2014 April 18 * NaPoWriMo * Day 18 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Electricity 
Flows between you and me 

The first time we touch.

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo 

#Haiku #Poem

2014 April 17 * NaPoWriMo * Day 17 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

The northern lights move

As if imitating us

During our first dance.

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo 

#Haiku #Poem

2014 April 16 * NaPoWriMo * Day 16 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

teetering on edge 

a blown glass pitcher wobbles

after the earthquake

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo 

#Haiku #Poem

2014 April 15 * NaPoWriMo * Day 15 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Poetry's beauty  

In the mind of the reader

Each sees his own way

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo 

#Haiku #Poem

2014 April 14 * NaPoWriMo * Day 14 [Poem]

Strategy Session (7 Haiku)
                
                Questions On Each Line except the last      
                    
Are you ready yet?
Can we get started right now?
Could you take minutes?


Did all teams show up?
Does headquarters have our stats?
Don't we have the edge?


How can we win this?
Might we spy on the others?
May I share my notes?


Shall we close the door?
Shant we keep this off record?
Should we send smoke screens?


Shouldn't we take care?
What if they figure it out?
When will we be done?
 
Where do we have flaws?
Why don't they suspect us yet?
Will we repeat this?

Won't they be surprised?
Would you read back the minutes?
Meeting is adjourned.  
                                        
By Cheryl Crockett                     
                 Click here for the Official Day 14 Prompt

#NaPoWriMo #Questions #Poem #haiku #Business #Meeting

2014 April 13 * NaPoWriMo * Day 13 [Poem]

He Understands Me (Kenning)

                

                A POEM of noun pairs

He understands me

With my city way
my country game
my welfare purse
my society name

I’ve got government schoolin’
And actress tastes
I’m a fashion fool
With a circus waist

He accepts me

And my laundry mountain
my kitchen skills
my number plays
and medicine pills

my hospital houseplants
my bacteria carpet
my mildew sink
graveyard garden

I accept him

Despite his success ambivalence
façade insecurity
Our height difference
And his wilderness need for me

I love

his heartland family
double decade car
He has a money job
and he's never seen cell bars

What a marriage match we'll make!

By Cheryl Crockett

                                          Wonderful and quick response to this poem!

Click here for the Official Day 13 Prompt
#NaPoWriMo #Kenning #Poem

2014 April 14 * NaPoWriMo * Day 14 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Warm water floating

Polar bear sits by himself

On an ice island 

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo #PolarBear #Glacier

#Haiku #Poem #Globalwarming

2014 April 13 * NaPoWriMo * Day 13 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Single mommy minnow

After raising baby fish

Goes back to school

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo

#Haiku #Poem

2014 April 12 * NaPoWriMo * Day 12 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Grandma fills the sink

Wiping crumbs and spilled ice cream

Kids with full bellies

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo

#Haiku #Poem 

2014 April 11 * NaPoWriMo * Day 11 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

An old friendship

Like a stale dry loaf of bread

Can start to crumble

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo

#Haiku #Poem 

2014 April 11 * NaPoWriMo * Day 11 [Poem]

I Need Some Wine To Love You (Blues)

                

                A PoeM OF WINE AND LOVE

I need some wine to love you ‘cause life with you’s so hard.

I need some wine to love you baby; life with you’s so hard.

Gotta down a couple glasses before we even start.

Always fighting over something; we always disagree.

It seems everything’s an argument; we always disagree.

When I think I want some Pinot, you bring white wine to me!

I ain't goin' no where baby but something gotta give!

Don't have no plans to leave you but something gotta give! 

When wine and love become a habit, that ain't no way to live! 

By Cheryl Crockett 

Click here forthe Official Day 11 Prompt

#NaPoWriMo #Blues #Poem #Song

2014 April 10 * NaPoWriMo * Day 10 [Poem]

Hug A Poet Today (Rap)
                

                An advertiseMent poeM

Hug a poet today!

Because poetry is cool

It is even more fun

Than what you learned in school

Hug a poet today!

Haters just don’t understand

All the love seems to go

To the singers and the bands

Hug a poet today!

Because we’re more than incidental

Without them every song would be

Purely instrumental!

By Cheryl Crockett 

Click here for the Official Day 10 Prompt

#NaPoWriMo #Rap

2014 April 10 * NaPoWriMo * Day 10 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Smell of fresh baked bread

Cookie jar on a high shelf

Grandmother's kitchen

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo

#Haiku #Poem  

2014 April 9 * NaPoWriMo * Day 9 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

Set an example.

Children need to see you read.

Turn off the TV! 

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo #senryu

#Haiku #Poem  

2014 April 9 * NaPoWriMo * Day 9 [Poem]

Five Song Pantoum
                

                Inspired By RandoM Song titles On A Playlist

                AMerican Idol is doing an 80's theMed show
                I CHOSE five songs froM the Top-8 4/9/14

Remember you can Call Me anytime.
She's stepping back; she's gonna keep it light.
Why did you have to say "The Girl Is Mine"?
Who wants to be the reason for your fight?

She's stepping back; she's gonna keep it light.
Go Through The Fire; put anger on a shelf.
Who wants to be the reason for your fight?
You will have to Keep Your Hands To Yourself.

Go Through The Fire; put anger on a shelf.

Although you tried to do your level best,
You will have to Keep Your Hands To Yourself.
Time After Time you couldn’t pass her test

Although you tried to do your level best,
Why did you have to say "The Girl Is Mine"?
Time After Time you couldn’t pass her test.

Remember you can Call Me anytime.

        By Cheryl Crockett
                   Here is the official Day 9 prompt      
       

 ‪#‎NaPoWriMo ‪#‎Pantoum ‪#‎Poetrymonth ‪#‎Poem #Playlist #AmericanIdol #Music #song

2014 April 8 * NaPoWriMo * Day 8 [Haiku]

    Haiku Poem

In Springtime houseplants

Waiting to be carried out

Reach for the window 

By Cheryl Crockett 

#NaPoWriMo

#Haiku #Poem   

2014 April 8 * NaPoWriMo * Day 8 [Poem]

To My Daughter

       REWRITING A FAMOUS POEM

       INSPIRED BY "MOTHER TO SON" BY LANGSTON HUGHES 

:

Come here girl you need to know
Don’t think my world’s a garden path!
I have been bitten by the rabid dogs
Who jumped their fences
And dug holes that made me stumble and fall
Hard
It took a while
I got back up limping
Grabbed some crutches
Picked up a flashlight
Mapped a new route
And continued on my way
Even when all I had was faith
And everyone else doubted my destiny
That’s why you can’t give up
Never bury your head
After you twist your ankle
And the dogs snarl and bark
With threatening teeth
Stand up straight
Like me baby

Don’t think my world’s a garden path!

By Cheryl Crockett

       

       Here is the official Day 8 prompt        

       

       #NaPoWriMo #LangstonHughes 

#Poetrymonth #Poem #MotherToSon