April 2022

Poetry Project — April, 2022 (plus Haiku 29)

Our Poetry Sisters Prompt this month was to write “In the Style of…” Taylor Mali. Originally (mostly, I think) a spoken word poet, Mali tends toward longer form stuff, which (after a full month of haiku) felt a little daunting. But then I found the section of his website where he offers prompts of his… Read more »

Night Heron — Haiku 28 — April 28, 2022

Y’know how once you see something, you can’t unsee it? This morning, on a run with a friend, we came upon a night heron hunkering near a kind of half-full swimming hole on our drought-thirsty greenbelt. And y’all, I swear to you, he looked EXACTLY like Statler from the Muppets. Night Heron Hunched as a… Read more »

Star Jasmine — Haiku 27 — April 27, 2022

After complaining about poison ivy, I thought it only right that I celebrate the beauty winding all over every fence and trellis in town right now. Star Jasmine Each bright vine of stars a heady constellation Generous Jasmine #lizsharespoems #30daysofhaiku #NationalPoetryMonth

Poison Ivy — Haiku 26 — April 26, 2022

I love the neon green pop of spring every year but I am very, very, very allergic to poison ivy and it makes its presence known in a big way here, lining the edges of every trail, reaching for my ankles, leaping onto the dog’s coat. Ugh. No, thank you. Poison Ivy Spring’s marquee trumpets… Read more »

Birds and Buds — Haiku 25 — April 25, 2022

What’s the living thing in this poem? Well, honestly, when it’s been this long since it’s rained, the rain itself feels alive. And instantly, instantly, everything else comes alive too. Thirst-quenching nectar We open like birds or buds Rain during a drought #lizsharespoems #30daysofhaiku #NationalPoetryMonth

DOG — HAIKU 24 — APRIL 24, 2022

For this final week of April, a slightly looser set of prompts than colors or days of the week or planets: to each day write about any living thing. Or, in this case, living things. Sort of. Dog Like a wrecking ball first one on the trail at dawn slaying spider webs #lizsharespoems #30daysofhaiku #nationalpoetrymonth

VIOLET — HAIKU 23 — APRIL 23, 2022

Today’s the final color prompt — the V in ROY G. BIV. What a lush and regal color! Violet showed up early, in emperor’s robes and ancient art. Intense, expensive, coveted. And then there’s that pretty little flower… Violet Aristocratic and ecclesiastical: extravagant bloom! #lizsharespoems #30daysofhaiku #nationalpoetrymonth NOTE: Today is the final day of color… Read more »

INDIGO — HAIKU 22 — APRIL 22, 2022

It’s Earth Day. So much to celebrate and so much to grieve. Today’s prompt — indigo — this deep and simple color — is a good reminder of the former. Earth’s gifts of beauty and usefulness are overwhelming, this color among them. I’m grateful. Indigo Indigofera: Blue is boiled, transferred, dried Deepened on repeat #lizsharespoems… Read more »

BLUE — HAIKU 21 — APRIL 21, 2022

“Why is the sky blue?” is one of the world’s most common questions. The answer is that sunlight is actually made up of all the colors in the rainbow, but when it hits the Earth’s atmosphere, the light scatters. Blue light, with it’s short, small waves, scatters the most (attention-grabber that it is) so that’s… Read more »

GREEN — HAIKU 20 — APRIL 20, 2022

It’s funny how being green to something, being new, is both fresh and exciting and full of possibility, but also unschooled and innocent and even a little foolish. It’s funny, isn’t it? Green Are you new to this? I ask each leaf, bud, new shoot, each naive idea #lizsharespoems #30daysofhaiku #NationalPoetryMonth