April is National Poetry Writing Month — NaPoWriMo for short. I don’t know if I can do this for the whole month of April but I felt inspired to share some haiku poetry that I was compelled to write.

April Haiku – Most of the Time

Number One

Showers, warmth, green earth

Symphonies of spring songbirds

Sun peaking through clouds

Number Two

Children’s shouts of glee

Jumping into rain puddles

Left on school playgrounds

Number Three

Faces gaze skyward

Basking in the rays of warmth

Welcoming the sun

Number Four

Bulbs shoot forth new growth

Soft warm drops dance upon tongues

Springtime has arrived

April 1st, 2013

“Knock, knock”

Whose there?

“Mother Nature”

Mother Nature who?

“The one that controls the weather. April Fool’s Day! Gotcha ya!”

I couldn’t resist. After a long, cold and snowy winter and the fleeting promise of spring on Good Friday we were greeted with minus 6 degree weather upon waking today. Communities north of us are being warned to expect more snow today. Mother Nature is large and in charge.