We recently asked writers to submit their holiday-themed haiku to The Penmen Review in celebration of today, December 22, which is National Haiku Day. Here are some of the best submissions:
Auntie, In the Guest Room, With a Hamper
Looking for places
To hide that dreaded fruitcake:
An annual game.
– By Amanda Marsico
December Sky
Star-filled sky sparkles
Glistening snow softly sits
breath catches in awe.
Holiday Baking
Apron, warm kitchen,
Flour in my hair, giggles,
Holiday baking.
– By Lisa J. Jackson
Christmas Haiku
drinking rum eggnog
you lay awake wondering
what would Jesus do?
– By Bradley Mason Hamlin
A Morning Measured
Three months of shopping
capped by days of wrapping hell.
Opened in minutes.
A Tween’s Belief
A cynical child,
given mixed oats and glitter,
feeds hungry reindeer.
– By Ben Jackson
The Start of Dark Days
Curtains of snowfall
as we lie there welcoming
the start of dark days.
– By Mell Blackman
Category: Poetry