HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Mom,
Here's a love letter
I've written for you
to honor,
respect
and cherish you.

I want you to know
I love all you do
and I will ever
echo THANK YOU.


  I've got a different challenge for you today.  Can you write a LOVE LETTER to yourself telling about all the things you like and want for yourself?  Have fun writing.
   When my mom was alive, every year on Mothers Day I would receive a letter from her thanking me for making her a mom.  She definitely had an attitude of gratitude.  What are you grateful for?

haiku

As the sun dips red
with orange and pink, I stop
to breathe a thank you

     I have a friend who has the practice of stopping every evening just as the sun is setting to meditate on the blessings the day has provided.  This is something I want to try.  To say thank you for each day and for the people who have helped me along the way.  To say thank you for all the discoveries I have made each day.
     So this haiku is for you.  THANK YOU.  Thanks for stopping by, thanks for reading my poems and thank you for all the ideas and suggestions you have shared with me.  You are a blessing in my life.
    Have you noticed I don't really give titles to my haiku?  Haiku don't have titles, so I just label mine with the form.  Can you try writing a haiku about your sunrise or sun set?

HAPPY EARTH DAY

Hello Earth,
     How do you do?
Today is the day,
     I celebrate you.

HAPPY EARTH DAY

Thank you for mountains
      capped with snow.
Thank you for bird songs
      I'm learning to know.

Thanks for flowers blooming
     on the Palosverde tree
Thanks for sharing
     your earth with me.




     What is one thing you are thankful for about our earth?  Can you write a couplet about that and leave it in the comments below?  Have fun writing your own Earth Day poem.  Can you try an acrostic on Earth Day?

Hawaiian Thank You

May I 
Always be
Happy
And grateful for
Love
Openly given.



     The Hawaiian word for thank you is mahalo.  Yesterday I had a friend call to talk about her gratitude rock.  She carries it in her pocket to remind herself to be thankful for all the beauty in her life and all the wondrous encounters she has.  I have another friend who makes a list every Sunday of all the things from the previous week she is thankful for.
    I'm thankful you have come to read my poem today.  Now that spring is here I feel like there are changes occuring in the universe and I'm so glad  we are a part of the changes.  So thank you.  Today's poem was written especially for you.  Your challenge for today is to write your own poem about thankfulness or gratitude.  Perhaps you'll want to try an acrostic poem too.
     Thank you for stopping by and now I'm off to go rock hunting.
     Happy Poetry Friday.  For more fun poems today hop over to  The Drift Record , Julie Larios is hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup this week.  Thanks, Julie, for all your work.  Great poetry party!

I'm Sorry

Sue, Sue,
What do you do,
if you step on the toes
of a kangaroo?

Well, you say
I'm sorry, of course.
What else can you say?
Speak up quick
'fore he hops away.

Fred, Fred,
What can be said
when you knock
my hat from my head?

Well, you say
I'm sorry, of course.
What else can you say?
Speak up quick
'fore my hat blows away.

Ray, Ray
what do you say
when putting on
a Hawaiian lei?

Well, you say
Aloha, of course.
What else can you say?
Speak up quick
'fore she hulas away.

      I've been having fun today matching names with actions.  I started with things to say please and thank you about.  Can you write your own mannerly poem today?  Or can you write a verse using your own name.  Have fun writing.

The Elephant

There is an elephant
in my lunchbox.
He's eating all my food.
He never says,
Please or Thank you.
I think he's very rude.