Trump was not the first one to use a catering truck to board a plane

 President Trump used a catering truck to escape from Turkey in August 2026.

It reminded me of June 2014, when I/we also used a catering truck to board a plane in Turkey to return home.

We were visiting Van in eastern Turkey to visit the famous Van Cat Research Centre.  These cats are famous the world over for their pure white fur and one eye blue and the other amber.

It was there that my partner in crime had a mishap and broke her knee. An ambulance rushed us to a hospital where she underwent successful surgery.

We cancelled the rest of our planned itinerary and flew back to Toronto via Istanbul.

Van has a small airport. As her full leg was in a cast, she could not climb up the aero gangplank.

A quick-witted airline agent summoned the driver of the catering van, and he lifted us up to the plane.

beauty / sail / lower / Aug 14

 beauty / sail / lower / Aug 14

nautical beauty
sails lowered on the schooner
facing heavy winds

#haikuchallenge (beauty)
#BraveWrite (sail)
#haikufeels (lower)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

balance / psychiatrist / alert / Aug 13

 balance / psychiatrist / alert / Aug 13

balance is tilted
psychiatrist sounds alert
straitjacket ordered

#haikuchallenge (balance)
#BraveWrite (psychiatrist)
#haikufeels (alert)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

affection / rat / chew / Aug12

affection / rat / chew / Aug12

rats chew affection
dogs eschew indifference
love and loyalty

#haikuchallenge (affection)
#BraveWrite (rat)
#haikufeels (chew)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

alacrity / mariner / flow / Aug 11

 alacrity / mariner / flow / Aug 11

facing tsunami
mariner's alacrity
prevented mishaps

#haikuchallenge (alacrity)
#BraveWrite (mariner)
#haikufeels (flow)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

acumen / sterility / require Aug 10

 acumen / sterility / require  Aug 10

acumen required
for sterility to grow
in a habitat

#haikuchallenge (acumen)
#BraveWrite (sterility)
#haikufeels (require)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zetetic / beachcomber / air / Aug 09

 zetetic / beachcomber / air / Aug 09

beachcomber emerges
zetetic scorns the warning
air of nonchalance

#haikuchallenge (zetetic)
#BraveWrite (beachcomber)
#haikufeels (air)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zionist terrorism

 zinonist terrorism

gods smile, no they don't
not since the limbless children
rummage for water

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zephyr / rattan / check / Aug 08

 zephyr / rattan / check / Aug 08

gentle zephyr cools
pow wow over rattan mats
tempers kept in check

#haikuchallenge (zephyr)
#BraveWrite (rattan)
#haikufeels (check)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zenith / extinguish / inform

 zenith / extinguish / inform

hope is extinguished
between zenith and nadir
inform those asleep

#haikuchallenge (zenith)
#BraveWrite (extinguish)
#haikufeels (inform)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

yearn / aquatic / deflect / Aug 06

 yearn / aquatic / deflect / Aug 06

aquatic yearning
academic deflection
tightrope maneuvers

#haikuchallenge (yearn)
#BraveWrite (aquatic)
#haikufeels (deflect)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

yesterday/ teal / heat / Aug 05

 yesterday/ teal / heat / Aug 05

in yesterday's heat
teal swimming in tealish pond
a calm ambiance

#haikuchallenge (yesterday)
#BraveWrite (teal)
#haikufeels (heat)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

youth / mystery / thank / Aug 04

 youth / mystery / thank / Aug 04

infatuation
is no mystery in youth
cupid thanks eros

#haikuchallenge (youth)
#BraveWrite (mystery)
#haikufeels (thank)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xenophile / dance / impress / Aug 03

 xenophile / dance / impress / Aug 03

colonialism
inspired xenophile dancers
audience impressed

#haikuchallenge (xenophile)
#BraveWrite (dance)
#haikufeels (impreess)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xerosere / humane / limit / Ayg 02

 xerosere / humane / limit / Aug 02

gaza xerosere
limitless and inhumane
time favours no one

#haikuchallenge (xerosere)
#BraveWrite (humane)
#haikufeels (limit)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xeriscape / years / refine / Aug 01

 xeriscape / years / refine / Aug 01

years of firm resolve
xeriscape refines parched lands
reclaiming green earth

#haikuchallenge (xeriscape)
#BraveWrite (years)
#haikufeels (refine)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu  #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

whale / bluebird / entice / Jul 31

whale / bluebird / entice / Jul 31

an artist painted
a bluebird perched on a whale
enticing image

#haikuchallenge (whale)
#BraveWrite (bluebird)
#haikufeels (entice)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

