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. :)