It’s interesting to see how some holidays flock together. See today’s recognized below:
National Space Day
happy BIG BANG day
exploring the universe
still so much to learn
National No Pants Day
uninhibited
free lower extremities …
remember sunscreen
Nurses Day
The heart of healthcare
TLC personified
Thank a nurse today
Note: Tomorrow, May 7, celebrates World Fair Trade Day, National Fitness Day and Free Comic Book Day.
Some people inspire us while others show us what not to do. Today, three holidays are celebrated:
Cinco de Mayo
Smaller and less armed
natives defeat aggressor …
brave home defenders!
National Astronaut Day
Musical star men:
Major Tom and Rocket Man
fighting loneliness
National Day of Prayer
“Love looks like Jesus”
betrayed by church leaders who
“know not what they do“
Note: Tomorrow, May 6th, is National Space Day, National No Pants Day and Nurses Day. Which one(s) will you celebrate?
Below are some haiku questions for Star Wars Day. How would you answer?
Question #1
Skywalker Saga:
trilogy of trilogies …
a franchise to love?
Question #2
Yoda tells us to “Do.
Or do not. There is no try.”
What’s your choice today?
Questions 3 – 5
Just or unjust war?
Peaceful means all exhausted?
Love our enemies?
NOTE: Tomorrow, May 5, three holidays are celebrated: Cinco de Mayo, National Astronaut Day and National Day of Prayer.
Today’s holidays are National Teacher Day, Paranormal Day and Eid al-Fitr. A haiku for each are below. Let me know what you think.
My Favorite Teacher?
So many choices
and the poets bring a smile …
grateful for them all
Paranormality
Unexplainable –
every place has a story.
What or who haunts you?
Eid al-Fitr
Rice, yogurt and meat …
seasoning with love and care …
celebrate with food!
NOTE: Tomorrow is Star Wars Day
Today two holidays are mentioned: International Harry Potter Day and National Brothers and Sisters Day. What do these holidays mean to you? Are they bittersweet? Perhaps the poems below will provide some inspiration.
Twenty-Four Years Ago
Battle of Hogwarts
Voldemort was defeated
Can love grow through loss?
Keep the Love Alive
Losing siblings hurts
Relive precious memories
Our bonds continue
PLEASE NOTE: Tomorrow, May 3rd, offers three holidays for consideration. They are National Teacher Day, Paranormal Day and/or Eid al-Fitr.
May 1st includes these three holidays: May Day, National Lemonade Day and Mother Goose Day. Below are haiku poems for each. Please let me know what you think.
My Favorite May Day
Celtic Quarter Day
Fertility is sky high
We hunger for life
When Life Gives You Lemons
Can’t get what you want?
No worries, no need to fret,
time for lemonade.
Who’s Your Mother?
May is Mother’s month:
Earth, Nature, of Invention
and dear Mother Goose.
NOTE: Tomorrow, May 2nd, is International Harry Potter Day and National Brothers and Sisters Day. What haiku poem comes to mind for you?
April has been a great month for sharing published poetry and meeting other poets and reading their creative work. THANK YOU!
To continue this poetry exploration, I’m proposing 31 days of Haiku in honor of the holidays of May. I’m hoping that you will:
Please remember, traditional Haiku is a 17-syllable poem with a 5/7/5 three-line structure. An example might be:
Birds of a feather
will often flock together.
Yes? Come fly with me.
NOTE: Tomorrow is May 1st also known as MAY DAY, or NATIONAL LEMONADE DAY or MOTHER GOOSE DAY. Hmmm, what Haiku poem comes to mind for you?
“A community of one: the least interaction. Silence is more valuable than observing the faction.
He’s offensive to himself – desires an empty place. Offensive to all others – it’s time to stop his race.
Does his judging really help? Does good define a bad? He’s tired of all this judging and tired of being sad.
he says ‘breathe’ and then he breathes … a momentary gap … a second without thinking … a one-handed clap …
gets off the roller coaster that races through his mind … returns to the present moment … gentler and more kind.”
I AM FURIOUS (YELLOW), p.30
“With Ch’an, I better understand myself, my mission in time and space. No drama and dharma are what I seek; decent and solid is my true face.
When change is where we live, from dyana to zazen I count, at least to five; breath to body to kindness, twelve links and paramount.
The flower tells me no fixed formula to finding a peaceful moon. Observer and observed, no mind; full, half, Burmese, or kneeling rune.
Lying down or walking; all are healing. Breathing from belly my half-smile arises. I hear One Love in every sone. Zazen, kinhin, and chanting surprises:
plan, do, check, act through all my days, kaizen by point or by the whole. I ask why at least five times to comfort any painful earhole.
To love thee with smiles and tears and breath, I fondly count till my counting ends and love Thee better through birth and death.”
*With a nod to Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43“
NATURAL BEAUTY AND OTHER POEMS, p.53
“Yesterday was the anniversary of my father’s death; he died thirteen years ago. I’ve thought of him often this month but not yesterday. What about yesterday don’t I know?
My father was the last of eleven children; called Jack though his name was John. My father claimed he had a chip on his shoulder; seemed proud that he kept it on.
A boxer, a carpenter, a joker to the end; always with a twinkle in his eye. Absent from my life most of my life but at least we said goodbye … at least we said goodbye.”
NATURAL BEAUTY AND OTHER POEMS, p.52
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