4 posts tagged Outdoors Verse

Poems About Poems (Limerick and Haiku Prompt) March 21st, 2008 Today’s limerick and haiku theme is poems about poems or, if you prefer, poems about writing. First, my limerick about writing haiku: Ode To The Haiku By Madeleine Begun Kane It’s seventeen-syllable verse — Maybe less — yes it has to be terse.

Yard Yarns (Limerick and Haiku Prompt) March 14th, 2008 Today’s limerick and haiku theme is yards and/or gardens. First, my limerick:  I admit that I’m bad with a rake, And disposing of leaves makes me quake. So that pile—I ignored it, But then was rewarded With saplings—benign neglect’s wake.

Trash Day (Limerick and Haiku) January 12th, 2008 Trash Day By Madeleine Begun Kane On  trash day I set a tv On the curb and before I could flee, A neighborhood jerk Yelled, “How well does it work?” Guess he wanted a signed guaranty. Streets lined with garbage: Discarded chairs, broken lamps.