Sensational Haiku Wednesday: July 6, 2011

This week's haiku is free style. I only wish the following haiku was a work of fiction.

Summer is passing

Only four weeks left, really?

Where did the days go?

Quick! Get in the car

Pack your swim suit, towel, sunscreen

It’s time for the beach

In the car for hours

No beach in sight. Mercy me!

Mom, did you get lost?

It is getting dark

Time to head home now, children

But mom, where’s the beach?

Sigh. I can’t find it

GPS I do not have

Let’s try next summer.

Until next time...



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Sensational Haiku Wednesday: June 29, 2011

Is it really almost the end of June? Where has the month gone? School resumes in just four, short weeks!

This week's theme to Jenn's Sensational Haiku Wednesday, over at You Know...That Blog? is living.

Since I've always considered life somewhat of a rollercoaster, this is the bend I chose to take on this week's theme. It reminds me of the internet joke floating around about arriving in Heaven, not clean, pristine and neat, but all used up and saying, "Man! What a ride!"

Hold on for the ride

Rollercoaster lifts and drops

Get out your barf bag

After it all stops

After the world stops spinning

It was almost fun

You have survived it

Stronger; In one piece even

It wasn’t that bad

The Merry-Go-Round

Just goes round, and round, and round

What’s the fun in that?

In the moment; life!

Live it long, strong, loud and proud

You only get one

Until next time...

Sensational Haiku Wednesday: The Evening Edition

I *almost* missed it - but I didn't!

This week's theme is JOY. I took a different approach to joy as I understand. It isn't anything that someone can bring you; it's a decision you have to make. The great thing about joy is that things don't have to be doing well in your life for you to have joy. In otherwords, one isn't necessarily synonomous with the other. Isn't that a great idea?

As always, you can click on the graphic to read other great Haikus.

Joy’s not happiness

Joy is nothing external

Joy is in the heart

Having joy is a choice

No one can give you real joy

Make the decision

Joy is many things

Joy is in the every day

Joy is simple, pure

Sensational Haiku Wednesday

It's that time again - Sensational Haiku Wednesday! Are you tired of it? I just love it! My one complaint about poetry is that I hate rhyming! I hate rhythm. (Perhaps because I don't have any?) But a haiku? A haiku challenges me to say in 17 syllables; no more, no less. For a woman who tends to run at the mouth, this is a good thing.

This week's theme was FORTITUDE. To be honest, I didn't know what it meant, so I had to look it up. According to FreeDictionary.com it means, "Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage." I'm not sure my haiku exactly meets the definition, but to me it's fortitude.

Be sure to pop over to Jenn's blog to read other fabulous haikus!

Young. Naïve, maybe.

Mistakes made repeatedly

Lesson learned? Hardly.

Children. One then two.

Young parents. Young offspring.

Equals disaster.

Where is wedding bliss?

Where is perfect family life?

Someone lied to me!

Overtime, things change.

Young parents become wiser.

Couple grows closer.

Slowly, life is good.

Eventually, it’s right.

Happy ending?

Secure and loving.

Respect. Maturation grow.

Finally, it’s right.

Haiku Wednesday: Health

Life has a funny way of working out. First, my rant yesterday about the media and its perception of health and now Jenn over at You Know...That Blog?, who hosts the Sensational Haiku Wednesdays, has created HEALTH as her topic this week!

Never one to follow rules (well,not much anyway), I've decided to make a Haiku story instead of just a Haiku. Click the graphic above to read more Sensational Haikus; tell them Iva sent you!

Oh! The dreaded scale!

Why do you torture me so?

Oh, look – chocolate cake!

Water, water every where

Twenty trips to the bathroom

Water, water everywhere

Protein, fats, and carbs

Too much! Too little! Just right?

Stop when you are full.

Stop! Stop the madness!

No more counting calories!

Stop! Live. Laugh. Love. LIVE.