Monday, August 6, 2012

Shortcuts


 Image:1 If you risk taking a shortcut you may get stuck in the mud. You get angry in the process

Image:2 It's apparent many risk taking shortcuts even before.

Picture credit: from Google images

May all start as fun
Taken as a challenge but
a joke gone awry

I know a shortcut!
Yes! heard many times before
Many took it through

May be pressed for time
A real emergency that
prompts a risk taker

Impatience result
in dire consequences
Men just never learn

Note: Given Amy's magical touch (Thanks Amy!) 

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22 comments:

  1. Mimi FoxmortonAugust 6, 2012 at 3:11 AM

    And yet, we do it again and again.... lol

    Really deep. (like the mud?)
    You can think on this excellent write all day........

    Mimi

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  2. Brian MillerAugust 6, 2012 at 3:53 AM

    short cuts...we all want to get there faster but often those short cuts really do mess us up...in the long run...

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  3. ChèvrefeuilleAugust 6, 2012 at 5:15 AM

    Short cuts great :-) Nicely done Kaykuala. Wonderful pic's and really back to basic. Chapeau!

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  4. Abin ChakrabortyAugust 6, 2012 at 5:53 AM

    yup.short cuts are seductive hell-raisers.

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  5. Pat HattAugust 6, 2012 at 6:46 AM

    Yeah they surely are more of a hinderance than a help and make many yelp.

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  6. anthonynorthAugust 6, 2012 at 7:12 AM

    Ah, we never learn. Nice one.

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  7. DaydreamertooAugust 6, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    Haha...sometimes short cuts we take end up not being so short after all eh.
    Nicely said Hank :)

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  8. Barbara The Healthy NutAugust 6, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    Made me laugh.
    My children call their father's shortcuts 'longcuts.'
    I liked the brevity of your words in this poem, sort of reflects the idea of 'short.'

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  9. JimAugust 6, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    I like it, Hank. Same theme as mine (Jim's OSI). Don't get lost, now.
    ..
    BTW, I didn't see you signed in on the OSI Mr. Linky. Others there would like to read this.
    ..

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  10. Kay L. DaviesAugust 6, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    Good stuff, Hank. No way can we really learn from the mistakes of others, even from photographs of cars stuck in the long-ago mud.
    A proven shortcut can be a blessing, but the promise of a new shortcut can be a trap.
    K

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  11. ScarletAugust 6, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    A shortcut may end up to the longer way home ~ Good one Hank ~

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  12. ninotazizAugust 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM

    Great fun, as usual. Stafford and you should get together!

    Covers rule 1 of Haiku. Need to delve deeper for kigo and meaning, Sir Hank.

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  13. MaryAugust 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    Ha! So often those proposed shortcuts turn out not to be shortcuts at all! This poem speaks truth.

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  14. carol l mckennaAugust 6, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    well crafted poem ~ about a nation in a hurry ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  15. Maurice LauherAugust 6, 2012 at 7:23 PM

    Very nice - thanks for posting

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  16. Laurie KolpAugust 6, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    This begs for more!

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  17. AnonymousAugust 6, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    How fun! For some reason this just reminds me of my son. :-)

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  18. Sharp Little PencilAugust 6, 2012 at 8:24 PM

    Hank, love the "throwback" pix, made it all the more true!

    I hate that phrase: "I know a shortcut..." Whether it's computers or cars, I always end up in the Boonies...

    Last line, is that "Men" instead of "Man"? Just a thought... you know me.

    Great write, man. Amy

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  19. Dave KingAugust 7, 2012 at 3:21 AM

    Always take the longer cut. It's quicker!

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  20. Sri ValliAugust 7, 2012 at 3:35 AM

    Very beautiful poem..showing dark side of shortcuts...Good one!

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  21. joanneAugust 7, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    hahaha.....most of my shortcuts end up in dead ends or cul-de-sacs....

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  22. RavenAugust 7, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Those short cuts interfere with the idea that it is the journey not the destination. Well done and well lotted out.

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