9 Haiku For My Kids Poem by Jacqui Thewless

9 Haiku For My Kids



Rowen, my first child:
her first glimpse of me / her mum's
first hint of glory.

Jessie and Rowen:
two stars I steer by. Each day,
the sun and the moon.

Winter of '80:
children see diamonds in snow...
The heart's lens freezes them.

Julian pee-pees
as soon as he's been born - its
huge arch, triumphant.

Twin boys who are dead
on arrival. Empty pram,
and not even names.

Jules, like Paddington
Bear in duffle-coat and red
wellies on the sledge.

Shift to Pembrokeshire:
Jess and her bro rifle
wet bogs. Watch out, toads!

Rowen, the eldest,
keeps to herself in her room,
drawing Tutankhamen.

These, my final babes -
twins, sharing one crib - sucking
each other's wee noses.


© Jacqui Thewless, June 2014

Friday, June 6, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: children
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 07 June 2014

What a precious collection of haiku's! Nicely done!

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Gajanan Mishra 06 June 2014

good writing, I like it, thanks.

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Jacqui Thewless

Jacqui Thewless

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