This week was so busy and stressful for me on so many levels. Running around plus school work. I don’t see any improvements in the coming two weeks either, as I have to tackle a challenging philosophical essay for my Critical Theory class. I have been writing poetry…and I’m trying to tweak them and get them to the point where they are Post-It Note worthy; some have meandered on longer than a post-it poem should. I hope I can contribute more than one poem next week. I’d like to try to write a tanka. I’ve never written one before. I know it’s a 5-7-5-7-7 syllables-per-line poem (the rule has been broken, I know), I just want to get the method of writing a traditional one before I start breaking the rule. You know the saying: “Master the rule first, then  break it.”

My lone poem for this week was a haiku…and I’m fairly happy with it.

still life, with plums 

her small, sun-browned hands

lift up the basket of plums,

a fruitful harvest.