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.