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Haiku Moment: possibilities

summer’s seed complete

good food? carved face? fall decor?

possibilities

possibilities by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley, from the garden


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Haiku Moment: autumn sun

orange beckons me

summer patience rewarded

autumn sun peeking

autumn sun by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: autumn tree

hide and seek pumpkin

twisting, vining, reaching out

autumn tree decor

autumn tree by Angie Quantrell


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OH, THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH HAIKU! (+ WHO WON THE GIVEAWAY?)

Thank you, Danna Smith, for sharing all about haiku last week in a very special blog post. You can read it here. Danna has offered a giveaway of 2 (TWO!) of her Poetry Pop Journals! Wow!

But first. I had to play. I used the template Danna shared and penned a haiku comic. Sadly, you have to use your imagination to understand the drawings, and it was much harder to print small words than it looks! This is Monet, our cat. She loves the garden and watching moving things. I assure you, she is much prettier in real life.

In case you can’t read the print, here is my haiku comic:

Monet writes a haiku.

hot summer bees buzz

zig-zag garden rocket ships

orbiting flowers

Now that was fun! We would LOVE to read your haiku! Post one in the comments or tag us with #haikumoment so we can find you!

Drum roll, please.

The winner (with assistant Monet) of the Poetry Pop journals is:

It got a little dicey after this, because then Monet wanted to play a paper game.

Alyson, come on down! You are the winner of 2 Poetry Pop journals!

Thanks, everyone, for reading and participating in the fun. And thank you, Danna, for the word play fun and inspiration!

Now, let’s all go HAIKU!


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Haiku Moment: meander (+ Surprise Haiku Author News)

a stream meanders

like the path my feet follow

where do they travel?

meander by Angie Quantrell

Kruckeberg Botanic Garden

Seattle, Washington

Join us next Wednesday, August 14, when Danna Smith, author of many haiku and rhyming works, will join us and give us tips, strategies, and ideas for writing our own haiku poems! I’m so excited! Plus, she’s giving away not one, but TWO copies of her Poetry Pop journals! Mark your calendars now.

Wednesday. August 14. Poetry Pop. Haiku. #haikumoment


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Haiku Moment: heart of sunflower

heart of sunflower

beams joy to avian friends,

buzzes, and humans

heart of sunflower by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: come sip

sweet zinnia nectar

and florescent colors call

flutter-bys, come sip

come sip by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: dinner special

freebie flowers rise

stretch sunward, calling insects:

dinner special now!

dinner special by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: rocky bed

peek-a-boo face stares

swims, plays coy in the wet sand

rocky bed for fish

rocky bed by Angie Quantrell


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Haiku Moment: tiny dancer

tiny dancer spins

skirts aflutter, graceful waltz

garden pirouettes

tiny dancer by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley