humor &mdash; updraft https://updraft.writeas.com/tag:humor a small selection of personal writings Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:13:31 +0000 updraft https://updraft.writeas.com/updraft?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[About updraft and its author Just what the world needs: another blog, right? #about Thanks #about Poetry Freedom #poem #freeverse #humor #truestory Delivery #poem #rhyme #humor Dance #poem #freeverse #transform Misteaks #poem #freeverse #political Old Glory #poem #freeverse End #poem #freeverse Dreams #poem #freeverse #horror Balance #poem #rhyme #humor Reunion #poem #freeverse Seen from Space #poem #rhyme Who is she? #poem #rhyme #horror After midnight #poem #freeverse #shape Dolls #poem #freeverse #horror Rejects #poem #freeverse #political Salt #poem #freeverse #horror West #poem #freeverse The Ballad of Za #poem #longpoem #rhyme Prose What New Direction? #prose #story #longstory Rain #prose #story Tunnels #prose #horror Dusk #prose Space Pilot #prose #story #humor #horror Eclipse #prose #story #humor Bones #prose ON AIR #prose #story #transform Escape #prose #story #horror #transform Donkey #prose #story #zen Pet #prose #story #humor Representative #prose #story First meeting #prose #story Hashtags Note that clicking a hashtag will return only the 10 most recent relevant posts. about #poem #freeverse #rhyme #longpoem #shape #prose #story #longstory #humor #horror #zen #political #transform #truestory Cook roasting chestnuts outdoors with steam rising. updraft logo. Blog and author description.]]> About updraft and its author

Just what the world needs: another blog, right? #about Thanks #about

Poetry

Freedom #poem #freeverse #humor #truestory Delivery #poem #rhyme #humor Dance #poem #freeverse #transform Misteaks #poem #freeverse #political Old Glory #poem #freeverse End #poem #freeverse Dreams #poem #freeverse #horror Balance #poem #rhyme #humor Reunion #poem #freeverse Seen from Space #poem #rhyme Who is she? #poem #rhyme #horror After midnight #poem #freeverse #shape Dolls #poem #freeverse #horror Rejects #poem #freeverse #political Salt #poem #freeverse #horror West #poem #freeverse The Ballad of Za #poem #longpoem #rhyme

Prose

What New Direction? #prose #story #longstory Rain #prose #story Tunnels #prose #horror Dusk #prose Space Pilot #prose #story #humor #horror Eclipse #prose #story #humor Bones #prose ON AIR #prose #story #transform Escape #prose #story #horror #transform Donkey #prose #story #zen Pet #prose #story #humor Representative #prose #story First meeting #prose #story

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]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/updraft Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:29:33 +0000 Freedom https://updraft.writeas.com/freedom?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[today was freedom day for the water in the pipes!--more-- in the apartment just above us and it poured right through our ceiling with a joy of liberation and who could really blame it if you saw where it had come from but i caught it and corralled it all with buckets and with towels and with photos for insurance and the handyman came over and complained about their plumbing and the moral of the story is be careful that your freedom may have unexpected consequences #poem #freeverse #humor #truestory 2018-09-11]]> today was freedom day for the water in the pipes in the apartment just above us and it poured right through our ceiling with a joy of liberation and who could really blame it if you saw where it had come from but i caught it and corralled it all with buckets and with towels and with photos for insurance and the handyman came over and complained about their plumbing and the moral of the story is be careful that your freedom may have unexpected consequences

#poem #freeverse #humor #truestory 2018-09-11

]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/freedom Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:56:02 +0000 Delivery https://updraft.writeas.com/delivery?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[When Montague got up to speak, I felt my fortitude grow weak.!--more-- With wit and charm, and richly dressed, His audience was full impressed. He struck a pose upon the stage In front of lovers half my age, And thus regaled us with his power For slightly more than half an hour. And when at last he took his bows, To such applause as form allows, I sat composed, demurely plain, And felt myself go quite insane. #poem #rhyme #humor 2018-09-05]]> When Montague got up to speak, I felt my fortitude grow weak. With wit and charm, and richly dressed, His audience was full impressed.

He struck a pose upon the stage In front of lovers half my age, And thus regaled us with his power For slightly more than half an hour.

