Hello, friends!

We tried something new-to-us this month: Haiku Sonnets!
Truth be told, they’re nothing like sonnets except for being 14 lines long.
But, ok. How about 4 interconnected haiku with a couplet at the end that can serve as a punctuation point or something?

I played around with two of these, the first one more successful I think, but I’m sharing both anyway, just as a sort of process/brain dump. I’ve spent a lot of time in Wisconsin this summer, and the plants and birds and lack of heat are speaking to me, obviously.

The World at Work: A Haiku Sonnet
Liz Garton Scanlon

Crows shake us awake
Herons swoop in like a storm
Nuthatches keep time

Like grandmother’s hands,
the knottiest roots reach out
saying, what’s the rush?

Unannounced raindrops!
The weather report is wrong
and the day stands still

Warm, ripe tomatoes
Tiniest kernels of corn…
All of it pure luck

There’s something big at work here
I like not being in charge

Katydid Lays an Egg: A Haiku Sonnet
Liz Garton Scanlon

Dressed up like a leaf
Green, and lit from the inside
Certain proof of life!

Immortality?
Ovipositor take aim,
Planting eggs like seeds

So much left to chance
The coming winter weather
Life is delicate

Katydid’s mistake:
Laying eggs in cut flowers
Destined for compost

All the earth’s creatures striving
While we just bumble along

See my pal’s poems here:
Tricia
Tanita
Sara
Mary Lee
Laura

And Poetry Friday is being hosted by Mona Voelkel!

If you’d like to write with us next month, we’ll be using a prompt from Colby Sharp’s Creativity Project! The one we chose was “It was all my fault. Write a poem that  uses this idea or these words or anything that this sentence makes you think of.” See you in September!