Tuesday, February 9, 2016

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 11

Haiku #43 
(February 10, 2013)

Facing a deadline
Searching for words
Page fright

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem 

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 10 (BONUS)

Haiku #42 #NaHaiWriMo Day 10 Prompt: Garden
(February 10, 2013)

Paws move swiftly
Atop a tall wooden fence
Lowered hanging prey

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 8 (BONUS)

Haiku #39 #NaHaiWriMo Day 8 Prompt: Hike
(February 8, 2013)

Daily urban hike
Euphorious gratitude
Passing the graveyard

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem 

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 10

Haiku #41 
(February 10, 2013)

step off the scale
remember new year's promise
heart-shaped box

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 9

Haiku #40
(February 9, 2013)

Facing the headstone
She sobs, kicking mounded soil
Then wipes her lips.

by Cheryl Crockett
#grave #cemetery
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 8

Haiku #39
(February 8, 2013)

Saturday mourning
Woman sheds tears by a grave
Dark distant stranger.

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

This was re-mixed (reinterpreted) by
poet, Ed Bremson, on Twitter:

@EdBremson wrote:

by a grave
woman shedding tears
Saturday mourning
(after @poetatete)

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 7

Haiku #38
(February 7, 2013)

Laundered rag ready
Mother pours from a carton
Her toddler wiggles

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 6 (BONUS)

Haiku #37 #NaHaiWriMo Day 6 Prompt: Rice
(February 6, 2013)

Soft strategic steps
Sneaky, stealthy and silent
Feet on rice paper

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 6

Haiku #37
(February 6, 2013)

stealthy crayons
lowered into hell
a boy waits

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem 

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 5

Haiku #36
(February 5, 2013)

Full-length mirror
Oscillating fan
Beyonce' hair swish
Sprained my neck

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 4

Haiku #35
(February 4, 2013)

Count your syllables
Five-Seven-Five is a "thing".
You cannot stop it.

by Cheryl Crockett
#575 #syllables
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 3 (BONUS)

Haiku #34 #NaHaiWriMo Day 3 Prompt: "Cheese"
(February 3, 2013)

I came teachable
You with knowledge
Now my cheese is missing.

by Cheryl Crockett
#WhoMovedMyCheese #motivation #senryu #humor
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 3

Haiku #34
(February 3, 2013)

I stand to my feet
And watch Sandy Hook kids sing
With tears in my eyes.

by Cheryl Crockett
#SandyHook #masacre #memorial
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem 

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 2 (BONUS)

Haiku #33 
(February 2, 2013)

The groundhog's pardoned.
He did not see his shadow;
Therefore stays alive.

by Cheryl Crockett
#GroundhogDay
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 2

Haiku #33 #NaHaiWriMo Day 2 Prompt: Eggs
(February 2, 2013)

When eggs separate
Nothing holds together
No yolk!

by Cheryl Crockett
#Funny #Joke #humor
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 1 (EXTRA)

Bonus Haiku #32 #NaHaiWriMo Day 1 Prompt: Pasta

Consider calamari
Imagine ink-
stained tongue

by Cheryl Crockett
#6words #Italian #cuisine
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 1 (BONUS)

Bonus Haiku #32 #NaHaiWriMo Day 1

summer solstice
apple of gratitude
in a teacher's humble hands

by Cheryl Crockett
#teacher #k12 #school
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem

2013 ~ Cheryl's Everyday Haiku ~ February 1

Haiku #32
(February 1, 2013)

Wonderful Warm-up
Now the real work can begin
Haiku writing month

by Cheryl Crockett
#1aday2013 #haiku #3YearOldPoem