2021 NOV 26 * #2021CEH

        Haiku

cargo boat logjams

supply chain disruptions ebb
near empty harbors

By Cheryl Crockett 

#2021CEH #haiku #poem 
#supplyanddemand #boat #cargo #economy

#supplychain #logjam #harbor
#CherylsEverydayHaiku

2021 AUG 11 * #2021CEH

                                  Haiku

well after midnight

eyes open, I want someone 

to wake the sandman 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 

#CherylsEverydayHaiku  #midnight #wideawake 

#insomnia #sleep #bedtime

#Childrenspoems #CherylsPoemsForKids

2021 AUG 10 * #2021CEH

                                  Haiku

stocking their classrooms

with pencils, notebooks and masks 

regret prevention 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #classroom #maskmandate

#teacher #K12 #education #COVID19

2021 AUG 9 * #2021CEH

                                 Haiku

let's climb this mountain

and raise our hands to heaven 

clouds are below us 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 

#CherylsEverydayHaiku  #cloud #mountain 

#climb #Childrenspoems #CherylsPoemsForKids

2021 AUG 8 * #2021CEH

                                Haiku

as the decades pass

men I have met tell tall tales 

fiction rewritten 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 

#CherylsEverydayHaiku  #fiction #revisionist 

#history #men #liars #decades #talltales

2021 JUL 21 * #2021CEH

                               Haiku

baking with grandpa

little fingers wipe the whisk

taste of cookie dough 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 
#CherylsEverydayHaiku  #cookie #dough 

#baking #whisk #grandpa #taste #familytime
#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 JUL 19 * #2021CEH

                              Haiku

tennis ball sized hail

bounces at the country club

rackets in storage 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 
#CherylsEverydayHaiku #tennis #countryclub #rackets
#storage #tennisball #sport #bounce #summer #storm #hail

2021 JUN 25 * #2021CEH

                             Haiku

Crowds outside courtroom

Far from permanent justice
No happy faces

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 
#CherylsEverydayHaiku #BLM #justice
#guilty #Chauvin #GeorgeFloyd #jailtime #sentencing

2021 JUN 24 * #2021CEH

                            Haiku

Tardy tax refund

Postal workers pass daily
My empty mailbox

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry 
#CherylsEverydayHaiku #tax #refund
#USPS #empty #mail #postal #worker

2021 JUN 19 * #2021CEH

                            Haiku

Teen pins a corsage

Decked out in his rented tux

Smell of acne cream 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry
#CherylsEverydayHaiku #haikuchallenge #deck 

#prom #teen #corsage #school #dance #date #smell

#acne #cream #highschool #tuxedo #homecoming

2021 JUN 18 * #2021CEH

                           Haiku

Tone deaf busker croons 

Unexpected key changes

Captive train riders 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry #singer #train #keychange

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #tonedeaf #busker #riders #subway

#commute #trainride #modulation #crooner #karaoke #music

This is a remix of a haiku I wrote in 2014:

Subway singer doesn't care

The song has no key changes
He adds seven.

By Cheryl Crockett 

#1aday2014 #haiku #poem
#busker #singoffkey #musician
#TrueStory #CaptiveAudience

2021 JUN 17 * #2021CEH

                          Haiku

Petal explosion 

Bridesmaids become

Wedding clashers

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry #bride #groom #wedding

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #bouquet #flowers #petals #bouquettoss

#reception #flowergirl #bridesmaid #senryu #6words #JuneWedding

2021 JUN 16 * #2021CEH

                         Haiku

Outdoors, bugs roam free

But you came inside my home.
Meet my sneaker's sole

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry #bugs #exterminator #ant

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #roach #mosquito #insect #insecticide
#sneaker #shoe

2021 JUN 12 * #2021CEH

                        Haiku

Painted in my bowl

Gondolier points with his oar
At my next dumpling

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry #dumpling

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #gondolier #art #ceramic #bowl #China #ChineseFood
#lunch #oar #rowing #Cherylspoems4kids #Childrenspoems #YellowRiver

2021 JUN 11 * #2021CEH

                       Haiku

Mom's Saturday trick

She wakes us up without words 

Smell of warm waffles

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry #parenting

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #silence #wakeup #mom #Saturday
#aroma #smell #trick #magic #weekend #waffles #breakfast

#Cherylspoems4kids #Childrenspoems

2021 JUN 09 * #2021CEH

                      Haiku

Weeping willows sway

I sit in their shade and ask 

"Why are you crying?"

