Sep 26
Haiku 1058
Posted: under Daily Haiku.
Tags: astrology, Pisces Aquarius, wildSeptember 26th, 2012
Sep 26
Posted: under Daily Haiku.
Tags: astrology, Pisces Aquarius, wildSeptember 26th, 2012
Sep 24
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: fatherhood, Han Min, motherhood, nostalgia, parenthoodSeptember 24th, 2012
Sep 18
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: Buddhism, humility, husbands, materialism, Middle East, politics, religion, riotsSeptember 18th, 2012
Hubby Muses on Mid East Riots
“We’d be better off
if everyone in the world
was Buddhist,” he says.
“Then we’d all compete
to see who could own the least
and be most humble.”
Sep 16
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: Autumn, childhood, fall, fatherhood, football, jerseys, motherhood, parenthood, poor, poverty, VikingsSeptember 16th, 2012
“Twenty-three bucks for
a Vikings jersey?” I gasp.
“That’s ridiculous!”
“I never had one,”
Hubby says. “We were too poor.”
I open my purse.
Sep 12
Posted: under Alison's Haiku, Daily Haiku.
Tags: Autumn, Jessie's Girl, Rick SpringfieldSeptember 12th, 2012
Sep 07
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: cleaning, exhaustion, fatherhood, frustration, house work, husbands, kitchen, laundry, motherhood, parenthood, video gamesSeptember 7th, 2012
somewhere in between
scrubbing pots and folding laundry
she breaks down in tears
he doesn’t notice
his head in a video game
his wife’s frustration
I composed this haiku couplet many weeks ago. It felt so true to my experience of new motherhood at that moment in time that I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote it down. And yet, as it reveals my utter exhaustion and angst, I never found the time to post it until now.
At the time that I was living it, and right now as I’m posting it, I’m thinking of you, dear Alison, my haiku partner. I just know you will relate to in in your bones.
And even now, weeks later, as I type it up here and reread it, I too have a visceral reaction to it. It makes me angry and sad and angry again as–unfortunately–too often these feelings bubble up when I’m chopping vegetables or folding laundry. Will the laundry ever go away?
Please don’t answer that question. I already know the answer.
Sep 06
Posted: under Daily Haiku, Kelly's Haiku.
Tags: adoption, Autumn, fall, Han Min, motherhood, parenting, preschool, transition, writer's blocSeptember 6th, 2012
leaves crunch underfoot
Han Min starts preschool and I
return to haiku
It’s been four months since I last posted a haiku. It feels like an eternity. So much happened during those summer months that I don’t even know how to begin describing them. In short — I became a mom. My husband and I adopted a little boy (2 and a half) from China.
I had high hopes that I would haiku throughout this major life transition. Alas, my plans fell short. In the beginning, I couldn’t have found the time (or the energy) to compose a haiku and post it even if I tried. And then, well, once I started to have the energy — and even composed a few haiku in my mind — between the laundry and the grocery shopping, I just couldn’t figure out how to make it to the computer and log into the site to post anything.
And now it is fall and my little guy is off to preschool. His academic career is starting slow; he’ll attend just two days a week. But I’m so excited to have some time to myself to organize the office and post haiku!
So here’s hoping this is the first of many “motherhood” haiku from my point-of-view.