Piper's first camping trip

A first camping trip:
tents, trees, trails; snow and marmots;
exciting new finds!

Memorial Day

Memorial Day--
Cook outs, camping trips, picnics;
But not the reason.

Verbal + Math

It's so weird to think
about counting while writing--
Left brain plus right brain!

Off the cuff

I'm writing this one
in real time as I type now;
Can my brain do it?

Mother's Day

My first mother's day:
Out for breakfast, gardening,
Out to a movie!

Today

I planted green beans

and two kinds of cucumbers.

Can't wait for summer!

Weekend catch-up

Let's see if I remember all the ones I "wrote" on the drive in to work today to make up for the fact I didn't write any over the weekend...

Picnic on the beach
Waves lap on the shore;
picnic on the rocky beach;
good time with great friends.

Separation anxiety
Mommy's going to work.
I want her to stay with me.
I cry for Daddy.

Spring planting
Digging in the dirt,
dahlias here, begonias there;
more to plant today!

Ha-HA!

I told you we'd win.

And it wasn't just LeBron.

Take that, you Wizards!

May Day

The morning sun shines
on mountains crowned with white snow
on this May Day morn.

Wednesday haikus

Bittersweet Goodbye

So long, sweet paycheck.

It was nice while it lasted.

Alas, the bills came.

Game 5

Washington Wizards,

You ruined my Wednesday, but

We'll beat you Friday.

(Go Cavs!)

My mother's birthday

Today she was born,
More than a few years ago.
Enjoy your day, Mom!

Simple, but not easy

Rule: move more, eat less.
A pound a week is my goal.
It's simple, but not easy.

Spring

Allergy season--
runny nose, post nasal drip--
spring is here at last!

Whoops

The weekend went by
and not a single haiku
did I write. Oh, well. :)
(emoticons don't count as a syllable, right?)

Fussy baby and A reaction to mass email

Two today: one baby, one about work.

Fussy baby
My fussy baby,
I wish I knew what you want.
Sleep would be nice, too.

A reaction to mass email
Communication--
no discussion with email;
it is one-way only.

Diversity

A campus forum—

Some progress made; some to come.

Your voice is welcome.

Haikus inspired by Earth Day

We're having a little "Earth Week" haiku contest, so I wrote a few more Earth Day-inspired haikus last night. Well, and one inspired by my baby. :)

Semantics?
Can we save the earth?
It's the people that need saved;
The earth will endure.

A mother's lesson
I often wonder
if Mother Earth watches
as we learn a lesson.

Hypocrite
Is it fair to ask
others to change their actions
in ways I can't (yet)?

Light bulb
Turning out the light--
a simple thing we can do
to make a difference.

one less
I wish I could find
a way to bike, bus, or share
and give up my car!

the "d" word
A carbon diet--
this one I can't fail, though hard.
I hope chocolate's green!

sleeping baby
Snug there in her crib,
my sweet little baby sleeps.
Oh I love her so.

Earth Day Worries

I worry daily:
Climate change, toxins, green space--
I must do my part.

Earth Day Sandwich with Julie

Tofu plus chicken

makes delicious toficken.

Here, who wants a bite?

(Sustainability Open House collaboration with Julie Reynolds)

Monday-Night Book Club

Sweaty palms; nerves frayed

Why didn't I read the book?!

Want to talk movies?

Creative Heroics

A novel idea
thought of many times before
is still worth doing!

Sarah Stall

Always late

I am always late,
even when I rise early.
So should I sleep in?

A haiku to start with...

I have a friend who writes haikus for many occasions, and out of the blue yesterday I thought, what fun it would be to do a blog where I (or we--I have to ask her if she wants to play) write a daily haiku about...whatever. How fun and novel, or so I thought. Then when trying to create this blog, I found that MANY people had this fun and "unique" idea before me, so many of the URLs I tried before everydayhaikus.blogspot.com were already taken. C'est la vie. I'm doing this for fun, not notoriety!

And I hope my haikus will improve over time. Right now I just focus on the basic 5-7-5 pattern and see what comes out. Some will be fun, others more serious. Here are two I wrote yesterday:

Baby boogers
Baby booger taunts,
winking from tiny nostrils.
Success! I got it!

The theme of that one is pretty obvious. My nine month old has had lots of boogies lately, and they drive me nuts! :)

The next one is a lot more serious. This year has been rife with people and pets passing, and the last couple months have been espeically rough, as I have a cousin who had to terminate a pregnancy due to complications with the baby's development and the mother's health, another friend whose fourth baby was recently stillborn, and just this week, a friend I've known for years had to bury her 28-year-old daughter. It all weighs heavier on me than I realize, and intensifies my normally worrisome personality. These things CAN and DO happen to good people. And I ache for them and fear for myself and people close to me.

Christopher & Shannon
Two friends buried kids;
one stillborn, one twenty-eight;
so unfair, this life.

Do haikus have names? I gave these two names, but perhaps not all will compel me to name them. We shall see. :)