open mic

open mic
what is there
left to say?

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog,  #30.

old flame

old flame
the what-ifs of
what-might-have-beens

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog,  #29.

Chemistry

chemistry
when it’s right
it’s right

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog,  #28.

Garden Snail

garden snail
I carefully measure
out my words

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog,  #27. It was an extra special prompt, as it was one I specially requested.

Unprompted

empty cup
when I stop trying
the words come to me

 

There was no prompt today on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog, so a few of us riffed on “no prompt” as a prompt. Day #27.

eavesdropping

I always enjoy seeing what my creative haiku friends come up with next. And I am rarely disappointed. Today on her Yay Words blog, Aubrie Cox posted a collection of conversations and haiku she shared with Melissa Allen and Lucas Stensland, in the post open mail. I smiled all the way through it, and couldn’t resist posting this response in the comments. I’d call it a rengay, except that I’m not sure one person can write a rengay. So perhaps it a haiku sequence or… whatever. Anyway, here it is:

eavesdropping
on a conversation
winter rain

things don’t always
make cents

entering into
the spirit
ghost moon

70 is
the new 40

sleeping
not sleeping
saltine crackers

can’t find the like button
rain again

daffodils! tulips!

daffodils! tulips!
and the drone of lawnmowers…
first warm day

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog, Day #26.

autumn wind

playing down
to the last chessman…
autumn wind

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog, Day #25.

dandelions, revisited

dandelion dreams
i close my eyes
and make a wish

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog, Day #24.

all that glitters

treasure chest
sorting through
childhood memories

gold coins
the glitter of stars
in the night sky

a king’s ransom
counting down the days
until spring break

 

This haiku is in response to the doodle on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog, Day #23.