tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:01:59 +0000haikuHaiku StickyHappy Haiga Dayhaigaoriginal poemcheritaekphrasissenryutankacherita terbalikSparkEkphrastic AprilEkphrastic April 2020Ekphrastic April 2019Ekphrastic April 2021poehistryhyacinths and other flowersEkphrastic MondayspandemicHogarth School seriesSketchbook Project 2016Sketchbook Project 2015ravens & crowsNengajowoodcut projectKu-dos to EmilysaintsDream projectKatkuhaibunhaiku rantOgunquitRobin Hood (form)octaikuSketchbook ProjectquipFeaturing cherita, haiku, and other small poems.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger1951125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4163190489016738550Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-08-04T06:00:00.257-04:00haikuHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:   and just like that there's the school bus ...August   http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/08/haiku-sticky-603.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5749939631631915231Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-08-01T06:00:00.209-04:00cheritaHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text:a colorful thought: blue is a devoted handmaiden to sadness give her a summer sky a blooming hydrangea and she may look for a new jobhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/08/happy-haiga-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-8284346738053379375Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-28T06:00:00.213-04:00haikuHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:a few roses from the supermarket ...rain continueshttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/haiku-sticky-602.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1580572512126734015Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-25T06:00:00.238-04:00haikuHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:nary a ripple... too hot even for fish to jump http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/happy-haiga-day_0816231720.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-750453570767715423Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-18T06:00:00.206-04:00cheritaHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:vacation at the bungalow we played card games with stale chips as chips most days, though, were spent with noses pressed against cold glasshttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/happy-haiga-day_0972182278.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5607987407405918820Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-11T06:00:00.216-04:00haikuHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:the friend not made today ...summer rainhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/happy-haiga-day_01171029932.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-3107282923612530478Wed, 07 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-07T06:00:00.178-04:00haikuHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:two huge thunderclaps the next morning wondering if it was a dreamhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/haiku-sticky-601.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-8954178974695244923Sun, 04 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-07-04T06:00:00.188-04:00Happy Haiga Dayoriginal poem © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text: We Americanshave no needof pyrotechnicsto make a bang. The implosion ofour democracy isa spectacle visibleto all the world. http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/07/happy-haiga-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4825873603490450026Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-30T06:00:00.203-04:00haikuHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:third day near 100 all rational thoughts sweated awayhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/haiku-sticky-600.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1623731333244306258Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-27T06:00:00.400-04:00Happy Haiga Dayoriginal poem © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Image: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705 Text: Produce Section Oh, the urge to stop and smell a peach (and give it a squeeze). You've been disappointed in Junes past, so you settle for one more pint of strawberries. http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/happy-haiga-day_02108785641.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-562075228659230700Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-26T15:05:14.346-04:00haikuHaiku Stickyravens & crows © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text:distant thunder the chatter between crows continueshttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/haiku-sticky-599.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-8750240903232873520Sun, 20 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-20T06:00:00.191-04:00cheritaHappy Haiga DayA few weeks ago, in a post Covid gathering, there was a discussion of the proposed Juneteenth federal holiday.  At least one person spoke up to say she had never heard of Juneteenth.  If you, too, were unfamiliar with the holiday and want to learn more than has been presented in media snippets over the past week, start with this post from the Library of Congress.© Diane Mayr, all rightshttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/happy-haiga-day_01047226968.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7317429691450788260Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-16T06:00:00.203-04:00Haiku Stickyoriginal poempandemic © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text:  Lunch, June 2021 Reunion of old friends after the pandemic. Same old, same old never more welcomed. http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/haiku-sticky-598.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-6947466465042845198Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-13T06:00:00.204-04:00haikuHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Image:  U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.Text: June strawberries freshly plucked the scent as heady as the tastehttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/happy-haiga-day_067751621.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-554271072398692696Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-09T06:00:00.220-04:00cheritaHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:temperature in the 90s spider runs up and down the kitchen wall where it finds the energy I don't know, but I can't stop watching it in awe  http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/haiku-sticky-597.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-6771300302975740079Sun, 06 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-06T06:00:00.206-04:00cheritaekphrasisHappy Haiga Day © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  "Three Pears" by Paul Cézanne. Text:early June the pear tree interlaced with walnut-sized fruitcome September after birds and squirrels feast we'll be lucky to find three http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/happy-haiga-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-695358485925394360Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-06-02T06:00:00.197-04:00cherita terbalikHaiku Sticky © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text: it's been a year since democracy took a directhit of tear gasthe devil waved a biblewith a look of defiancewho is left to pray  http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/06/haiku-sticky-596.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4707531937059157674Sun, 30 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-30T06:00:00.194-04:00cherita terbalikHappy Haiga Day  © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.  Text: bird, tree frog, chipmunk each with its own audience plus mehttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/happy-haiga-day_02145036450.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-551577060070408780Wed, 26 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-26T06:00:00.192-04:00Haiku Stickysenryu © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:Sunday drive...a Deer Run Road in allthe small townshttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/haiku-sticky-595.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4784139379845979919Sun, 23 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-23T06:00:00.219-04:00haikuHappy Haiga Daypandemic © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text:pandemic spring seeing coronavirus everywherehttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/happy-haiga-day_02291629.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-2134465891596336501Wed, 19 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-19T06:00:00.214-04:00Haiku Stickysenryu© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text:the ending leaves her weeping in the driveway --audiobookhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/haiku-sticky-594.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7948868489349909355Sun, 16 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-16T16:12:13.469-04:00cherita terbalikHappy Haiga Daypandemic © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:no memory of the "before time" Saturday trip to Home Depot supersizes his world two-year-oldhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/happy-haiga-day_01200897064.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-6903765285606953350Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-12T06:00:00.209-04:00cherita terbalikHaiku StickyWhat's really sad is that "the other guy" seems to have cloned himself and is now living with several democracy destroying room-mates.   © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Text: three plus months gone by"he-who-shall-not-be-named"now with the sobriquet "the other guy" andstill living rent-freein our heads http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/haiku-sticky-593.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-61751259630060417Sun, 09 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-09T06:00:00.198-04:00cherita terbalikHappy Haiga Daypandemic © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:  is there a difference between purple and violet?and does the lateArtist plant earwormsin your head, too?...pandemic continues http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/happy-haiga-day_055772116.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-8314904923322132809Wed, 05 May 2021 10:00:00 +00002021-05-05T06:00:00.197-04:00haikuHaiku Stickypandemic © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Text:first lilac sighting an overwhelming urge to rip off my maskhttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2021/05/haiku-sticky-592.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0