My Mommy’s Place is having a haiku contest. To enter, you have to post your haikus in your blog.

Ordinarily I would not abuse this blog by using it to force you to read bad poetry. However, one of the prizes is chocolate, and when it comes to chocolate, I am powerless to resist. Bad poetry it is!

Venomous white snakes
Poisoning the old brown plain
Time for a dye job

I liked the way that one turned out. Here is another one I liked:

Morning Coffee
Two-week-old baby
Medium double-double
Elixir of life

I thought that this one was quite brilliant, with the double meaning of “elixir of life” there and all, but then it occurred to me that “medium double double” is a rather Canadian colloquialism (for a coffee with a double shot of cream and sugar), and perhaps the international nature of the voters will cause this poem to be under appreciated. I thought of changing the middle line to “coffee with cream and sugar” but I didn’t think it sounded as cool. So I added the title to help explain things instead.

One more, a little on the earnest side but again, I was happy with it:

Tiny and trusting
Your fingers around my thumb
I am a mother

Inspired by the way the Wee One likes to hold my hand while nursing. I’ll miss that in a few months.