Stars cut from yellow, waves cut from blue, and a boat waiting for sky
Archive for the ‘Parenting’ Category
12/11/10: Project
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Longing, Memory, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Sky, Surreal, Work, tagged Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Longing, Memory, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Sky, Surreal, Work on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
12/6/10: Cleaning the Closet
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Memory, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Winter, Work, tagged Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Memory, Modern Life, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Winter, Work on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From scarves and hats a tiny toy wood-chopper steps from hiding
12/3/10:Project Aftermath
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Morning, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Surreal, tagged Home Life, Morning, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Red paper cut-outs— eyes of a creature dissolved into the table
10/15/10: Morning Walk
Posted in Daily Haiku, Fall, Haiku, Home Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Sky, Trees, tagged Daily Haiku, Fall, Haiku, Home Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Sky, Trees on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The stroller stirs leaves— a child reaches for this sea dropped from the sky
9/20/10: Good Morning
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Modern Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Urban Life, tagged Daily Haiku, Home Life, Modern Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Urban Life on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Windows open, just enough—somewhere afar a child sings nonsense
9/18/10: Saturday Morning
Posted in Chicago, Daily Haiku, Dreams, Fall, Haiku, Home Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Urban Life, tagged Chicago, Daily Haiku, Dreams, Fall, Haiku, Home Life, Morning, Neighbors, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Urban Life on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Open sleep, seeping cool air—a child’s voice outside sneaks into a dream
9/7/10: Watching Unseen
Posted in Daily Haiku, Grief, Haiku, Home Life, Modern Life, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Daily Haiku, Grief, Haiku, Home Life, Modern Life, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Her rapt expression— plugged in, focused on elsewhere, half underwater
8/5/10: A Child in the Park
Posted in Chicago, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, Sky, Summer, Urban Life, tagged Chicago, Daily Haiku, Haiku, Parenting, Senryu, Sky, Summer, Urban Life on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
She studies koi beneath the pond’s face then clouds in the sky
7/30/10: Accident Scene
Posted in Accidents, Daily Haiku, Grief, Haiku, Home Life, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Accidents, Daily Haiku, Grief, Haiku, Home Life, Parenting, Poetry, Senryu on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An overturned bowl and cereal spread like a messy halo
7/23/10: Consuming Tasks
Posted in Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Memory, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Work, Writing Haiku, tagged Daily Haiku, Haiku, Home Life, Memory, Parenting, Poetry, Routine, Senryu, Work, Writing Haiku on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Untangling her hair: add time to convince her it needs doing
