One of the reasons I wasn't sure I was going to be able to post another poem today is that I needed to cover the first annual literacy night at my local middle school, when the topic was poetry.  The evening's title was "You're a Poet--Did Ya Know It?"

One of the miniworkshops was on haiku, so, here's what I did:

Alpacas in spring
fluffy stuffed ( Read more... )

April ( Read more... )

I think maybe I have the haiku pattern down, if not always the complete attitude. I left a note for HH (handsome husband) about supper before I rushed out to cover a meeting and here's how it came out ( Read more... )

Haiku

Black and white juncos,
chickadees, and woodpeckers
print the winter snow.

--Katherine Quimby Johnson. All rights reserved.

I like haiku. This one started out drab, with the last line reading "flit at my feeder." But I kept playing with those five syllables. When the last line popped into my mind, it was a lovely suprise.