haiku

a grasshopper leaps
on the gravel road again
lost in the distance


     It has been a good week for finding money on my walks.  On four of my morning walks I've found coins.  This morning I found a bright copper penny.  Only four more pennies and I will have a quarter.  Can you figure out what coins I found on the other three mornings?
     I always feel like it is a lucky day when I find money.  Can you write a poem today about what makes a lucky day for you?

Zen Garden

Some see only the gravel

and the rocks

needing raking.

See an arid land

where dust and dirt accumulates,

where nothing will grow.

Some see the same rock pile

of islands in a vast sea,

enduring.

Or mountains

reaching through the clouds

striving upwards.

Today I am a rock.

Let me be an ocean island.

Let me be a misty cloud

ringing.

     Do you ever have days when nothing seems to be going right?  When I have days like that, I know it is time to count my blessings, so today I'm counting.  This is a free verse poem.  I invite you to write your own poem today that uses a simile or metaphor to describe how you feel.  You're welcome to share your poem in the comments below.  Have fun writing.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day.