This was a project I did basically during the pandemic. I started writing a poem a day. Once ‘real life’ started again it got harder to write everyday, which is interesting.

I have started to edit some of these mostly the kids poetry. I think there might be enough here for a book. We shall see.

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The Way Forward

Sometimes standing still,
stopping to hear the inside,
starts the way forward.

Kimberly LeClair 9/1/21 Kimberly LeClair 9/1/21

Small Miracles

When a miracle
unfolds in one small moment
do you notice it?

Kimberly LeClair 8/1/21 Kimberly LeClair 8/1/21

black sheep

Heavy eyelids fall
like sticky dark wool of night
waiting for a dream.

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lazy blanket

The lazy blanket
of a summer afternoon
invites me to nap.

Kimberly LeClair 7/28/21 Kimberly LeClair 7/28/21

Time’s River

Days stretch long and wide
as water from time’s river
pushes us onward.

Kimberly LeClair 7/13/21 Kimberly LeClair 7/13/21

form

studying sonnets
lyric: elegies and odes
still, write senryu

Kimberly LeClair 4/5/21 Kimberly LeClair 4/5/21

possibility

beneath the surface
possibility swimming
ready to push through

Kimberly LeClair 3/28/21 Kimberly LeClair 3/28/21

capture

Why would you want to
capture a miracle by
building a word cage?

Kimberly LeClair 3/23/21 Kimberly LeClair 3/23/21

A Listening Heart

Is there any sound
more soothing than the beat of
a listening heart?

Kimberly LeClair 3/21/21 Kimberly LeClair 3/21/21

invitation

Are you waiting for
the future to invite you
to your own party?

Kimberly LeClair 3/20/21 Kimberly LeClair 3/20/21

hope

Can you hear the sound
of the day waking up and
offering you hope?

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something new - the senryu

I am the haiku,
perhaps the most popular
of all the poems.

How do you know me?
Count first to five, then seven,
back to five...the end.

I should talk about
nature. But today, I am
breaking all the rules.

Here is a secret.
In truth, I am called senryu.
You can look me up.

Just because I’m nice —
here is a great article
about me, senryu.

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