parting lesson

Parting is
Such sweet sorrow
That I shall say
Good night till it be
Tomorrow



What is a sherku? 

This is a "found" poem. The words were written by William Shakespeare. I gave them this format.

This was prompted by the news that the Joyful Jubilant Learning blog is ending

cold morning

trees rustled

before the wind

froze your back

the leaf danced

and slid

between the rails

What is a sherku?

Twittered and tagged as #140poet #twitpoem

sounds of light

coo, coo
sounds of light
brings sounds of sight
did I hear you
jump to the
conclusion?

What is a sherku?


Twittered and tagged as #140poet #twitpoem

sherku: cooing

if we could
coo to ask
they could coo
to say why
birds sit just so
on the wire

This was inspired by this photo of birds on the wire, downtown Franklin Thursday morning

What is a sherku?
Twittered and tagged as  #140poet #twitpoem

amaryllis day 9

warm morning
snows melting
rain coming
time to put roots down
nurture them well

What is a sherku?




Twittered and tagged as #140poets

sherku: bingo

Heisenberg's

uncertainty

principle

caught my attention

two times today

What is a sherku?


This was sent to Twitter tagged as #140poet #twitpoem

morning colors

black sidewalk white snow
red signal
no train yet
Brown victory
gray horizon

What is a sherku?

side tunnel

deep in the side tunnel

YouTube plays

"How does your light

shine in the halls of

Shamballa?"

What is a sherku?

Inspired by this week's Monday Morning Memo from Roy H Williams

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sustenance

rain and snow outside
water and light
sustains amaryllis
what sustains you?

What is a sherku?

Originally posted to Twitter 

the joy of shoveling

oh, feel the joy 

a clear driveway 

and the sun struggling 

to break through 

the gray clouds

What is a sherku?

Originally posted to Twitter with this picture

sherku: virgin snow

just enough

snow to cover

just enough

light to hear

my shadow

take a step

What is a sherku?

Originally posted to Twitter tagged as #twitpoem #140poets

sherku: I like snow

I like snow

it tells me

to go slow

noise dampened

I can hear

snow flakes falling

What is a sherku?

Originally posted to Twitter tagged as #twitpoem #140poets

sherku: getting out

first planning

then cleaning

shopping sorting

shopping packing for

life on campus

What is a sherku?

Originally posted to Twitter tagged as #twitpoem #140poets

red bra

if only
the red bra
lying on the
snowy sidewalk
could tell
it's story






What is a sherku?


Originally posted to Twitter tagged as #twitpoem #140poets

tree fingers

horizon's
orange glow
yields to
blue then black
as night sets
on tree fingers




What is a sherku?


Originally posted to Twitter tagged as #140poets and #twitpoem

Promised Land

pit stopped near
Promised Land
driving home
to Franklin
in and out of
snow showers


What is a sherku?


Note: this is a new layout for sherku. I am deliberately deviating from the haiku-like origin of three lines and shifting to the more American 3-4 syllable phrase and running five lines to still reach 19 syllables overall. I'll acknowledge William Carlos Williams work as a key source for this change.

Happy New Year 2010