Hello! Welcome to a week of ROY G. BIV.
The next seven haiku will be prompted by the colors of the rainbow.
Let’s start with red, yes?
Red
Cherry, rose, apple
wine, ruby, scarlet, candy:
Danger! Passion! Blush…
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Saturday is named for Saturn, which means my first prompt (planets) meets my second prompt (days of the week) in a most tidy and delightful way. I love when that happens.
Saturday
On this Saturn’s day
we run rings around ourselves
All the planets laugh
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A note: This wraps the days of the week prompt and tomorrow I’ll move onto the colors of the rainbow, starting with red. Join me?
Friday. Good Friday, in fact.
And the beginning of Passover, too.
The end of a work week.
The promise of some space, a deep breath, freedom, light, new life.
I luckily, spontaneously, and at the very last minute ended up at an rather remarkable Black women’s interactive theater-dance performance piece tonight and honestly, it said all of that. And then some.
Friday
Let’s define this day:
end and possibility,
permission to dance.
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Good old Thor, the Norse god of thunder — but also of strength and protection — making me think, of course, of dogs who thunder down the hall with brute force love and a singular intention to save us from intruders.
Until, that is, we open the door and let them out. In which case they’re like, “Oh, really? FUN!!!”
Thursday (Thor’s Day)
Four-pawed thunder god
pounds down the hall, out the door,
straight toward the weekend
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I’m always trying not to rush through days, not to hurry them along or wish them gone.
Here’s a Wednesday reminder.
Wednesday
We miss these moments,
rushing to get over you.
Dromedary day.
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Tuesday
You arrive like rain
Gray, quiet, not that special
Sheets still hung to dry
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Monday. Enough said, really.
Monday
Monday as an app:
Forever leveling up
without earning points
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I love when beautiful, unplanned synchronicities show up.
Like, after spending nine days of writing about planets I move onto the days of the week and, lo and behold, Sunday is named for the sun! (And, when the Babylonians were busy dividing up each month into seven day chunks. they thought the sun was one of the planets (all of which were supposedly rotating around Earth)).
Anyway. Hello. Here’s Sunday.
Sunday
The goddess Sunna
promises one more fresh start
and we worship that.
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When we were kids, Pluto was a planet.
Arguably our favorite planet because it was relatable:
little, standing on the outskirts of things, named for a Disney character.
(OK, we didn’t exactly understand naming rights…)
Anyway, I know it’s no longer official, but I’m giving it its due here anyway.
I’m nostalgic that way.
Pluto
A failed audition:
Meek, small, not right for the part.
(Has cult following)
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Also, a note: This wraps the first Poetry Month prompt (planets) and tomorrow I move onto Days of the Week. As we’ll be starting on a Sunday we’ll start with Sunday! Join me?
Did you all know that Neptune was discovered via mathematical equation?
Me neither!
But here’s the thing — Neptune lives 2.86 million miles from Earth.
That’s a lot of miles, so no surprise that we can’t exactly see there from here.
Neptune
Unfathomed distance
(location calculation)
Math can make you real
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