i strut, stomp, challenge
stay back! see? i am boyfriend
king of hen harem
the boyfriend by Angie Quantrell
photos by Angie Quantrell
Haiku Moment: the boyfriend
Tag Archives: poetry
Outstanding in the Rain: Book Title Poem
Outstanding in the Rain: A Book Title Poem (on the day before the library closed [again] for COVID-19)
Dear Zoo
What If?
Five Minutes
Outstanding in the Rain
Wet
Still Stuck
Very Hairy Bear
Outside Over There
There’s Nothing to Do!
I Love You JUST the Way YOU Are
Look!
Nobody’s Duck
In the Night Kitchen
Where Are You?
I Went Walking
Why?
That Is NOT a Good Idea!
You Are Home
Honey
For fun, on the very last day of the library being open for limited in-person visits (again), I decided to use my 30 minutes to write a book title poem. I was limited only by time, hearing the clock tick away in my head, but I quickly scanned and grabbed titles. Poor library workers. To avoid leaving a mess, I checked out the entire stack!
Go ahead. Try it. What book title poem can you write? I’d love to read it!
Haiku Moment: not happening
let go, pink monster
not happening, not ever
I will get you. hiss
not happening by Angie Quantrell
irritated cat: Monet
Haiku Moment: before, after
before, snow blankets
snowfall melts under sun’s smile
after, window holes
before, after by Angie Quantrell
photos by Angie Quantrell, Yakima Valley
Haiku From Two #Haikufromtwo by Amanda Davis
On Day 29 of Storystorm (https://taralazar.com/2021/01/29/storystorm-2021-day-29/), Amanda Davis shares a fun way to get your creative juices flowing. In the post “Amanda Davis Keeps Creative Juices Flowing with Haiku from Two,” she tells how she started a process of using two books she is currently reading, choosing one word from each, and then creating a haiku from those two words. The resulting haiku sometimes leads to new writing projects.
How fun! I love writing haiku, though I usually pair it with one of my photos. I was immediately on board with trying this creative idea. Thanks, Amanda (https://www.instagram.com/amandadavis_art/)!
First word: solitude
Book: The Powerful Purpose of Introverts, Why the World Needs YOU to BE YOU by Holley Gerth (Revell, 2020)
Second word: moonlight
Book: Lemonade Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka (Roaring Book Press, 2011)
What a fun creative writing exercise! Let me know if you decide to try this one. I’d love to read your haiku!
Haiku Moment: shovel cats
heavy snow blanket,
mountains to build, but first it’s
time to shovel cats
shovel cats by Angie Quantrell
Yakima Valley
Haiku Moment: broken
a heart, a country
seems indestructible, yet
words wound deeply: heal
broken by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell, Yakima Valley
Haiku Moment: a la mode
arrange sweet apples
topped with winter’s cream; is it
nature’s a la mode?
a la mode by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell
December, West Valley
Haiku Moment: fall’s siren song
crimson flames top trees,
fire-tipped shelter burns my eyes
with fall’s siren song
fall’s siren song by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell, Yakima Valley
Haiku Moment: snags
barbed rust hinders, snags,
weathered disrepair guards path;
time soldiers on, march!
snags by Angie Quantrell
photo by Angie Quantrell
Horsethief Butte, Columbia River, Washington
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