Joshua Keiter

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

Strange how we forgot
To celebrate our birthdays 
By running around 

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

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

Lazy afternoon 
Child keeps making sandwiches 
Out of plastic fruit 

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

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?

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

Running rampant so
Stock up on tissues sleep and
Antihistamines

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?