Hiqoo » 5-7-5 http://hiqoo.com Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:39:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Winter Pot Roast http://hiqoo.com/2010/01/winter-pot-roast/ http://hiqoo.com/2010/01/winter-pot-roast/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:39:08 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=190 From outside the house
The aroma of the pot roast
Fills the winter air

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2010/01/winter-pot-roast/feed/ 0 Halloween in July http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/halloween-in-july/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/halloween-in-july/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:00:07 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=158 I saw Comic-Con –
Attendees wear Halloween
costumes in July

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/halloween-in-july/feed/ 0 No Such Thing As Ghosts http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/no-such-thing-as-ghosts/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/no-such-thing-as-ghosts/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:09:25 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=188 I don’t really care
If there’s no such thing as ghosts
My mind is made up

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/no-such-thing-as-ghosts/feed/ 0 Pirates and Veggies http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/pirates-and-veggies/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/pirates-and-veggies/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:00:55 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=89 Pirates once told me,
“Eat your veggies, scurvy dog.”
Those bloody pirates!

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/pirates-and-veggies/feed/ 0 Ghosts at Night http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/ghosts-at-night/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/ghosts-at-night/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:00:51 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=65 Why do people think
“Ghosts” only come out at night?
Do they fear the light?

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/ghosts-at-night/feed/ 0 Run Away From Zombies http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/run-away-from-zombies/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/run-away-from-zombies/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:19 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=87 Zombies love fresh brains
And they want to munch on yours
Don’t walk away – RUN!

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/run-away-from-zombies/feed/ 0 October Oddness http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/october-oddness/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/october-oddness/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:57 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=95 October is odd
Occurs in the dead of fall
Eerie things abound

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/10/october-oddness/feed/ 0 Saturday Morning Cartoons http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/saturday-morning-cartoons/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/saturday-morning-cartoons/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:50:36 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=177 Saturday morning
was meant for pointless cartoons
Not “edutainment”

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/saturday-morning-cartoons/feed/ 0 Sleepy Friday http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/sleepy-friday/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/sleepy-friday/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:23:01 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=181 I’m falling asleep
Early on a Friday night
Wore out from the week

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/sleepy-friday/feed/ 0 Overheard: Verbs & Nouns http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-verbs-nouns/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-verbs-nouns/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:57:13 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=179 Overheard it said:
“Colliding verbs into nouns.”
Dangerous writings!

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-verbs-nouns/feed/ 0 Morning Coffee http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/morning-coffee/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/morning-coffee/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:39:58 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/morning-coffee/ I refuse to rise
Before the coffee is brewed
So turn off the light

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/morning-coffee/feed/ 0 Cricket Song http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/cricket-song/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/cricket-song/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:24:26 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=167 Crickets chirp all night
Their song in the summer air
And I take it in

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/cricket-song/feed/ 0 It Must Be You http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/it-must-be-you/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/it-must-be-you/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:24:58 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=169 I suppose it’s you
Because it sure is not me
I’m doing just fine

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/it-must-be-you/feed/ 0 On Loan http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/on-loan/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/on-loan/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:28:33 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=171 Anything you have
is entrusted to your care
and is yours on loan

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/on-loan/feed/ 0 Margaritaville http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/margaritaville/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/margaritaville/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:00:31 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=153 Margaritaville –
A song by Jimmy Buffett
Makes you want a drink

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/margaritaville/feed/ 0 Michael Vick Got Signed http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/michael-vick-got-signed/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/michael-vick-got-signed/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:35:41 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=165 Michael Vick got signed –
Mike, please leave your attraction
to birds on the field

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/michael-vick-got-signed/feed/ 0 Indiana State Fair Evening http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/indiana-state-fair-evening/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/indiana-state-fair-evening/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:35:06 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=162 Back home and sweaty
After a night at the Fair
Now somewhat fatter

