Picking up your dropped haikus
Published 12:08 pm Monday, May 23, 2016
April is National Poetry Month and this year to celebrate we asked you to create a haiku. We shared some on our social media, and had a virtual poetry slam on April 30th. Now comes the best part: seeing all your hard work in one place.
Before I present the list, I wanted to thank you all who sent us a haiku. Some of you sent more than one—how awesome is that?! Not everyone included a title, but if you did I bolded it.
I do need to disclose that a couple aren’t posted here because they did not meet the 5-7-5 syllable arrangement of a proper haiku. So if you don’t see yours here, I do apologize. Perhaps you’d consider sending us a revised haiku? I will post adjusted haikus at a later date, so please do send them in!
I made a few haikus into graphics because it’s easier to share them on social media that way. It doesn’t mean that those haikus were better than the others. It just means I had a readily available image template that fit that particular haiku theme. And when it comes to social media, the easiest path is the one most traveled.
One final note about the haikus: with the exception of the haikus I turned into graphics, which I am spreading evenly throughout this post, I am posting the rest in the order that they were received. If I had to rank them by how much I love them they would all be on one line together because they are all equally awesome.
Okay. On with the show!
There is Nothing Like a Book:
Hanging by a hook
There is nothing like a book
Nothing in the world
—Gerry Provencher
Untitled:
The air smells so sweet
The bushes and daffodils
Are just a cool treat!
—Amara
Your File:
Your file was so big
It might be very useful
But now it is gone
—Chris
Windows Crashed:
Windows Seven crashed
I am the blue screen of death
No one hears your screams
—Chris
Untitled:
Discover new worlds
In the pages of a book
Adventure awaits
—Rachel Wallis
Books:
From my books flow words.
In paragraphs and chapters
I immerse myself
—Liz Hawkins
Spring Fever:
Spring makes my blood rush
With the need to read and read
And then maybe nap.
—Kathleen Komos
Apartment Life:
Cockroaches frolic
In cubpoards filled with goodies
They touch all my stuff
—Ron Averill
100 Years After the Everett Massacre:
How I’m trespassing?
All I’m doing is sleeping?
Unlawful camping.
—Ti Burtzloff
Untitled:
We’re two falling stars
Battled to be beautiful
We’re one and the same
—Elizabeth Salinas
A Good Book:
The words draw me in
Time and space are forgotten
Even chores must wait
—June Carriere
May I help you?
Sitting at the desk
Ready to help you. But still
You walk by. Self serve?
—Alan
Untitled:
I want to do this
Keep calm and drop everything
And read a good book
—Leslie M.
Untitled:
Finally spring buds
Pink and sweet, bursting with life
Bees alight softly
—Celeste Moody
Untitled:
The sun shines brightly
Yet I am inside today
Reading a good book
—L. M.
Untitled:
Do you like to read?
I love reading and writing.
You should ALWAYS read.
—Summer Bailey
Untitled:
Butterflies are great.
Watching them flutter around.
Butterflies are cool.
—Nicole DeSoto
View From My Window:
A Spring green sea of
Trees, accented by splashes
Of milky white blooms.
—Orion Lyonesse
Untitled:
Skeins of cirrus clouds
Pearly white, drift lazily
On a sapphire sky
—Orion Lyonesse
ABCs:
One slim vapor trail,
Like God’s own finger, letters
Across azure skies.
—Orion Lyonesse
Above It All:
Pigeons, crows, and gulls
Wheel and bank upon the breeze,
Reaching for the clouds.
—Orion Lyonesse
Grind:
Daily grind, coffee
Only partially offsets
Daily grind, endless
—Ronnie Maier
Unrequited:
Plaintive meowing,
Desperate for attention.
My cat ignores me.
—Ronnie Maier
Untitled:
The Morrigan comes
To show more of herself through
Reading and learning
—N. Harrison
Untitled:
I like to eat pie
Pie is really delicious
Do you like pie too?
—Ava Baker Olsen
Untitled:
The news is in haikus
My personal gift to you
Thank you for the views
—Kaisen
Untitled:
Come on summer heat
Warm me from the inside out
Rays of sunshine, shine!
