Poetry marathon responses to prompts– I am working on number 6, the Haibun
9 am End
An End
1.Ending means excitement
wait is over
Baby arrives
Christmas is here
Paradise claimed
Celebration begins
2.—never forget
I can never forget
So, the day began
as always with a call from the nurse
at my doorway
not sure where I am
or why there is a nurse calling to me
the breakfast tray comes
the eggs look familiar
taste like nothing
didn;t I have this same meal
yesterday?
or another day?
A cheerful young woman
fluffs my pillow as I sit
up and murmmurs something
about activities
she seems familiar.
Still another girl
cones in to help me dress.
When did I acquire servants?
Around mid-day I hear something
something that indeed I do recognize
a voice.
“Hi Mom, How are you today?”
A kiss.
She loves me. It;s my daughter.
That I never can forget.
- Before Darkness
Sky colors burst into a riot of red and purple
Birds streaked by on their way home
I spied a sliver of moon in the bit of blue
remaining
then sun closed down his light
disappearing into the water
Horizon line blurred as dark water and dark sky
slowly became one
as darkness spread.
4.Write a ten line poem
Then add ten more, interspersed
Then take away eight
Who is sleeping
I woke up in the middle of the night
The frogs were calling out
So loudly
I loked out side the window
Saw a cat by the endege of the pon
Was he awtcing for a stry carp
Those were mostly heron prey
Was he watching for a frog
Was that to be his food today
Itappedn onteh window pane
——–oops I have exceeded the ten
To see if when I saw his face
I would rcognixe the cat
As coming from someone someplace
I knew
For someohoen that feline
Shape
Silver fur under silver moon seemed quite
Familiar to me
Then I have to bring it to an end
What happens when the cat turns toward me
- so, technology—haiku backwards—757 nstead of 575
Computers are they our friends?
No, unlike dogs they
Do not love us to the end