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/indiana-state-fair-evening/feed/ 0 Twenty Three Fell http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/twenty-three-fell/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/twenty-three-fell/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:04 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=160 I saw twenty three
Shooting stars fall from the sky
Star gazing tonight

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/twenty-three-fell/feed/ 0 Shooting Stars http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/shooting-stars/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/shooting-stars/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:00:01 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=141 The stars are shooting
They are in the air tonight
What an awesome sight

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/shooting-stars/feed/ 0 Overheard: Don’t Know, Don’t Care http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-dont-know-dont-care/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-dont-know-dont-care/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:11 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=155 Overheard it said:
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
Well, neither do I

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-dont-know-dont-care/feed/ 0 Wall Street Workday http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/wall-street-workday/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/wall-street-workday/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:06 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=143 Wall Street has it right
The workday should only be
Nine-thirty to four

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/wall-street-workday/feed/ 0 Dog Days of Summer http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/dog-days-of-summer/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/dog-days-of-summer/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:05:35 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=149 Dog Days of Summer —
We are going to get two
over the weekend

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/dog-days-of-summer/feed/ 0 Overheard: Drink On http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-drink-on/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-drink-on/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:00:56 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=115 Overheard it said:
“It’s time we got our drink on.”
Make it a double

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/overheard-drink-on/feed/ 0 Chapbook http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/chapbook/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/chapbook/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:47 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=93 This is my chapbook
I have pulled out all the stops
Printed and hard bound

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/chapbook/feed/ 0 Pizza Paper http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/pizza-paper/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/pizza-paper/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:42 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=111 What’s pizza paper?
Is that a really thin crust?
I’ll stick with deep dish

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/pizza-paper/feed/ 1 Quickly Going Crazy http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/quickly-going-crazy/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/quickly-going-crazy/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:00:07 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=123 I can’t deny it
I’m quickly going crazy
Somebody save me

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/quickly-going-crazy/feed/ 0 The Mac & Cheese Runs Dry http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/the-mac-cheese-runs-dry/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/the-mac-cheese-runs-dry/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:36 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=121 Can this really be
the last box of Mac & Cheese?
Let’s go to the store.

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/the-mac-cheese-runs-dry/feed/ 0 Beware of Twitter Spam http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/beware-of-twitter-spam/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/beware-of-twitter-spam/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=113 Twitter Tweeps Beware:
Of the auto-follow trap
Spammers seek you out

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/beware-of-twitter-spam/feed/ 0 He Is Bigger http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/he-is-bigger/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/he-is-bigger/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:00:31 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=91 I have but one hope
He’s bigger than you or I -
I’m thankful for that

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/he-is-bigger/feed/ 0 Humming Fridge http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/humming-fridge/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/humming-fridge/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:00:17 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=99 Refrigerator
Your humming drives me insane
I may unplug you

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/08/humming-fridge/feed/ 0 Haiku All Night http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/haiku-all-night/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/haiku-all-night/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:30:28 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=84 I could probably write
Haiku poetry all night
In five-seven-five

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/haiku-all-night/feed/ 0 Overheard: Camp http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/overheard-camp/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/overheard-camp/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:00:05 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=80 Overheard it said
“I should be in camp right now”
Pack up and just go

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/overheard-camp/feed/ 0 Lightning Show http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/lightning-show/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/lightning-show/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:22:37 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=69 Distant thunder rolls
A deep purple the sky grows
Then the lightning show

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/lightning-show/feed/ 0 Rude Awakening http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/rude-awakening/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/rude-awakening/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:20:38 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=67 Lying on the couch
Taking an afternoon nap
I fall to the floor

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/rude-awakening/feed/ 0 Josh “Grand Slam” Willingham http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/josh-grand-slam-willingham/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/josh-grand-slam-willingham/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:24:57 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=139 Nats Josh Willingham
Hit two grand slams in one game
Just the thirteenth time

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/josh-grand-slam-willingham/feed/ 0 Dinosaur Bones http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/dinosaur-bones/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/dinosaur-bones/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:36:43 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=42 Upon this green Earth
Where dinosaurs used to roam
Now we dig them up

