Focus, Daniel-san

Words to live by, from Karate Kid sensei Mr. Miyagi. Haiku are a great device to concentrate the mind--there's nothing worth saying that can't be said in 17 syllables. If legislative bills and budgets had to be submitted in haiku form, just think. When longtime station friend, singer and songwriter Dan(iel-san) Berggren, sent in a few haiku for the season--(here's one):

platoon of bluejays
makes the neighborhood aware
hunger is constant

I thought I would give you all haiku homework for the Thanksgiving break. Send in one or more contributions matching the conventional pattern:

seventeen word-bits,
lines of five, seven, and five:
haiku-shaped object