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