A Haiku easily became my favorite poem to write over the summer semester. They were simple to create, short and any idea was easily transferrable to this form of poem. When I had a feeling or something that I desired to write about, a Haiku became the ‘go to’ poem for me.

Lilly of the Valley

Lilly

Of the

Valley is the

Flower

You made

Me love dearly

Etched

On my

Arm in ink

Picked

Every May

With you in

Mind

Tiny

White bells

Hang off the

Stem

The scent

Takes me back

Memories

Flood my

Entire mind as

I

Think of

All of my

Time

With you

Iris Flower

You

Remind me

Of an Iris

They

Bloomed near

Our childhood cabin

Picked

From the

Ground and put

On

Table display

All to see

One

Time you

Put an iris

Behind

My Ear

Photographed the moment

An

Iris Flower

Will forever remind

Me

Of you

And blissful memories

Stars in the Sky

Stars

Twinkling bright

In the sky

Look

Up at

The tiny gems

In

The sky

Shining ever brightly

Little

Lanterns that

Light up the

Darkness

Nothing compares

To the night

Sky

Above us

With some bright

And

Some duller

Stars that shine

In

The night

Sky above us

New Orleans

Jazz

Echoes off

The brick walls

Of

The historical

Streets like a

Respite

From Chaos

Of the buckets

Used

As drums

In the alleyways

Stress

Stress

Is like

A suffocating pressure

That

Feels like

Bricks piling upon

Shoulders

Frozen in wonder

Whether to keep

Going

Or stop

And let it

Consume

Poetry

Poetry

Is a

Great way to

Express

Your inner

Thoughts and feelings

When

You lack

Other freeing avenues

To

Do so