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/dinosaur-bones/feed/ 0 Skateboarding in the 80′s http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/skateboarding-in-the-80s/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/skateboarding-in-the-80s/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:30:24 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=53 I heard people say
“Skateboarding is not a crime”
Back in the eighties

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/skateboarding-in-the-80s/feed/ 0 Jimmie Johnson Hat Trick http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/jimmie-johnson-hat-trick/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/jimmie-johnson-hat-trick/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:21:20 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=136 Jimmie Johnson wins
sixteenth Brickyard 400
Third time is a charm

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/jimmie-johnson-hat-trick/feed/ 0 The Many Ifs http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/the-many-ifs/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/the-many-ifs/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:00:02 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=49 There are many ifs
In this thing that we call life
But they matter not

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/the-many-ifs/feed/ 0 Until I Crash http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/until-i-crash/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/until-i-crash/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:30:39 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=40 I don’t want to sleep
Let me stay up all night long
Or until I crash

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/until-i-crash/feed/ 0 Halloween in July http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/comic-con-halloween-in-july/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/comic-con-halloween-in-july/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:03 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=132 I saw Comic-Con
Attendees wear Halloween
costumes in July

Inspired by the Comic-Con attendees.

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/comic-con-halloween-in-july/feed/ 0 Hippie Hair http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/hippie-hair/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/hippie-hair/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:00:30 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=38 I spy a hippie
Scratching at his dread-locked hair
Maybe it is fleas

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/hippie-hair/feed/ 0 Kids Eat Free http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/kids-eat-free/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/kids-eat-free/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:10 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=44 I only go to
restaurants where kids eat free
I don’t eat out much

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/kids-eat-free/feed/ 0 Michael Vick vs. 2009 http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/michael-vick-vs-2009/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/michael-vick-vs-2009/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:30:21 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=82 Michael Vick could play
If anyone would take him
Which I have my doubts

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/michael-vick-vs-2009/feed/ 0 Bigger in Texas http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/bigger-in-texas/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/bigger-in-texas/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:29:32 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=101 It seems to be true
That everything really is
Bigger in Texas

Entered into the “Free Book Friday Haiku Contest“

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/bigger-in-texas/feed/ 0 T.G.I.F. http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/t-g-i-f/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/t-g-i-f/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:30:20 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=51 Thank God it’s Friday
What exactly does that mean?
Give me Saturday

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/t-g-i-f/feed/ 0 2010 NFL Draft http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/2010-nfl-draft/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/2010-nfl-draft/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:50:24 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=73 They are going to
expand the NFL draft
to three days next year

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/2010-nfl-draft/feed/ 0 Race Time In Indy http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/race-time-in-indy/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/race-time-in-indy/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:04:15 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=63 Race time in Indy
Many fans out about town
To watch the fast cars

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/race-time-in-indy/feed/ 0 Health Care Reform http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/health-care-reform/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/health-care-reform/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:19:19 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=35 Health care is not free
Despite what they are saying
Somebody will pay

Surge Bucket Media Related: “Health Care Reform” in Reality at Blue Shotgun

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/health-care-reform/feed/ 0 Fogo de Chão http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/fogo-de-chao/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/fogo-de-chao/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:08:23 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=32 Flip your card to green
Prepare yourself for the feast
Gauchos bring you meat

Inspired by Fogo de Chão in Indianapolis

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/fogo-de-chao/feed/ 1 Gasoline & Tasers http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/gasoline-tasers/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/gasoline-tasers/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:28:07 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=24 Sniffing gasoline
Then Tasered by the police
Man bursts into flames

Inspired by Ronald Mitchell

]]> http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/gasoline-tasers/feed/ 0 Google Wave http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/google-wave/ http://hiqoo.com/2009/07/google-wave/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:34:04 +0000 Brian Groce http://hiqoo.com/?p=17 Where is Google Wave
I need my invite right now
Hook me up today

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