Haiku Sticky #592

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

first lilac sighting
an overwhelming urge
to rip off my mask

Happy Haiga Day!

I decided it was high time I set up a label titled "pandemic."  Today's post will be labeled as such, and I'll go back over the past year and add the rest.  It may take a few days.

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

 

her highest single
word score ever

regrettably played
against an opponent
named "Practice"

pandemic year

Ekphrastic April, Day 30: "Two Sleeping Cats"

I'm going to end my 4th annual National Poetry Month series of ekphrastic cherita with a cat painting  by Wanda Gág, author and illustrator of one of my favorite picture books, Millions of Cats.

"Two Sleeping Cats" (1928) by Wanda Gág [1893-1946].

a pat of butter melting
on a slice of hot toast

a sleeping cat

a Saturday morning 

with a cup of coffee 

and nowhere else to be

 

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Ekphrastic April, Day 29: "[Black and white, an informal portrait of a young Negro woman surrounded by laundry in Newport, R.I.]"

 

"[Black and white, an informal portrait of a young Negro woman surrounded by laundry in Newport, R.I.]" (1903) by Gertrude Käsebier [1852-1934].

 

an artist has the freedom
to play with perspective
to show things in new ways

we notice, then wonder
what else we've missed...

...let's go play!

  

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Ekphrastic April, Day 28: "Shorty"

 

"Shorty" by Ada May Plante [1875-1950]. 

the ability to dream
with eyes wide open

to be transported
great distances from words
best left unheard

is an admirable trait

 

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Ekphrastic April, Day 27: "A Knock at the Door"

 

"A Knock at the Door" (1897) by Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema [1852-1909].

 

my child, he is here

take a deep breath,
another...and one more
check your hair, your dress

slow down, give him
the time to breathe, too

 

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Ekphrastic April, Day 26: "Les Tricoteuses"

 

"Les Tricoteuses" 1915 by Jacqueline Marval [1866-1932] 

I am a cat

and cannot control
my innate impulses

humans knit in front
of me as if they expect
I won't go for the kill

 

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