And when at last he took his bows, To such applause as form allows, I sat composed, demurely plain, And felt myself go quite insane.

#poem #rhyme #humor 2018-09-05

]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/delivery Thu, 06 Sep 2018 06:02:45 +0000 Space Pilot https://updraft.writeas.com/space-pilot?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[“Join the Space Force, see the galaxy,” they said. “It’s glamorous,” they said. Yeah, well that may have been true once!--more--, 300 years ago, before the Singularity. But now? I do get to see the galaxy, from the observation deck, but the wonder wears off. The bots are kind, but I’m not needed as crew. I’m cargo, a life sample, a bibelot and bargaining chip, in case we meet life and the AI space pilot needs to negotiate. #prose #story #humor #horror 2018-07-29]]> “Join the Space Force, see the galaxy,” they said. “It’s glamorous,” they said. Yeah, well that may have been true once, 300 years ago, before the Singularity. But now?

I do get to see the galaxy, from the observation deck, but the wonder wears off.

The bots are kind, but I’m not needed as crew. I’m cargo, a life sample, a bibelot and bargaining chip, in case we meet life and the AI space pilot needs to negotiate.

#prose #story #humor #horror 2018-07-29

]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/space-pilot Fri, 03 Aug 2018 21:09:48 +0000 Eclipse https://updraft.writeas.com/eclipse?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[“Darling, so good of you to call!” The agent hated these sorts of calls.!--more-- “Yes I’ve seen her reviews. Yes they were pretty good. Not like yours at that age though. Darling, you’re just standing back a little, passing on the baton for a while, letting them have their chance. Your public still loves you. And if anything, they see you as more gracious than ever. There’s no way you’ve been eclipsed. Talk to you again soon darling. Ciao!” #prose #story #humor 2018-07-28]]> “Darling, so good of you to call!” The agent hated these sorts of calls.

“Yes I’ve seen her reviews. Yes they were pretty good. Not like yours at that age though.

Darling, you’re just standing back a little, passing on the baton for a while, letting them have their chance. Your public still loves you. And if anything, they see you as more gracious than ever. There’s no way you’ve been eclipsed.

Talk to you again soon darling. Ciao!”

#prose #story #humor 2018-07-28

]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/eclipse Fri, 03 Aug 2018 21:05:38 +0000 Balance https://updraft.writeas.com/balance?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[A unicycle mistress Once rode into my life.!--more-- She pirouetted regally And said she’d be my wife. Her perfect sense of balance Allowed her to gyrate. Her rotten sense of timing meant She was ten years too late. #poem #rhyme #humor 2018-07-06]]> A unicycle mistress Once rode into my life. She pirouetted regally And said she’d be my wife.

Her perfect sense of balance Allowed her to gyrate. Her rotten sense of timing meant She was ten years too late.

#poem #rhyme #humor 2018-07-06

]]> https://updraft.writeas.com/balance Fri, 03 Aug 2018 20:52:16 +0000 Pet https://updraft.writeas.com/pet?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[We had to sell the car to buy the giraffe.!--more-- I'd always wanted one - two, actually, but we compromised. It wasn't happy under the stairs, so we gave it its own room and painted it pink, which was its favorite color. It caused a stir taking it for walks, and we were banned from the dog park. I fed it fish fingers, and that was my mistake. It ran away, to the suburbs, and was last seen hunting on Acacia Avenue. I miss my giraffe, but I'm glad it's happy. And I don't feel so bad, now I have a cat - a lynx actually. I'd always wanted one, or two, but we compromised. #prose #story #humor 2018-06-03]]> We had to sell the car to buy the giraffe. I'd always wanted one - two, actually, but we compromised. It wasn't happy under the stairs, so we gave it its own room and painted it pink, which was its favorite color. It caused a stir taking it for walks, and we were banned from the dog park. I fed it fish fingers, and that was my mistake. It ran away, to the suburbs, and was last seen hunting on Acacia Avenue. I miss my giraffe, but I'm glad it's happy. And I don't feel so bad, now I have a cat - a lynx actually. I'd always wanted one, or two, but we compromised.

#prose #story #humor 2018-06-03

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