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #tree #shade
#weeping #crying #willow #whatsinaname 

#Cherylspoems4kids #Childrenspoems

2021 JUN 08 * #2021CEH

                     Haiku

Ship captains look up

Constellations show the way 

With moon-ful guidance

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #moon #nautical
#boating #ships #cruise #ocean #vessel
#stars #heavens #constellations #navigation 

#anchor #seaworthy #astronomy #lookup

2021 JUN 05 * #2021CEH

                    Haiku

Justice unpursued

Four score plus twenty years more 

Tulsa awakens

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #four #socialjustice
#racism #blacklivesmatter #haikuchallenge 
#GreenwoodAndArcher #justice #100years
#Tulsa #BlackWallStreet #masacre #BLM

#reparations

2021 JUN 04 * #2021CEH

                Haiku 

Freshly bathed toddler
Invades the pantry unseen. 

Crumby pudding face!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku
#Childrenspoems #CherylsPoemsForKids
#bathtime #parenting #sticky #baby #children

#face #crumbs #pantry #pudding #toddler

2021 JUN 03 * #2021CEH

                       Haiku

Late for the picnic,

Feuding cousins start fighting. 

Slowly back away!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku
#haikuchallenge #fight

#slowlybackaway #dontgetinvolved #outdoors

#feud #cousin #family #conflict #picnic

Revision of a previous haiku linked here.

2021 JUN 02 * #2021CEH

                      Haiku

Strong winds took my hat

And blew it into the park, 

There, on that statue!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku
#nature #afternoon #family #gusts #outdoors

#hat #statue #winds #park #greenspace

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 JUN 01 * #2021CEH

                     Haiku

Orange floppy hat

Floats on gusts above wave crests 

Seagulls are surprised

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #orange
#shore #summer #beach #floppy #hat #float

#waves #ocean #vacation #fashion #saltwater

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 MAY 31 * #2021CEH

                    Haiku

Giraffes at the zoo

Bend their necks to come near me

One licks my ice cream!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #giaffes
#neck #park #animals #tall 

#zoology #icecream #lick #zoo

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoemsaa

2021 MAY 30 * #2021CEH

                 Haiku

I play with my words. 

And make them into poems.
Words are toys for me. 

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #words #playing 

#toys #poems #poetry #playwithwords

#Childrenspoems #CherylsPoemsForKids

2021 MAY 29 * #2021CEH

                   Haiku

He's covered his eyes.

Quick, hide behind that tree trunk!

...five, four, three, two, one.

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #outdoors
#games #hideandgoseek #childhood
#hideandseek #haikuchallenge #kids
#behind #countdown #playtime #recess

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 MAY 28 * #2021CEH

                   Haiku

Beside muddy shoes

Smelly socks fall to the floor

Dirty clothes sigh "Phew!"

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #laundry
#dirty #shoes #muddy #washday #socks
#stinky #smelly #clothes #chores

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 MAY 27 *#2021CEH

                    Haiku

Searching the garden,

Rabbits sniff bean sprouts and ask

Where are the carrots?

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #rabbits
#springtime #veggies #garden #carrots 

#beans #sprouts #sniff #hungry

#CherylsPoemsForKids #childrenspoems

2021 MAY 26 * #2021CEH

                  Haiku

Stars sparkle brightly

Moonlight makes the night sky glow 

I hear an owl hoot!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #bedtime
#moon #night #stars #fullmoon #hoot
#owl #nightsky #childrenspoems #sparkle

#CherylsPoemsForKids

2021 MAY 25 * #2021CEH

                 Haiku

Cookies in red hands... 

This thief is quick to explain: 

"I'm putting them back!"

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #kitchen
#cookies #stolen #cookiejar #guilty
#caughtredhanded #childrenspoems

#CherylsPoemsForKids

2021 MAY 11 * #2021CEH

                Haiku

Under orange leaves, 

Angry squirrels start to fight. 

Acorns are missing!

© 2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2021CEH #haiku #poem #poetry

#CherylsEverydayHaiku #Autumn
#squirrels #acorns #nuts #remix

#Childrenspoems #CherylsPoemsForKids

This is a reworked version of a poem I wrote that won an award in 2006.
The new one was created for teaching purposes, using only one and two syllable words.