June 16, 2004


H is for Haiku

I love writing haiku poems! I wrote my first haiku in February 2002 titled "River", then wrote a couple more. The poems have trickled in since then. I go through gushing periods of haiku writing, then the well runs dry for weeks or months. Then a couple more. Then nothing. Such is the way of my writing; it's all or nothing. And, so today, since I'm still not feeling terribly well, I bring you some older haiku poems you might not have read yet. Enjoy.

River
Its smooth stone bottom
Moist with fresh water flowing
The river sooths me
February 2002

I (heart) Black Coffee
I love coffee black.
It makes my heart beat so fast!
Coffee is my love.
November 2002

Summer
2.
Here the summer blooms -
pretty flowers galore! - in
the field of my youth.

4.
The hot summer days
will be spent in the tall grass
watching the white clouds.

11.
On July the fourth
the dark night sky becomes bright
with red, white and blue.

12.
You must not go out
for the day without sunscreen.
SPF 30.
(part of a series done for Poetic Voices July 3, 2003.)

Thellytubby
2.
Chinese proverb says:
"Remember this, young feline,
cat nip is your friend."

5.
"How do i love thee?"
Asks chubby Thellytubby.
"I hoark on your bed!"
July 3, 2003

Pug Haiku
1.
Little scrunched up face.
How do you breathe through that nose?
Pant, pant, snort, snort, pant!

4.
Sweet little Trixie!
Mushed up pug face and bugged eyes.
You snort like a pig!
July 10, 2003

You can find more of my haiku poems in my Haiku Haven. Cheers!

Cheers, Hez