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Joe
Pivetti's Poetry, Poesy, Prose & Haiku Words, Doodles & Photos by Joe Pivetti* |
old pond frog jumps into sound of water |
| *except for some photos where noted | Matsuo Bashô haiku (~Jane Reichhold translation) |
Table of Links to Poetry, Haiku and Poesy (click a header to sort or resort the table):
| Link | Category | Piece Title | Piece Subject or Inspiration | Piece Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Poetry |
Namaste Means
Hello |
Yoga | Namaste in Sanskrit | |
|
Poetry |
Tao, Dao or I
Ching? |
Making cheese | Tao in Kanji | |
|
Poetry |
Does It
Matter? |
Hydrogen | Hydrogen atom diagram |
|
|
Poetry |
Reservation
for a Byte |
Byte endianess (computer file
terminology) and Gulliver's Travels |
Little-endian and big-endian
schema |
|
|
Poetry |
Schooner or
Later |
Nautical terminology | Doodle of a schooner | |
|
Poetry |
Don’t Have a
Cow |
Be true to yourself | Doodle of a cow | |
|
Poetry |
Euler's
Naturally Number One |
Greatest scientists and their
formulas |
Euler's identity as 4D base for
other great formulas |
|
|
Poetry |
Proto-Indo-European
(When we all spoke PIE) |
Proto-Indo-European language |
Doodle of a pie | |
|
Poetry |
Hobbitat |
Hobbit history | Doodle of an Hobbit | |
|
Poetry |
When It Was
Black and White (and Rarely Off-color) |
The age of black and white television | Internet photo of an Admiral TV
(like the one we had in the 60's) |
|
|
Poetry |
The Giants Get
Even |
San Francisco Giants World Series wins of 2010, 2012 & 2014 | Photoshopped comic Bumgarner, Posey, Sandoval
& Pagan trading cards |
|
|
Poetry |
Just One |
Unity | One plus one equals one in equation form | |
|
Poetry |
Montserrat,
That's Where It's At |
The Caribbean island of Montserrat | Doodle of a volcanic island and a
frog (which needs replacement or upgrade) |
|
|
Poetry |
Piping
Engineers Work Best with Low Stress |
Piping engineering | Doodle of a fictitious doughnut
fitting |
|
|
Poetry |
Elizabeth
Prune |
Like Evanovich's Stephanie Plum
but an insurance agent |
Doodle of a lizard driving a flat bed tow truck that's carrying a prune | |
|
Poetry |
It's All Greek
To Me...or...Σ π = Sum Pi...or...Rho, Rho, Rho Your Boat |
Greek letter symbolism |
Doodle of a row boat made from the Greek letter rho | |
|
Poetry |
I've Only Had
One In Dog Beers |
Terminology with "dog" base | Doodle of a dog that's downed 6 of 7 beers | |
|
Poetry |
Piece Quilt |
Quilting terminology | Picture of a Judi Pivetti quilt | |
|
Poetry |
A Dog Nose |
A dog's sense of smell | Doodle of a dog face with parts list | |
|
Poetry |
Military
Intelligence |
Military Intelligence | Photoshopped internet image of
French army wagon covered with Bayeuax Tapestry |
|
|
Poetry |
Echocardiography |
Long-term relationship | Modified internet image of an EEG in the shape of a heart | |
|
Poetry |
Slower Now |
Slow ease of retirement | Internet image of an adagio clef note | |
|
Poetry |
The Name of
the Wind is...Maria |
Spoof on Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind | Photoshopped image of a "Rothfuss
gear" framing a Paint Your Wagon playbill |
|
|
Poetry |
QBism |
Physics lingo applied to football |
Football play diagram overlaid
onto a cloud chamber internet image |
|
|
Poetry |
Herb's Garden |
Herb and spice homophonic fun | Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
examining an herb garden |
|
|
Poetry |
Bottoms Up to
Chakra Yoga |
Homage to and summary of yogic chakra philosophy | Doodle of a seated yogi depicting
chakra locations |
|
|
Poetry |
The Game Is
Afoot |
English treatment of feet (not chiropody) | Internet image of the Monopoly
shoe and mirror image over a foot long ruler |
|
|
Poetry |
Don't Chalk Up
the Foul Line to Yogi |
Yogi Berra sayings (Yogi-isms)
and faux Yogi-isms |
Photoshopped internet image of
Yogi Berra chalking a foul line |
|
| Poem-29 | Poetry |
Tern Cycles |
Commentary on
bubble biking in Surf City |
Collage of
photos taken on bike rides in Surf City |
|
Poesy |
My Cat is a
Brat |
A young Russian Blue cat named Kobe | Doodle of a cat with disdain |
|
|
Poesy |
Snail Male |
Garden snail |
Doodle of a snail |
|
|
Poesy |
My cat is a
brat too |
A mature Russian Blue cat named Kobe | Doodle of a cat with tucked paws |
|
|
Prose |
Dr. Jones I
Presume |
Quip involving Einstein's and Dalton's preserved eyeballs | Doodle of Einstein | |
|
Prose |
Heavens to
Betsy |
Animal intelligence | Internet image of a very smart border collie named Betsy | |
|
Prose |
Proper
Spacemanship |
Quip involving British extrasolar
planetary landing & alien evolution |
Collage of Don Goldman (Astrodon)
galaxy & night geyser photos & an internet
geothermal mudpot photo |
|
|
Prose |
Super's Being
Bigger Than Life |
Quip involving Mighty Mouse | Photo of Atomic Mouse street art in Montreal, Canada | |
|
Prose |
hurricanes
hardly h'ever happen |
Hurricane victim's statement | Photoshopped composite of a flood
responder and a drive-thru hurricane sign |
|
|
Prose |
