profile