weal / sleep / swim / Jul 30

 weal / sleep / swim / Jul 3

walk, hike, jog or swim
disturb not the sleeping weal
it is relevant

#haikuchallenge (weal)
#BraveWrite (sleep)
#haikufeels (swim)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

wave / boom / depend / Jul 29

 wave / boom / depend / Jul 29

that incessant wave
the boom of the drone depends
on forging terror

#haikuchallenge (wave)
#BraveWrite (boom)
#haikufeels (depend)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

vastness / empathy / sound / Jul 28

vastness / empathy / sound / Jul 28

vastness of debate
consensus on genocide
sound of empathy

#haikuchallenge (vastness)
#BraveWrite (empathy)
#haikufeels (sound)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

value / polish / continue / Jul 27

 value / polish / continue / Jul 27

continue valuing
high school science enterprise
polished achievement

#haikuchallenge (value)
#BraveWrite (polish)
#haikufeels (continue)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

valance / denim / warn / Jul 26

 valance / denim / warn / Jul 26

a denim valance
hung from the attic warning
to approach with care

#haikuchallenge (valance)
#BraveWrite (denim)
#haikufeels (warn)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

unique / race / consider / Jul 25

 unique / race / consider / Jul 25

love, war and power
consider that unique race
between gods and men

#haikuchallenge (unique)
#BraveWrite (race)
#haikufeels (consider)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

uplift / sheer / budget / Jul 24

 uplift / sheer / budget / Jul 24

sheer uplift by chance
closing loophole for business
hail the new budget

#haikuchallenge (uplift)
#BraveWrite (sheer)
#haikufeels (budget)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

unity / hill / scour / Jul 23

 unity / hill / scour / Jul 23

scour them in congress
unity in democrats
missing on the hill

#haikuchallenge (unity)
#BraveWrite (hill)
#haikufeels (scour)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

tango / paramour / assure / Jul 22

 tango / paramour / assure / Jul 22

all eyes on the floor
him with the ex paramour
an assured tango

#haikuchallenge (tango)
#BraveWrite (paramour)
#haikufeels (assure)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

tableau / aphorism / mention / Jul 21

 tableau / aphorism / mention / Jul 21

aphorism mentioned
a tableau lost in battle
that could herald peace

#haikuchallenge (tableau)
#BraveWrite (aphorism)
#haikufeels (mention)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

tacit / quaint / fuel / Jul 20

 tacit / quaint / fuel / Jul 20

tacit agreement
reached in the quaint palace
for sharing power

#haikuchallenge (tacit)
#BraveWrite (quaint)
#haikufeels (fuel)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

of cascading memories

lingering aura

of cascading memories

sepia flashback

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky

#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity

#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com

baithak.blogspot.com -------------

@FShirin

I think it is Emerson’s quote but yes the ornament of a house is the friends visiting,l. In the meantime though, material things make it beautiful.. specially for friendless people. like me.. or let’s just say people with few friends.

Put this together yesterday as I brought this console home from my office which is relocating. The console table was bought by me good eighteen yrs ago when we started our private practice.. it was in the waiting area, with magazines on it. Now it will remind me of all those good and productive times.. and I will cherish it even more.. Mirror has been here for eons that we have lived here..The artwork is from a Dublin’s local artist, a pen painting I got at the Trinity college whe we visited Alizeh.. Orchids, ofc a must in every nook. And the lamp! An acquisition from sometime ago that finally has a place.. I bought it on FB marketplace, from a lady who was very classy, very suave, as sleek and stylish as the lamp I remember.. why not.

She had a nice house too..

نظم بھی لکھ سکتی ہوں اس پر

I changed the shade .. to a more casual, textilish(not a word but ykwim) one..

موسمِ گُل نہ سہی۔۔ بام سجا ہوا تو ہے

·

sanguine / anathema / boast / Jul 19

sanguine / anathema / boast / Jul 19

sanguine dialogue
or boastful anathema
nervous populace

#haikuchallenge (sanguine)
#BraveWrite (anathema)
#haikufeels (boast)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

pulchritudinous

pulchritudinous

saudade, petrichor
a troubled inner sanctum
pulchritudinous

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

sanctum / vector / judge / Jul 18

 sanctum / vector / judge / Jul 18

can vector be judged
when the sanctum is within
alive and throbbing

#haikuchallenge (sanctum)
#BraveWrite (vector)
#haikufeels (judge)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

