2023 JUL 01 #2023CEH

         Haiku

dad started the car
vacation begins today

best friends wave goodbye

© 2023 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2022CEH #haiku #poem 
#vacation #friendship #July #summer #travelbycar

#vacation #roadtrip #IndependenceDay #familytrip

#IndependenceDayWeekend #IndependenceDay2023

#timetosaygoodbye #seeyouinseptember #summervacation
#CherylsEverydayHaiku

2022 FEB 13 #2022CEH

         Haiku

February woes

Some want their own Valentine
Others a groundhog

© 2022 Cheryl L. Crockett

#2022CEH #haiku #poem 
#ValentinesDay #love #February #romance

#lonely #GroundhogDay #holiday
#CherylsEverydayHaiku

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