January Haiku

I've been writing monthly poetry with my Poetry Sisters for over ten years now. Missed quite a few monthly posts, it's true, but I'm not giving up yet. Every year we look ahead to make plans for the year, and this year we have all agreed to take some time to look back and revise some of those older poems that still could use some work. I'm glad of that because I have to admit I have often scribbled something off in a rush and never looked back. They could all be a bit better, in fact!

We are going to balance that by writing a few other short poems, often haiku, in a balance of foresight and hindsight. Sounds about right for the cusp of the decade. We are ending this month with a haiku on a theme of the new year of foresight.

I know from Chinese cooking that pears are therapeutic. Poached pears in a honey sauce are so soothing and comforting. Just what we need on a dreary day at the end of January. Another thing about pears; they ripen slowly and get sweeter with a few scars. My kind of fruit.

 

Start of the week;

green pear on the windowsill,

sweet by Friday.

-Andromeda Jazmon

Check out the wonderful haiku by my Poetry Sisters here:

Laura Purdie Salas

Liz Garton Scanlon

Trisha Stohr-Hunt

Tanita S. Davis

Sara Lewis Holmes

Kelly Ramsdell

Rebecca Holmes

And don't forget to visit the Friday Poetry Roundup at Deowriter. Enjoy!