sacred / lotus / hover / Jul 17

 sacred / lotus / hover / Jul 17

hovering over
the floating sacred lotus
classic resilience

#haikuchallenge (sacred)
#BraveWrite (lotus)
#haikufeels (hover)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

redolence / pliant / float / Jul 16

 redolence / pliant / float / Jul 16

unsurprisingly
redolence of her glamour
floated pliantly

#haikuchallenge (redolence)
#BraveWrite (pliant)
#haikufeels (float)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

range / profundity / report / Jul 15

 range / profundity / report / Jul 15

sage's profundity
reportedly of vast range
awed the followers

#haikuchallenge (range)
#BraveWrite (profundity)
#haikufeels (report)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

radiant / chimera / aim / Jul 14

radiant / chimera / aim / Jul 14

fantasy unleashed
radiant chimera aimed
at the believers

#haikuchallenge (radiant)
#BraveWrite (chimera)
#haikufeels (aim)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

quest / stripe / cheat / Jul 13

quest / stripe / cheat / Jul 13

it was no mean quest
the cheat yearned for his stripes
ended as the boss

#haikuchallenge (quest)
#BraveWrite (stripe)
#haikufeels (cheat)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

queen / confabulate / orbit / Jul 12

 queen / confabulate / orbit / Jul 12

in inner orbit
with onset of alzheimer
queen confabulates

#haikuchallenge (queen)
#BraveWrite (confabulate)
#haikufeels (orbit)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

quail / artifice / guide / Jul 11

 quail / artifice / guide / Jul 11

the wily quail's guide
a strategem artifice
to capture victims

#haikuchallenge (quail)
#BraveWrite (artifice)
#haikufeels (guide)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

palanquin/acedia / agree / Jul 10

 palanquin/acedia / agree / Jul 10

agreement wanting
acedia afflicted
on a palanquin

#haikuchallenge (palanquin)
#BraveWrite (acedia)
#haikufeels (agree)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

pagoda / intrepid / chat / Jul 09

 pagoda / intrepid / chat / Jul 09

intrepid climber
chatting on a pagoda
braggadocio

#haikuchallenge (pagoda)
#BraveWrite (intrepid)
#haikufeels (chat)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

paean / abscond / delay / Jul 08

 paean / abscond / delay / Jul 08

the priest absconded
paeon to the king delayed
court disappointed

#haikuchallenge (paean)
#BraveWrite (abscond)
#haikufeels (delay)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

open / bruit / bargain / Jul 07

 open / bruit / bargain / Jul 07

a bruited bargain
open to misconception
lurking skepticism

#haikuchallenge (open)
#BraveWrite (bruit)
#haikufeels (bargain)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

onset / imperious / heal / Jul 06

 onset / imperious / heal / Jul 06

onset of healing
to fix imperiousness
ushers glad tidings


#haikuchallenge (onset)
#BraveWrite (imperious)
#haikufeels (heal)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

ode / comport / test / Jul 05

 ode / comport / test / Jul 05

ode to 250th a test
indigenous and migrants
comport each other

#haikuchallenge (ode)
#BraveWrite (comport)
#haikufeels (test)

#WritersOfBluesky #poetsofBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

nestle / storied / embed / Jul 04

 nestle / storied / embed / Jul 04

tall yarns of valor
embedded, nestled, storied
unverified myths

#haikuchallenge (nestle)
#BraveWrite (storied)
#haikufeels (embed)

#WritersOfBluesky #poetsofBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

nectar / marble / impose / Jul 03

 nectar / marble / impose / Jul 03

nectar of the gods
imposed on marble statues
for infinity

#haikuchallenge (nectar)
#BraveWrite (marble)
#haikufeels (impose)

#WritersOfBluesky #poetsofBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

nascent / allude / like / Jul 02

 nascent / allude / like / Jul 02

like nascent thinking
oblivious of pitfalls
alluding to sense

#haikuchallenge (nascent)
#BraveWrite (allude)
#haikufeels (like)

#WritersOfBluesky #poetsofBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

maple / abrade / notify / Jul 01

maple / abrade / notify / Jul 01

notify am back
enjoying maple syrup
absence abraded

#haikuchallenge (maple) #BraveWrite (abrade) #haikufeels (notify)
#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity

#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

heartstrings / mazarine / eject / Apr 02

 heartstrings / mazarine / eject / Apr 02

cassette ejected
but the music kept playing
mazarine heartstrings

#haikuchallenge (heartstrings)
#BraveWrite (mazarine)
#haikufeels (eject)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com