Category Archives: Haiku
Guide Me
Even my own voice
offends my ears of late, all
I want is Your words.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Winter to Spring
Winter’s blowing out
rain’s increase between brilliant
days, heralding Spring.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Rock Bottom
When you can do no
worse than what you do, only
thing left is better.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
A Little More Haiku for You
I was going to pick a new poetry form for February. But, I’ve decided to continue the exploration of Haiku because my month is shortened. Two trips to New Orleans in thirty days, (I’ll be back in Houston on Wednesday), and new website work (for a site I built) mean that I must focus my [...]
Saints in the Superbowl
The Saints go marching
in, won against the Vikings
Superbowl bound, twenty ten.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Winter Cold
Winter cold is more
acceptable than summer—
strange psychology.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Catching Up on Sleep
Winter day, lost sleep
found me and dropped my head to
welcoming pillows.
Best laid plans set, are
unmet today with not a
mention in my dreams.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Sunday Haiku for Read Write Poem’s Haiku group.
Random Thought on New Year’s Day: Mortality
Not for one hundred
years can the date be written
with just one digit.
One through nine went fast;
I used one each chance I got
without knowing why.
It dawned on me on
the first—I can’t again do
it in my lifetime.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
