Haikus

My pathetic haiku poems --

Yellow banana
Tastes so sweet, so ripe, so nice
You want to have one?


Lights twinkle, dangle
Memories hang proud and glad
Baker's Christmas tree


Incandescent bulb
Shaded by fabric and lace
My lamp for reading


See, this is why Aunt with Books and Redheaded Man always make up the fun scavenger hunt clues at Christmas time! They laugh at my lack of creativity and don't like for me to participate. If you are laughing at my lack of creativity, please stop that right now!

Bonnie is the poet/writer in the family. Did you know that she once won a haiku contest at the Shell Westhollow Research Center where her dad works? Her awesome (ahem!) prizes included a chemistry T-shirt!

Bonnie Made Me Do This

Here's my copy of the list from Bonnie's blog:

Tell me your favorite book, and I'll respond with:

1. Something random about you
2. Challenge you to do something
3. Pick a color that reminds me of you
4. Tell you something I like about you
5. Tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. Pick an animal that you remind me of
7. Ask you a question I've always wanted to ask

I'm not good at haikus, but I'll get to work on Bonnie's challenge to do a series of haikus about bananas, a lamp, and a Christmas tree. That should be interesting!

Rain

Today it is raining (Bonnie will be so happy). Many songs have been written about rain, and I was thinking . . .

Raindrops keep falling on my head
Purple Rain
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain
If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops Oh how happy I would be
Singing in the rain
It never rains in California
Healing Rain
Stand in the Rain

Do you know . . . which of the above is by Superchick? The Carpenters? BJ Thomas? Michael W. Smith? Which ones are from movies or the theater?

Enjoy your rainy day! Have some chocolate and relax! That's what I'm doing RIGHT NOW (and the chocolates are Belgian!)