Morning sun enters
softly insisting I wake;
“Nightmare’s over—breathe.”
©2011 Shari Lynne Smothers
#5 for National Poetry Month Today’s poem, a Haiku, to share in the magic of National Poetry Month. Always a silver lining, bad dreams are yet another reason to appreciate waking up. I’ll have to see about catching up before I get too far behind.
Caring hands’ work ends
Loved ones pass away. Void fills
From gratitude’s well.
Our selfless caring
effort’s reward: that we can
know our best was done.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
A recent death in my family and the funeral this weekend got me thinking about the role of the care-giver after the work is done. The process of getting through these tough times, isn’t easy to understand, and it helps me just to mull it over. I guess these writings will keep coming out until I discover the answer, or become otherwise distracted.
See actions and those
perpetrating them; begin
to understand things.
* * *
If at first you don’t
succeed in the path you choose
regroup, re-plot yours.
* * *
Care what happens: All
children, better and worse do
impact our futures.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Three lessons learned is what I chose to write about. As of this writing, I’m my assessor. So I can only hope I learned them properly. Because I do believe my life depends on them.
Day 30 prompt: Write a ‘lesson learned’ or ‘never learned’ poem; details here from 2010 November PAD Chapbook Challenge
Winter’s blowing out
rain’s increase between brilliant
days, heralding Spring.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
When you can do no
worse than what you do, only
thing left is better.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
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 attentions away from this blog for a short time.
I’m still writing. In fact, I’ve been working on several Haiku verses that I’ll post when I return home. My Haiku exploration was interesting and fun, and quite a pleasure to explore. I do believe I learned a few things. So, with all this in mind, I’ll extend my foray into Haiku instead of starting on a new poetic form.
For now, I just want to share a quick post about the excitement in the city of New Orleans.
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