This haiku was inspired by Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge, “Justice.” I am sharing this poem with JusJoJan: Spell because I had to spell some words in order to write this post. 🙂 I am also linking to DVerse OLN. Unfortunately, I missed the live portion, but it’s okay because I was having a very good day even without that. I hope to make it next time. Tomorrow I intend to post a longer poem than one haiku.
Haiku / Senryu / Tanka
Sorry, Mom
Inspired by Ronovan’s haiku prompt for the week, as well as JusJoJan day 7: Caught.
Mom has hopes for her:
Sweet child to grow in greatness,
Not caught nor stunted
Adorable baby girl
Bomb inside her DNA
At the End of the Year
As probably everyone is writing about today, it is New Year’s Eve, the last day of this dumpster fire called 2020, and tomorrow is the first day of the new year 2021. I wasn’t particularly excited for this day because it’s not like everything is going to go away at midnight, like what happened to Cinderella at the ball, only good. New Year’s Eve seems unnecessarily weighty, especially this year. However, of course there is hope; there is a sense of newness and possibility, which inspired this tanka for MLMM’s Heeding Haiku. The photo is from exactly one year ago. Let’s hope we can start writing in cafés again! 😀
Christmas Shopping is Super FUN!
Day 21 of the Christmas challenge is FUN! This is an easy word to use in a post because the Christmas challenge itself is fun, as are many other prompts and challenges and, to me, almost any sort of creative writing. These haiku that I wrote today for Ronovan Writes overlap with the FUN prompt, making it even more fun. 🙂 I’m also sharing with the Writers’ Pantry.
Children open gifts —
Adults discover solace
Watching kids have fun
All the craziness is worth it (I hope). Shopping hasn’t been as “crazy” as in previous years because I’ve done almost all of it online, but I still need to order one or two things. To a certain extent, I liked shopping in the stores because I could browse and find a good idea for a gift that I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.
Frenetic prelude —
Open presents, seek solace
Silent night at last!
Hope Is Connection
This first poem is for Linda Kruschke’s paint-chip poetry week 50(!), as well as for this prompt about connection.
Insanely Mad and Nervous
I wanted to post more than just a haiku today, but this is for FOWC: Nerve and also Ronovan Writes’ haiku prompt for the week, so that is good enough for me. 😅 The title is kind of a joke.
In a world gone mad,
Nervous we might never get
Back to being sane
Into the Holiday Season
I wrote this tanka while watching Jeopardy tonight, because Alex Trebek said, “We are now well into the holiday season.” For those who don’t know, he passed away shortly before Thanksgiving, but because he had recorded several weeks of shows in advance, they are airing those. It was eerie that he said that on the show because he didn’t get to actually get into the holiday season. So, looking at my family’s Christmas tree, which we put up just a few days ago, I wrote this, also for the Christmas Challenge day 8.
Christmas tree watches
Alex Trebek on TV —
Enlighten the room
Ornamental memories,
Mementos hang from branches
Stuck in a Machine
This senryu is for Fandango’s flash-fiction challenge #94, and I’m also sharing with the Writers’ Pantry. The image below is from Ryan McGuire at Pixabay.
Biased media —
Stuck inside a spin cycle
Nobody gets clean
Joyous
To me, one of the most joyous activities is reading a wide variety of books! I wrote this haiku (or is it a senryu?) for FOWC: Voracious. All I want for Christmas is books and the time to read them! And to be able to go to Mass, but don’t even get me started on that topic…
(Dis)obedience
For this week’s paint-chip poetry, Linda wants us to choose only 2 or 3 paint chips and to write a tanka. The theme is “obedience.” I actually obeyed that, at least mostly. 🙂 I tried to make it funny, or at least punny.
Disobedience:
I will not make lemonade
From lemons — I’ll make
Coffee, eggs sunny-side up:
Since I’m going to break, fast!
