Fishing Haiku

Here's a poem I wrote about fishing for Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog for Poetry Theme for the Month of May. The theme was "fishing" so I wrote a short haiku for it. For those who are not familiar with haiku, it is a very structured, and very short, type of Japanese poem with a total of three lines. The first and third lines have only five syllables each, while the second line has seven. Here's my haiku:

FISHING HAIKU

Just baited the hook.
Sitting, waiting for a bite.
What lies will I catch?

Profound, don't ya think?

A Tribute to Moms

Here's a poem in honor of Mother's Day. It's not the greatest poem in the world. But, at least I hope it expresses something about the way we feel about our moms.

A Tribute to Moms
   by, Christine M. Irvin

Moms who work.
Moms who play.
Moms are there
Every day.

Arms to love.
Arms to hold.
Arms we run to
When we're cold.

Even those
Who've passed away.
We think about them
every day.

Young and old,
Short and tall,
They're our moms.
We love them all.

Happy Mother's Day!