Early rain a chance
To break out the umbrella
Small enough for her

She holds it upright
Walking a straight line smiling
At how she stays dry

#NaPoWriMo 19

Strange how we forgot
To celebrate our birthdays
By running around

A park eating cake
With friends at least the younger
Ones still remember

#NaPoWriMo 18

Sometimes syllables
Don’t come together so well
Like on Haiku Day

Forgot to write one
Haiku or a syllable?
Guess we’ll never know

#NaPoWriMo 17

Months of resistance
Culminate in this moment
After much struggle

Our child brushed her teeth
In the bathroom at the sink
With her own two hands

#NaPoWriMo 16

Two days in a row
Water play with the neighbors
Involved avoiding

Getting wet at all
Despite wearing a swimsuit
Soon to be too small

#NaPoWriMo 15

Lazy afternoon
Child keeps making sandwiches
Out of plastic fruit

At least I’m caught up
Writing these daily haiku
In particular

#NaPoWriMo 14

Running out of words
I seem to be days behind
Write some to catch up

Do observations
Stick to when we observe them
Or do they forget?

#NaPoWriMo 13

Already too hot
For a lovely day in spring
Achoo!—allergies

Running rampant so
Stock up on tissues sleep and
Antihistamines

#NaPoWriMo 12

Everlasting cold
Not sure it’s not allergies
What day is it now?

Why do naps not work?
Isn’t sleep supposed to cure
What keeps us awake?

#NaPoWriMo 11

IF RICHMOND POLITICIANS RIG OUR ELECTIONS BY REDRAWING CONGRESSIONAL MAPS... THEY WIN. OUR COMMUNITIES LOSE. Their scheme to draw new Congressional districts puts politicians first and our communities last! Power grab to let politicians pick their voters X • Weakens Minority Representation by dividing Black and Brown communities Results in 0 Majority-Minority Congressional Districts

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Second flyer received from this Thiel backed Justice for Democracy PAC in as many days the very definition of pot-kettle-black politics. Vote yes, Virginia!

Telling my daughter
The spaceship we saw take off
Is now splashing down

On our home planet
After going round the moon
Her eyes widen so

#NaPoWriMo 10
#artemis

Three good main chutes #artemis

How much should you say
Don’t think of an elephant
Before anyone

Had thought to think it
Until others suspect that
You’re the elephant

#NaPoWriMo 9

Northern Virginia
Will always be defined by
Teslas with stickers

That say they bought it
Before they knew the evil
And yet cannot sell

#NaPoWriMo 8

Ten point plan two weeks
Taco Tuesday once again
What is old is new

Thanks for tuning in
Next episode of the war
So predictable

#NaPoWriMo 7

"open the fuckin' strait you crazy bastards"-- "a whole civilization will die tonight" -- "j/k"

we can't do this for another 3 years

Christ is arisen
The pastor is still napping
Easter hangover

Resurrection takes
A lot out of you—just ask
Anyone who wakes

#NaPoWriMo 6

Wonder why absent
Ones not with us at the tomb
As it stands empty

Until the rain pours
And what once was only bud
Now suddenly green

#NaPoWriMo 5

NYT Illustration superimposing Iran over the state of Wisconsin. The Scale of the War in 5 Maps CANADA Region at war TURKEY SYRIA ISRAEL IRAQ IRAN UNITED STATES U.A.E. SAUDI ARABIA OMAN MEXICO The New York Times

They finally illustrated how a NYT reporter feels flying out to one of those Midwest diners.

Easter—grocery
Store is now completely out
Of asparagus

#NaPoWriMo 4

Acting out Bluey
The one where the taxi takes
Dad to the airport

All the ottomans
At the service of the one
In the driver’s seat

#NaPoWriMo 3

Unexpected cold
Child slept on my lap all day
One of us refreshed

Easy to avoid
Headlines when all you can do
Is make appointments

#NaPoWriMo 2

Here’s my “Oh Crap It’s Poetry Month Again” Haiku for April 1:

What is old is new
We’re flying back to the moon
Earth out of orbit

Why bother planning
War just a state of being
Perpetually

Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, and Tom Morello performing “The Times They Are A-Changin'”

No Kings (Philadelphia)

ANALYSIS The Olympics Are a Show of Global Harmony. The World Is Anything But. The Winter Games, which open on Friday in Italy, are rooted in international cooperation. That feels out of place to some in a world where old rules no longer apply. 5 MIN READ

Some headlines are exemplars of grammar and grace. This one is anything but.

are we kidding us

What does a video do if not “appear”?

"look to the helpers"

THEY'RE MURDERING THE HELPERS

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,

Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.