It’s the Ethan Fromme
of it all I never saw
coming, but who does?
Tag Archives: Emotional poetry
Being Private: Haiku
When you have to say
hurtful things, you should publish
them privately.
Beer Can in Sillouette: Haiku
New silver-green leaves
wave at white clouds in a bright
blue sky. Add beer can?
She, Cheerleader, Cool: Rhyming Haiku of Gratitude
She, cheerleader, cool.
I, (nerd,) not. She: Kind to me.
I’ve never forgot.
Morning Rhythm And Wave At The Sun: Free Verse Nature Observation
Deeply immersed
in the morning
rhythm of the woods,
I didn’t need
the sun to greet me.
Still, when Sol
popped his head out
from behind the rain clouds,
I was grateful
and gave him
a “Good Morning!” wave.
Cats Versus Songbirds Balance: Haiku
How many songbirds/
get sacrificed so we have
no vermin? Balance!
OR
How many songbirds/
must die so we have no mice?
Feral cat balance.
What’s It Like To Be Kind? Haiku
What’s it like to be
that kind and caring person?
She’ll never wonder.
Backstory: A Facebook post about a friend talked about how she was being kind and caring. As I was reading about what she’d done, this poem came to mind. I wondered what it would be like to be kind and caring, and realized that was probably something she never had to think about. She just IS that way. “Kindness begins with me.”
Am I A Failure? Self-Pity Haiku
Think you’re a failure?/
Loser feelings carry on/
unless you say: “Stop it!”
Feeling A Failure: Haiku Lament
When you decide you’re/
a failure at one thing, the
feeling carries on.
If I’m Not, Then Now What?
When I failed, they claimed:
“He’s not who he was.” Once more,
I’ve changed. Look. Forgive?