Haiku

I wrote a haiku and it really isn't any wonderful thing but I'm going to post it because Life's Journey inspired me to write a haiku this morning and it is Poetry Thursday.

Beast
desperate clawing
fear hidden in a garage
open door freedom run

For the background of this poem you need to see yesterday's post. Since there has been no further destruction in the garage in the last 24 hours I think the mystery beast is gone. We are back to thinking it may have been a rabbit. We found a hair. My husband focused his telescope on a rabbit out at the base of the bird feeder and we studied it up close and personal. It sure looks like we found a rabbit hair. Ah a clue Watson - a hair of a hare!!!!


So, it's poetry thursday. And Poetry Thursday has a new blog - Wahoo! I think it looks great. At this point I don't think I will be a regular participant, but I will be a regular reader. I have discovered poetry through the internet. I've always liked poetry when it is read out loud. I've never been much of a reader of poetry. I know it helps to read poetry out loud to yourself. I've never bothered to go check out poetry books. Over the last several months I've discovered that blogs are exposing me to poetry without any effort. And it's very stimulating to have this wonderful broadcast of poetry flowing into my life.

The other thing I've noticed is that during April - National Poetry Month - the library had a book display. I checked out a Billy Collins book. What I discovered from that - is reading poetry in bed before sleep is perfect. I can actually start and finish a poem or several poems before I fall asleep. Reading fiction is hard because about the only time I read it is right before bed and I never stick with it for long so I end up frustrated that the story goes so slow and each night I have to re-remember the story. With poetry I can have a complete reading experience. I wouldn't have realized this if it hadn't been for the exposure to poetry I've been unconsciously receiving out in blogland.

I have to give a little plug to The Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque. They just published a poetry book by 74 New Mexico writers. It is awesome. It's called the Harwood Anthology edited by Susan McAllister and Becky Holtzman and published by Old School Books. Right now on the home page of The Harwood Art Center they have all the info and a picture of the book. I wasn't able to find a link where one could purchase it online - but I bet you could call Bookworks to order a copy.

I think the internet and blogging is bringing new life to poetry. I want to thank all the wonderful bloggers who are exposing poetry sometimes their own and sometimes others. It's stimulating me and causing me to notice more and more poetry. Thanks to you all - now go read and live some poetry!!