—Gloria
Untitled:
Imagine a world
Write it down for us to read
Forever a book
—Thomas Rubatino
Haiku:
Haiku Day is fun
If you can count to seven
Haiku fabulous!
—Gloria H.
Piggy:
My love, my anguish
Miss Piggy with attitude
Green envy and pride
—Kermit Frog (Gloria H.)
Spike:
Spikel-un-feickel
Un-ween-dog-eickel, my heart
Original weens
—Gloria H.
Yoga:
Downward dog, bend stretch
Namaste, Shavasana
Pigeon pose, creek, crick
—Gloria H.
Buddy:
Farrah hair, nose job
Best rescue I got for free,
Black and tan Dachshund.
—Gloria H.
Untitled:
Among all the books
I close my eyes and whisper
A new adventure
—Susan Hile
Achoo!
Achoo once again
Everywhere the sound of Spring
Allergy season
—Larry Maass
I Didn’t Sign Up For This:
Enveloped in pain,
I lay limp and contorted…
Yoga, boot camp style
—Maryanne Giolitti
Tick Tock:
Writer tapping nose
No song, poetry or prose
Tick tock, writer’s block
—Maryanne Giolitti
Virtual Walk on Hoyt:
Cool, gray asphalt roads
Traffic noises would be mild
Online, indoors—dry!
—Frank T. Morgan
Untitled:
By hook or by crook
Go to the stacks and just look
To find a great book
—Chuck B.
Untitled:
Just starting this job
Tomorrow is a big day
Hope I make it through
—Regina
Untitled:
Oh my mighty moon
Let me bask in your glory
For you are divine
—Lavanya
Passage:
Green shading deeper
Blue, faint now vivid, from gray
Winter wanes, spring gains
—Ed
Untitled:
That paperback smell-
Adolescent memories
Disguised as a book
—Karin Larsen
Untitled:
All symmetrical
Legos at the library
So satisfying
—Lindsay Steele
Untitled:
Help, I can’t find it
Let me look that up for you
It won’t take me long
—Maryanne Giolitti
Untitled:
Open the blank page
Imagination fills page
Magical story
—Lauren H.
Untitled:
Writers and readers
Use books and libraries to
Keep each other sane
—Staci B.
Untitled:
Reading classic books
New releases are out now
There’s something for all
—Lydia
Untitled:
April celebrates
National Poetry Month
This is a haiku
—Leslie M.
To Read:
To read is to be
Inside the pages, I see,
Hear, touch, taste and smell.
—Liz Hawkins
Untitled:
I love a good book!
When the words come together,
Then it all makes sense
—Eden
Untitled:
Are they truly real?
Glorious colors living
In Skagit tulips
—Margaret Remick
Untitled:
Wandering through shelves
Many book choices for me
Like a candy store
—Kyle Vold
Untitled:
You don’t want to know
Pottawatamie Hippo
He’s a wanna be!
—Margaret Remick
Smart Heart Start:
Reading makes you smart
Also less alone of heart
That’s just for a start…
—A. Ward
Reading:
Reading, so active
My imagination needs
A gym membership
—Tessa Borrego
Surrounded:
Surrounded by shelves
Words fill the pages of books
Lost in the story
—Lydia
My Grandmother, Elle:
Smart, classy, lady
Exceptional character
Values good coffee.
—Alicia MacDougall
The Slow (and Indeterminable) Demise of Seattle Windshield Wipers: A Tale of Friday Rush Hour:
Rubber drags on drop
-spritzed glass like teeth scraping tin.
When will your death come?
—Chelsey Slattum
For My Librarians:
Haiku just for you
Who shelve the books I adore
How can I thank you
—Larry Maass
Pacific NorthWet:
Does it ever stop
I said when I first came here
Referencing the RAIN
—Larry Maass
Banned:
The dog stands outside
Denied access to knowledge
Just for eating books
—Larry Maass
Untitled:
What do you see when
Your eyes are closed by your mind
Is open to all
—Larry Maass
Under F for Flight:
Dropsy popsy do
Read a little birdy book
Celebration flight
—Yvonne Davis
Untitled:
Do you like to read
Reading is so important
You should ALWAYS read
—Summer Bailey
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