(quite literally poetry about lazy susans that go on the table!)
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History of the Lazy Susan
Rules of Haiku
Lazy Susan Poem
Inching towards the sky
The relationship is mutual
Transformation all takes time
Jill Ledet
Newport, OR
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I'm coming to eat you
As tasty as you will be
All flowers are a lure
Carolyn Beck
Medford, Oregon
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Poem #1
Added 8/4/01
"Lazy Susan"
by sweeetsuz
Lazy Susan took her turn
And then she turned to mine
While she watched I turned to tears
Then she left me far behind.
Lazy Susan was a lady
Turning all the long, long time
Her past was said to be so shady
But I longed to make her mine.
Lazy Susan turned to stone
Her heart turned hard as granite
She turned me into what she wanted
Then leaving me, as she planned it.
Lazy Susan turned a hand
She turned to give some aid
She was known throughout the land
She was such a turning maid
Lazy Susan turned too far
She really turned me mad
I determined to make her regret
For treating me so very bad.
She causes me such pain no more
As she is no longer able.
Lazy Susan now turns forever
Upon my kitchen table
ok...that is grim, but at least my lazy susans are about healing and happiness! -jms
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History of the Lazy Susan
Why is it called a Lazy Susan?
Lazy susan: a tireless tray
Nancy M. Kendall
Centuries ago, this revolving, serve-yourself tray was called a
dumbwaiter, a term we use today for a small elevator for moving food
between floors.
Sometime in the past 100 years, this set of revolving shelves was
renamed after the female servant it was designed to replace.
(Apparently, Susan was a popular name for a woman at the time.)
But "lazy" does not refer to Susan and her service at all.
Etymologists claim that the adjective pertains to the ease with which
guests can rotate the device on its spindle, in a lazy fashion, actually
giving Susan a break.
SOURCES: 'The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins,' by Robert
Hendrickson; The World Book Dictionary; Webster's Dictionary; The
Random House Dictionary.
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Rules of Haiku
Haiku is a contemplative poetry that valorizes nature, color, season, contrasts and surprises.
Usually it has 3 lines and 17 syllables distributed in 5, 7 and 5. It must register or
indicate a moment, sensation, impression or drama of a specific fact of nature. It's almost
like a photo of some specific moment of nature.
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More than inspiration, it's need meditation, effort and perception to compose a real Haiku.
For Detail on the Rules of Haiku, visit: How-To Haiku, and read up on haiku theory by Jane Reichhold.
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