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Is It Normal?

BY: @owasco | CREATED: April 19, 2026, 2:49 p.m. | VOTES: 303 | PAYOUT: $6.92 | [ VOTE ]

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After my first resounding success of "Is It Normal...?" haiku, the universe kept on presenting me with more of them. Often I am in the garden when they come to me. Was it a toad that told me?

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is it normal
to think
that toads can speak?

is it normal
to not want to be
a trailblazer?

is it normal
to fret
after the choice is made?

is it normal
to rush rush rush
every step of the way?

is it normal
to step on none of the toes
in any room?

is it normal
to feel naked
without your phone?

is it normal
to consider the absurd
to be normal?

is it normal
to stand quietly
and breathe?

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Please watch this.

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Allow me to toot my own horn for a bit.I looked through my old posts to find the image for this post, and found it on this post, which was surprisingly good!

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Image by @wales, Dean Moriarty

TAGS: [ #haiku ] [ #poetry ] [ #sourceconnection ] [ #arise ] [ #brianwashing ]

Replies

@zekepickleman | April 19, 2026, 2:59 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

I think all of those are normal and each will resonate with someone. Toes can coexist in harmony and just because we can’t understand toads, doesn’t mean they aren’t speaking. Probably asking us why we are getting rid of forests!

@owasco | April 19, 2026, 3:04 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

I have so many toads in my tiny yard! I've instructed my lawn mower not to weed whack a large patch in the back, so that the toads have an environment to live in. My tiny contributin to the toads. I love them!

@zekepickleman | April 19, 2026, 3:45 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Haha that's awesome! I let a couple flowerbeds grow wild with wildflowers so the critters have a place to gather and feed. Every little bit helps.

@preparedwombat | April 20, 2026, 3:30 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

is it normal
to wonder why they
fear life?

@owasco | April 21, 2026, 3:05 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

I think so!

@deirdyweirdy | April 21, 2026, 1:19 p.m. | Votes: 3 | [ VOTE ]

Is it fair that you
have so many toads while I,
I languish, toadless?

@owasco | April 21, 2026, 3:04 p.m. | Votes: 3 | [ VOTE ]

while you sit
in your dome
I freeze my ass off in snow

@deirdyweirdy | April 21, 2026, 4:11 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Hahaha. Brilliant!
It's 11C outside and 30C in the dome.

@saltycat | April 23, 2026, 11:56 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

I love how your poem(s) has inspired all these witty replies.
Normal is a myth,
I’d rather chase a bright joke,
than walk a straight line.

@owasco | April 25, 2026, 1:11 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

How did I miss this comment?!

Next time I do this I will have to clarify that I am using the word "normal" to mean "not pathological." I think much of conventional behavior these days is pathological.

>I’d rather chase a bright joke,
than walk a straight line.

I love that about you.

@carolkean | April 24, 2026, 11:34 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Is it normal
To have as much talent
as @owasco?

Love these!

Is it normal
to type "brian" washing
or was she brain washed by Brian?

Is it normal
to doubt every doctor
but trust a willow tree?

@scribblingramma | April 27, 2026, 12:13 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Could it be normal
To forget to read Hive posts
For over a week?

@owasco | April 27, 2026, 12:23 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

/Sure could be! I wish I could forget about this place now and then.

is it normal
to constantly refresh
on Hive?

@riverflows | April 27, 2026, 9:08 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Oh I can't imagine you avoiding any toes - in a good way!!

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