12-16-12

Handel's Messiah
four hours of good music
went with family.

Ahhh:-)

Carousel haiku

Carousel dream world
stars glisten, life goes around
full of ups and downs.

With full chested roar
my lion looks a wonder
glazed, frozen, perfect.

11-20-12

Insecurity
New boss is out to get me.
Do i belong here?

Return to old job.
"This is not the place for you."
What did she mean then?

Blessings. count them child.
home, family, income, friends.
God is in control.

Simple short verses
Why don't i write more often?
centering the mind.

loneliness follows
anger about things i can't
control. Hello friend?

Single and Thirty
i want a man whose pants are
not tighter then mine.

November 9th

silence reigned, tick tock
lonesome toys on long school days
unbreathing stiff wait.

how fast the days pass
when my list is twice as long.
fulfilled i breathe deep.

while driving 10-5

not interested
true love, purity
yet he's not my ONE.

Brokenheartedness,
my own illusion shattered.
Wait for loves' first kiss.

A foul mood
writing some melancholy poetry
will help me smile.

how i feel

Great not really "date"
with my not really "boyfriend".
Why can't I tell him?

Great haiku by Sid Farrar

Surprised by her new
webbed feet, tadpole considers
a career on shore

Way to sum up how i feel right now! This tadpole is me. I am looking for a career in art.
The ultimate goal is to be children's author & illustrator.

a poem

The sun burns quietly.
The August breeze tickles me
as it passes. City streets let go
the madness of summer heat.
Rest now, in this space,
before Fall jumps down.

Missing Haiku

time away from you
doesn't mean i don't recall
how much i love you.

I miss writing you
Haiku, my dear, so simple.
Peace, I breathe you in.

manifesto

My quest has begun,
Jesus art will be produced.
I am terrified.

With fear and trembling
I will make art about Christ.
lord guard me from "them".

8- 27-12 a rainy day

Rain rain go away.
Come again another day-
American haiku.

No one goes out now,
Crickets like artilery,
house hunkered down; rain.

stocking feet, hot tea,
curling up with a good book:
Rainy day delights.

museum quiet
my gallery is empty
What's a girl to do?

Egypt

Inspired by a doodle on a postcard TMTE

A lotus floats by.
What disturbed its peaceful bed?
Crocodile's lunch.

(This story can grow.
Write the next haiku to pass
to friends here at work.)

Waiting/ Traffic

Waiting in the car
stuck with nothing to do as
time slowly passes.


Traffic creeps along
painfully inch by inch. Rush Hour
the great oxymoron.

Control

God is in control.
remind me daily of it
God is in control.

8-17-12

chocolate lingers
in my tummy in my brain
happy feeling stays.

Jessi Bair

So this week I've thought of haiku that expressed how i feel about a certain friendship. However, that person also reads this blog so it would NOT be okay to write about said person. Then there are friends like Jessi who call me out of the blue and really make me smile. And so haiku,

if you visit me at work
shake me by the shoulders
til I smile.

(Yes, still counts. 17 syllables. And yes, true story. My bad habit of not looking at the grownups REALLY got me in trouble this time.)

Grr

Change produces thought
the feelings of discontent
fear and joy unknown

Book of my own

So the book that this other woman published, and got paid for, that I didn't like (see original post). It was haiku for the single girl. Well today I started to write my own book Single and Thirty. 

Single and thirty
no responsibilities
kids, husband, or dog.

Single and thirty
independent thinker with
no one to warn me.

Single and thirty
unsure of the future. When
will I feel secure?

Single and thirty
still broke with bills to pay. Why
don't jobs pay ten bucks?

I'll add more verses as they come. But this is where I am today.

Carousel ~3 poems

Comfy lion. I sit
sweet smile go round and round.
my carousel joy.

Bouncy puppet
full of joy, entertain me while i ride
carousel.

Babies stare and drool
giggles and snorts of all sorts
round and round we go.

closing LEGO gallery

Lego build and smash
green screen email, Duplo car.
Please don't close Lego!

7-29-12

What to do when lost
kneel pray, ask directions, cry.
Never alone, stand.

7-26-12

In class
     please please stop talking
     your words float over me like waves
     without air i die.

Words fascinate me
the thirsting for words drives me
read devour write.

10pm 7-25-2012

Haiku, haiku
make me run after you
like catching bubbles
with the hand.

(17 syllables- it still counts.)

Found Haiku

"Change is difficult,

but often essential to

survival."-Citizens.

This is the tag line for my water & gas company. I often wonder why some tag lines work better. It's because of the number of syllables they are using. Utilities haiku!

7-24-2012

The fresh snap pop sound
ice cold Pepsi, mine-not yours.
Sugary bubbles.

also 7-19-2012

My tummy grumbles.
Daisies look like gumdrops or
rollos. Lunch is when?

7-19-2012

It finally rained
today while you were at work
sorry you missed it.

Breathe deep earth! Suck in
every drop of rain. This drought
dries my spirit too!

Rain you could dance in
not just a sprinkle, real rain
girlish barefoot rain.

The seed

For years now I've been attracted to haiku poems. I love the Japanese masters of old and how they can shrink human emotion, a moral lesson and a season into three tiny lines.  I have now read every book of haiku in my public county library.
The last book of haiku that I read stunk! In frustration i said to myself, "I'll have to write a book of my own." So welcome to my haiku blog.