Haiku for Toddler Hide-and-Seek with Tickle-Me-Elmo

Elmo doesn’t laugh,

perched in a highchair, waiting

to be found again.

Copyright Emily Livingstone 2018

The Quiet in the Noise

I lie here, looking

for the quiet in the noise.

The world goes, goes, goes

and people walk, shout,

cling, cry, soothe, laugh, and throw things.

When the world won’t stop

(and it never will, really)

take what you can get.

Haiku for Not Weeding the Garden

 

The flowers reach up

from the lively jungle,

grasping for the sun.

Haiku for Trying to Buy Solar Eclipse Glasses Online

Studying the list,

seeking approved shades that won’t

burn our wond’ring eyes.

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I did find some, finally.  I definitely should’ve ordered sooner, but…I didn’t.  Thanks, Museum of Science, Boston–I await the eclipse glasses!  I know I haven’t written here in awhile.  I will try to be better!  I taught summer school last month and then was sick, and I’ve taken my spare moments for other writing projects.  Hope all are enjoying the summer!

Haiku for a Rhododendron in Full Bloom

Pink trumpets, calling bees,

glowing with color, hiding

the abandoned nest.

Haiku for Two Toddlers Playing

Here’s the ball–where?  Here!

Open–shut.  No!  And sitting

in a red wagon.

2 Haiku for a Mouse in the House

A blob vanishes

into a crack, and I freeze:

mouse in the house.

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All hands–vacuum, scrub,

and jump at every shadow.

“Leave now,” I warn it.

Haiku for Callous Self-Interest

Gathered, laughing, they

toast lost compassion, boasting

of a voting win.

Haiku for a Thaw

While the rain comes down,

galoshes squelch in the muck,

and her laugh bursts out.

copyright Emily Livingstone 2017

Haiku for a Quiet Moment

Reading Robert Frost

in a sea foam room, chilled, still,

while the baby sleeps.