past meets present
decorations on the tree
time flows two ways
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
School Work
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| Photo via Unsplash |
Christmas Day school work
piles sorted, dross recycled
enough for today
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Monday, December 24, 2018
Sunday, December 23, 2018
You will find me
today you will find
notebook, pencil, Christmas tree
cup of tea and me
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
In her Solstice post, Amy LV invited readers to borrow the line, "You will find me." So I did.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Shut Off My Internal Alarm Clock, Please
why can't I sleep in
longest night of the year
cats have all the fun
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Friday, December 21, 2018
Solstice
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| Photo via Unsplash |
how can Earth orbit
when all revolves around me
preadolescence
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Cutting Snowflakes
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| I can't believe I took pictures of the mess...but not the finished flakes! |
folding thirds is hard
but opening the snowflake
reveals magic
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Priorities
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| Photo via Unsplash |
pruney fingers
almost ready for Solstice guests
school work waits again
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
I'm Already Late So I Might As Well Sing!
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| Photo via Unsplash |
train blocks the crossing
Christmas carol sing along
merry and bright
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Haiku-ish
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| Photo via Unsplash |
avocado toast
(practice mindfulness)
four days until winter break
(sipping my hot tea)
new student today
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
And for the other side of the story, this beautiful response haiku by Amy LV:
Honey Nut Cheerios
(a little scared)
four days until winter break
(drinking orange juice)
will my new teacher be kind?
©Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, 2018
Monday, December 17, 2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Holiday Decorating
micromanager
big job needs supervision
until - yawn - nap time
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
lights and ornaments
evergreen visitor holds
childhood memories
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Friday, December 14, 2018
A Visit From Poets!
My class was lucky enough today to visit with Irene Latham and Charles Waters via Zoom! What a generous gift of time for Irene and Charles to answer the students' questions.
Here are two found #haikuforhope from their talk:
nothing will change if
we shut our mouths and refuse
to talk about race
(Irene's words)
writing
is telling
the truth
(Charles' words)
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Friday, December 7, 2018
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Meeting of Minds
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| Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Peter Radunzel |
early morning dark
two deer just there as I walk
our eyes meet
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Monday, December 3, 2018
Holiday Open House
noisy crowd in back
a cappella choir up front
harmony wins
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
(I know it's a bell choir and not the a cappella choir, but I got a picture of the one,
but not the other.)
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Saturday, December 1, 2018
December Rain
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| via Unspalsh |
Welcome, December
windshield wipers slap-a-slap
steam rises from tea
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Friday, October 12, 2018
Autumn Cadenza
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| Unsplash photo by NordWood Themes |
Autumn Cadenza
Oak leaves drift down, a brown rustle.
Crickets are hushed.
Only sound --
plop --
acorns bonk roof.
Steady
drop.
Winter is here
when they
stop.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
This poem is a Zeno, a form invented by J. Patrick Lewis. It has 10 lines with a syllable count that goes 8, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1. The single syllable words rhyme.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Choosing Teams
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| Flickr Creative Commons photo by VirtualEyeSee |
Choosing Teams
There are owls in the neighborhood now.
Two barred owls wondering,
“Who cooks for you?”
They wake us in the middle of the night.
We worry about the littlest skunk.
The one with white angel wings.
The silent puff of scent who cleans up dropped seed
beneath our bird feeders each dusk.
We are simply spectators in this backyard drama.
Is it bad form to cheer equally
for predator and for prey?
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Thursday, August 23, 2018
The More You Love
The More You Love
The more you love,
the harder you work.
The harder you work,
the more you accomplish.
The more you accomplish,
the greater the expectations.
The greater the expectations,
the more epic the fail.
The more you fail,
the harder you work.
The harder you work,
the more you love.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
(I think this poem might work as a reverso!)
Thursday, August 9, 2018
New Again
New Again
The world is layered.
Just when you think you understand
a split appears
a layer pulls back
is shrugged off
and the world is new again.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
Friday, August 3, 2018
Life on the Top
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| Unsplash photo by Joshua Earle |
Life On Top
Make a mess
Make a life
Life is sweet
Life is bitter
Bitter end
Bitter pill to swallow
Swallow it whole
Swallow your pride
Pride before a fall
Pride that bursts
Bursts of anger
Bursts of joy
Joy in a bundle
Joy mixed with tears
Tears your heart out
Tears it to pieces
Pieces of pie
Pieces of writing
Writing on the wall
Writing it off
Off the cuff
Off balance
Balance and checks
Balance the books
Books we rewrite
Books a flight
Flight of wine
Flight of fancy
Fancy that
Fancy up
Up my spine
Up in the air
Air your grievance
Air it out good
Good grief
Good as gold
Gold standard
Gold can't stay
Stay put
Stay ahead
Ahead of time
Ahead of the game
Game changer
Game over
Over easy
Over the top
Top heavy
Top flight
Heavy
Flight
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018
This poem is written in the Blitz Poem poetic form.
I made extensive use of The Free Dictionary, which has a tab for idioms. I also needed an exhaustive list of prepositions to craft my title. Because the title comes from the 3rd and 47th lines of the poem, I revised the last ten lines four times because I couldn't find a preposition I liked that linked life with blood, back, or easy. And I sure wasn't going to go all the way back and change line 3!
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