Remembering What Will Be

A Collection of
Tanka and Haiku Poems

By Maire

Haiku Poetry

“Lemonade”

The
bright summer day

Selling
Lemonade, “Five Cents!”

But
nobody came.

“Fearless”

Running
in the grass

Barefoot,
Completely Fearless

Discover
Wonder

“Hope”

Curious
children

Brand
new eyes to see the world

There
might yet be hope

“Inevitable”

They
always grow up

Way too
fast for our liking

But
that’s what happens

“Remember”

All
together now

My
sisters playing outside

Oh, the
adventures!

Tanka Poetry

“Seven
A.M.”

Waiting
for the bus

It’s
winter and cold outside

My nose
is freezing

The bus
is loud and warm

Everyone
says it’s too cold

“Lullaby”

On my
mama’s lap

And she
is singing a song

‘Bout a
tired bear

His
tummy full of honey

We keep
rocking back and forth

“Halfway
Done”

The
mean girls at school

They
throw stony words at me

Nobody
listens

But
I’ll be gone pretty soon

And
then they will be sorry

“Ready”

I know
who I am

Confident
and happy, strong

Don’t
try to break me

Because
everything is great

And I’m
not afraid at all

“Going…Going…”

Ready
to run now

Finally
starting my life

I’m
excited to begin

This
new part of my journey

And oh,
I’m ready go!

Author’s Note:

This series
of Haiku and Tanka poetry is centered on the idea of growing up. It’s about how
there’s always that wish to stay the same, but excitement at the notion of
moving forward. A big piece of the theme is remembering what was and hope for
what can be. Not denying what hurt, but acknowledging what made me stronger.