Take pride in helping. Fight for the rights of others. Look beyond yourself. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: Pride and Fight.
Stand Up for Others: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
Summer Love in Red and Green: Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
Red hunk of sweetness. Caterwaul echoes of joy. Mouths covered with juice. Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: Summer love. Also July Writing Prompt from Putting My Feet in the Dirt: caterwaul echoes. I loved the few times we could afford watermelon. We ate it right to the core, trying not to... Continue Reading →
The Enigma of Sun Bathing
Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille, June 26, 2019: sun bathing. As a black person, I have always wondered about the efficacy of becoming brown in such a painful way, especially when I see people who look like lobsters afterwards. Basking in the sun. Skin turning brown painfully. Why, is my question?
Love as a Superpower: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: strange and super. It is a strange thing. A superpower of moms. Love never-ending.
The Sweetness of Summer: Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
People are outside! Openly laughing, loving! Joy is in the air! Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: the Summer Solstice.
Present the Real You: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge
I favor true selves. Who you are is good enough. Detest falsity. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: detest and favor.
Living Every Moment: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
Live in the slow lane. So much life missed moving fast. Savor each moment. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge for May 27, 2019: fast and lane.
Viva la Internet Dating: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
Making meatball from scratch, with nutmeg, in Cerratina, Italy! He saw my profile. I seemed sweet, the pearl he sought. Then, he stole my heart. True story for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: sweet and heart. Above we are learning to cook Italian while on vacation in Italy until Saturday, and we will be... Continue Reading →
Soul Food: Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille
Spectacular hues. Beauty of the sunrise feeds. My soul is nourished. Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille, May 15, 2019: Mountain Sunrise.
