Haiku of a Homeschooler

2011-12-05T11:57:00.001-08:00

the eve of St. Nick's
"is it the fifth already??"
mad scrounging for treats

2011-11-17T13:48:00.001-08:00

forty-two years old
and I'm just learning to spell
the word dilemma

2011-10-21T13:45:00.001-07:00

Must send them to school!
Twice yearly temper tantrum
I feel better now.

2011-04-14T15:28:00.000-07:00

it is with great glee
that I see the pony beads
meet vacuum cleaner

2011-02-13T14:58:00.001-08:00

One from my clever dh:

Long word haikus rule

Antidisestablishment-

arianism

2010-12-31T07:01:00.000-08:00

Seven Quick Takes: Haiku Version
(over at my other blog)

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2010-12-19T12:43:00.000-08:00

being a math geek
haiku prompt spurs me on to
define harmonics

A harmonic is
a wave whose frequency is
integral multiple

of the frequency
of some reference signal
or wave. f, 2f.

poetry and math
creates it's own harmony
in my bizarre brain

Posted for Sensational Haiku Wednesday prompt: harmonics

2010-12-19T12:19:00.000-08:00

grief's thoughts clattering
afraid of the opposite
deafening stillness

Written for the One Single Impression prompt: Stillness

2010-11-30T08:04:00.000-08:00

studying Japan
yen, tea, Fuji, kabuki
think I'll teach...haiku :)

2010-10-17T05:42:00.000-07:00

My ten-year-old daughter made up this poem and it actually fits the haiku model (not intended). I loved it and wanted to remember it:

I kicked a pumpkin
Oh my gosh, it hit a tree
branch and came down - squash

Get it...squash?

2010-09-25T11:15:00.000-07:00

what a happy day
mama cries tears behind smile
baby boy is three

Serviam

2010-09-25T05:49:00.000-07:00

God grant me the grace
to serve you today and the
zeal to desire it

2010-01-25T19:23:00.000-08:00

did anyone see
the truck that ran me over?
its name was Monday

2010-01-25T05:01:00.000-08:00

he takes bat in hand
to protect me from evil
my knight in PJs

2010-01-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

it's ironic that
in getting seven to church
I need confession

2010-01-22T07:51:00.000-08:00

tried to write haiku
while World War III raged downstairs
cabin feverish

2010-01-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

homeschooling methods
feel the peg fall in the hole
we're Latin-Centered

2010-01-19T08:46:00.001-08:00

Ode By a Sick Mom:

can six hours of
Pride and Prejudice movies
count as our school day?

2010-01-18T11:08:00.002-08:00

please push in your chair
put your dishes in the sink
after dinner chores

2010-01-18T11:08:00.001-08:00

O Drosophila
Was not Bio. Lab enough?
Please leave my kitchen

2010-01-18T11:07:00.006-08:00

shocked questions fly
“Really, it’s not like you think”
eyes wide at Our Five

2010-01-18T11:07:00.005-08:00

late winter heat wave
ends with eight inches of snow.
In Like a Lion

2010-01-18T11:07:00.003-08:00

jacketless children
jump rope in mud crusted shoes
the groundhog was wrong

2010-01-18T11:07:00.001-08:00

sugar shocked kids bounce
red mylar orbs in my face
Happy Valentines

2010-01-18T11:06:00.006-08:00

hey feverish child
please learn the difference between
tissues and my shirt

2010-01-18T11:06:00.005-08:00

such bittersweet things,
moving him up and away,
are baby’s first steps

2010-01-18T11:06:00.003-08:00

sweet baby Jeffrey
forever my baby boy
Happy Birthday, Son!

