Monthly Archives: April 2014
Haiku for the day: 04/30/14
Today is the last day of April, the end of my commitment to share a daily haiku as part of National Poetry Month. I have really appreciated having a daily outlet – and a chance to talk about the writing … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/29/14
This haiku is an entanglement of the moody weather and my weathered mood. I wrote it yesterday and forgot to post it here. You have my deepest apologies! when there’s nothing more to say, tension arcs between us – … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/28/14
It’s a bit windy out. In Kansas, that can be translated to any of the following: You seriously question the viability of your roof, probably because your neighbor’s shingles are littering your lawn. It means you don’t bother with hairspray … Continue reading
Haiku of the day: 04/27/14
Okay, there is this part of me I don’t like to admit exists, and she’s this person who really struggles with being a stepmother sometimes. He is a GREAT kid, smart and sweet one on one…and I know I struggled … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/26/14
Wasn’t being at home sick as a kid a pretty good time? I never had any Ferris Bueller type adventures, but still I got to sleep in, had meals brought to my bed, and no matter how miserable I felt, … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/25/14
It turns out that the pain medications they have you take for even a minor outpatient surgery makes me VERY incapable of much aside of drooling at the TV. So I didn’t try for much outside of that niche. I’ve … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/23/14
This is the poem that wrote itself the night before last, which lodged itself loudly into my ears until I had to commit it to paper. I’d forgotten it until this morning and, upon opening my journal, I was pleasantly … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/22/14
Last night I wrote a poem in my half-asleepedness and scrawled it into my bedside journal in the dark. I couldn’t sleep with it sing-songing in my head. I left it at home, though, and have no way of knowing … Continue reading
Haiku for the day: 04/21/14
I am not really sorry, although perhaps I should be, for posting so many poems here in one day. I am feeling a little energized by the dazzling clouds and mild temperatures (they say we’ll have a whole week in … Continue reading
Haiku for the day 04/20/14
As I seem to be a bit more chipper today, and am only weaving like the mildly drunk, play-acting at getting smashed, I am also play-acting as though I have the energy to live a regular grown-up day – at … Continue reading
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