Captain James
T Kobe |
Intergalactic cat | Photoshopped composite of an astronaut helmet and a cat named Kobe | |
|
Prose |
One Liners
Draw Power |
Quips involving tech jargon |
Photoshopped composite of a plotter and a Single Line drawing | |
|
Prose |
Pack 12 for
School |
Quips involving the Pac-12 | Photoshopped composite of
Berkeley's Sather Gate and a student with a 12 pack |
|
|
Prose |
Bear walking
backwards |
History of California Grizzly Bears | Doodle of a grizzly bear walking backwards | |
|
Prose |
Cat Litter |
Like David Rosenfelt's Andy
Carpenter but a cat lover |
Doodles of a barrister wearing a
cat/wig & a litter of kittens |
|
|
Prose |
Tongue Ties
(AKA Linguistic Serendipity) |
Two languages with different
words that sound similar |
Photo of a pair of shoes with
tongues tied together |
|
|
Prose |
I'm Not Aegean
Because of VOO |
Quips involving Mediterranean words | Doodle of a comic Mediterranean
Sea |
|
|
Prose |
Sergeant Joe |
Sci-fi ultra-short story | None |
|
|
Haiku |
Carr Park |
Old pelican |
Photo of pelicans at Carr Park,
Huntington Beach, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
Udder Harmony |
Harmony, CA |
Photo of Harmony Valley Creamery
truck |
|
|
Haiku |
Draggin' Fly |
Old dragon fly |
Photo of dragon fly on kumquat
tree |
|
|
Haiku |
Big Game (Farm
Austrians) |
The big game (Cal vs. Stanford) |
Photo of Stanford booster banner circa 1900 | |
|
Haiku |
Combie Lake
Thanksgiving |
Combie Lake |
Photo of Combie Lake, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
Slot Canyon |
Slot canyon photograph hanging in
my house |
Photo of slot canyon by Chuck
Pivetti |
|
|
Haiku |
Cal Bears Down |
Tightwad hill overlooking UC
Berkeley's (Cal's) Memorial Stadium |
Photo of Memorial Stadium by Ansel Adams | |
|
Haiku |
King James
Version |
A b-ball friend's mom's spirit is in a butterfly fluttering around him on the court | Photo of a monarch butterfly |
|
|
Haiku |
Snow Birds |
City park pelican and mud hens |
Photo of pelican and coots at
Carr Park, Huntington Beach, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
Olympia Bier |
Conk fungus |
Photo of tree trunk conk in Olympic Nat. Forest, WA | |
|
Haiku |
What's the
Pont? |
Bike ride with dad in Provence,
France (Haiku en français) |
Photo of Pont D'Avignon, France |
|
|
Haiku |
Hurricane
Ridge |
Summer trip to the snow covered Hurricane Ridge, Olympic Nat.
Forest, WA |
Photo of mountain ridge south of Port Angeles, WA | |
|
Haiku |
Signs of
Inspection |
Street sign coincidence
associated with famous detectives' relations |
Photo of street signs in Huntington Beach, CA | |
|
Haiku |
A Little
Oregano |
Mountain mirrored on Mirror Lake
conceals the lake contents |
Photo of Mirror Lake, OR | |
|
Haiku |
Dog not
included |
Dog helps sell a saxophone |
Photo of dog and saxophone by Judi Pivetti | |
|
Haiku |
String Theory
(R0) |
A cat and some string |
Photo of a cat named Kobe eying a
string |
|
|
Haiku |
Humdinger |
Hummingbird nest |
Photo of hummingbird
nest on a set of wind chimes |
|
|
Haiku |
"Funny, She
Doesn't Look Druish" |
Stonehenge |
Photo of a Stonehenge stone join | |
|
Haiku |
My Thai Shrimp |
Shrimp with racing stripes |
Photo of an aquarium shrimp |
|
|
Haiku |
Miss Marple's
Birthplace |
Agatha Christie |
Photo of Mother & Child
garden statuary at Greenway, England |
|
|
Haiku |
Yosemite Sam |
Yosemite Falls |
Photo of Yosemite Upper Falls, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
Ile bridge |
Ile flottante |
Photo of a small bridge at (nee)
Parc des Îles, Canada |
|
|
Haiku |
Breaching |
Whale watching |
Photo of a rock that looks
whale-like, Cambria, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
El Cielo de
Las Cambritas |
Noon sky with strange clouds |
Photo of sky over Las Cambritas
restaurant, Cambria, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
Gym Route |
Bike route to yoga class |
Bike route plan including Gumm
Drive and Carr Park, Huntington Beach, CA |
|
|
Haiku |
There's a lot
in leaning to the right |
Tower of Pisa parking lot protection | Photo of pedestrian route sign near Pisa Tower parking lot | |
|
Haiku |
Litter Bug |
Bug on a mushroom in a Grass Valley yard | Photo of Bug on a mushroom in a Grass Valley yard | |
|
Haiku |
Mighty Mites
and Dog Fights |
Hummingbird competition | Photos of a Rufus and an Anna's
hummingbird on the same backyard limb |
|
|
Haiku |
Double Dribble |
Old basketballs and washed up seaweed | Photo collage of old basketballs and seaweed | |
|
Haiku |
White Water |
A frozen kayaker | Photo of a snow covered kayak statue in Golden, CO | |
|
Haiku |
Banana Rama |
Bashô | Internet image of a battered
banana tree leaf |
|
|
Haiku |
Eucalyptus
Papyrus |
Gumtree | Photo of eucalyptus bark |
|
|
Haiku |
Pelicans
Saving Face |
American White Pelicans | Two photos of snorkeling pelicans at Carr Park, Huntington Beach, CA | |
|
Haiku |
Haiku Rules
Checklist |
Haiku rules collection in
checklist form |
No image |
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