2010-01-18T11:06:00.001-08:00

Virginal Mother
a sword pierced your heart also
Lady of Sorrow

2010-01-18T11:05:00.003-08:00

minds miles away
the coveted hush descends
it’s library day

2010-01-18T11:05:00.001-08:00

my head is spinning
good thing there’s somewhere to sit
furniture shopping

2010-01-18T11:00:00.006-08:00

just control yourself
I smugly think, to those who
often overspend

I pride myself on
being frugal, no credit
card catastrophes

I’ll just get diapers
I told myself, and entered,
mental blinders on

I couldn’t resist
Target: shopper’s Waterloo
I’ll take four, to go

2010-01-18T11:00:00.005-08:00

bumping through the day
*gasp* – how long can this go on?
bad case of hiccups

2010-01-18T11:00:00.003-08:00

pare down the chaos
to seventeen syllables
haiku therapy

2010-01-18T11:00:00.001-08:00

oh my little boy
with tongue as blue as your eyes
don’t eat the Play-doh

2010-01-18T10:59:00.005-08:00

inspired athlete
running laps around our house
olympic hopeful

2010-01-18T10:59:00.003-08:00

staring mesmerized
their virtual exercise
summer olympics

2010-01-18T10:59:00.001-08:00

the house is a mess
mom gets her P.E. credits
scrubbing kitchen floors

2010-01-18T10:58:00.004-08:00

melting chocolate
with a magnifying glass
science meets dessert

2010-01-18T10:58:00.003-08:00

need a P.E. sub
I am really too old to
demonstrate cartwheels

2010-01-18T10:58:00.001-08:00

a quizzical look
why are you so flat and cold
baby in mirror

2010-01-18T10:57:00.006-08:00

gently you hold us
some crumbs, change, and twelve pencils
ode to a sofa

2010-01-18T10:57:00.005-08:00

I am back for now
the muse’s nudgings way too
painful to ignore

though I try – see my
fingers in my ears and my
hands over my eyes?

2010-01-18T10:57:00.003-08:00

miniature snail
moves fast for one carrying
his house on his back

2010-01-18T10:57:00.001-08:00

baby is walking
I stand in awe behind her
path of destruction

2010-01-18T10:56:00.003-08:00

butterflies inside
homeschooling portfolio
review is today!

2010-01-18T10:56:00.001-08:00

apparently I
gave up for Lent all of my
creativity

2010-01-18T10:55:00.002-08:00

a lenten journey
walk with Me to Calvary
the Way of the Cross

standing silently
Jesus is condemned to die
not my will, but Thine

carrying the cross
unimaginable pain
my burden now, too

the weight of my sins
so heavy for You to bear
You fall the first time

Mary, He sees you
Your eyes meet, a sword pierces
your heart now also

Simon is chosen
to help You carry the cross
soon, we all will be

Boldly, tenderly
Veronica wipes Your face
Your image remains

on the ground again
You struggle with us; teach me
Your perseverance

“Do not cry for Me
women of Jerusalem-
cry for you and yours.”

the path is ending
this Via Dolorosa
You fall a third time

in humility
You stand as they cast their lots
for Your precious clothes

Now nailed to the cross
I cannot watch, but neither
can I turn away

yes, “It is finished!”
Your Life poured out for us all
behold Salvation

the arms of Mary
hold You now, you are taken
from the cross to her

the stone is in place
our Omnipotence entombed
the end, but yet not

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how we await You
oh Lord of Heaven and Earth
come and fill our hearts

2010-01-18T10:55:00.001-08:00

Lenten sacrifice
divest me from sinfulness
spring cleaning of soul

2010-01-18T10:54:00.006-08:00

constant companion
we tango through daily chores
baby on my hip

2010-01-18T10:54:00.005-08:00

the box has arrived
we rip it open then – GASP!
two books backordered

2010-01-18T10:54:00.003-08:00

giving up chocolate
much harder than in years past
Lent starts this Wednesday!

2010-01-18T10:54:00.001-08:00

fallen snow untouched
the white expanse smooth as silk
first one shoveling

2010-01-18T10:53:00.004-08:00

we gaze out windows
a stunned look – the world is white
baby’s first snowstorm

2010-01-18T10:53:00.003-08:00

where is my pencil?
you have a pencil box now-
I charge for new ones

2010-01-18T10:53:00.001-08:00

Ordered Math-U-See
Waiting so impatiently
Where is that mailman?

2010-01-18T10:52:00.004-08:00

the piano box
is getting more use than the
piano itself

2010-01-18T10:52:00.003-08:00

switching, exchanging
like a revolving door here:
math curriculum

2010-01-18T10:52:00.001-08:00

twelve days without sun
cold drizzle keeps us inside
January blahs

2010-01-18T10:51:00.006-08:00

Glorious Godhead
my small words fall at Your feet
Infinite Loving

2010-01-18T10:51:00.005-08:00

recorder player
a squeak-squawking serenade
where are my ear plugs?

2010-01-18T10:51:00.003-08:00

large cardboard castles,
tinfoil shields – our version of
the Middle Ages

2010-01-18T10:51:00.001-08:00

sugarplum fairies
well aimed shoe fells the Mouse King
Nutcraker Ballet

2010-01-18T10:50:00.003-08:00

big kids need structure-
babies and toddlers need less…
my current challenge

2010-01-18T10:50:00.001-08:00

Family and friends
The things that really matter
Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-01-18T10:49:00.004-08:00

I don’t remember!
I just taught you yesterday!
Senile at 8 years.

2010-01-18T10:49:00.003-08:00

No ideas flow here
Words fail to pool in my brain
A haiku desert

2010-01-18T10:49:00.001-08:00

colors and patterns
we’re learning the “whys” of math
with Cuisenaire rods

2010-01-18T10:48:00.002-08:00

September looming
new baby and new student
Mom: deer in headlights

2010-01-18T10:48:00.001-08:00

our new microscope
revealing in a droplet
hidden universe