Roberta Day: Poems

Haikuesday January 31st (late)

Roberta Day Feb 2012

Haikuesday January 31st (late)

Neglected again,
this groggy Tuesday has been
wet with rain and tears

Haikuesday January 3rd

Roberta Day Jan 2012

Haikuesday January 3rd

Another new year

might once again be the last

I ponder the end

Published January 3, 2012

Haikuesday January 5, 2016

Roberta Day Jan 2016

Haikuesday January 5, 2016

I want to be your
personal alarm clock to
start your morning right.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday July 1, 2014

Roberta Day Jul 2014

Haikuesday July 1, 2014

July is summer—
sprinklers and bathing suits,
the month of my birth.

The seventh is bold
and no longer afraid to
heat up a little.

Seven is my number.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday July 14, 2015

Roberta Day Jul 2015

Haikuesday July 14, 2015

Spiders devour
not just their mates, but even
their own genus kin

The spider den is no more.

#poetry #haiku #betrayal #lethal #spider

Haikuesday July 15, 2014

Roberta Day Jul 2014

Haikuesday July 15, 2014

Productivity
is the sound of settling
on overcast days

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday July 2, 2019

Roberta Day Jul 2019

Haikuesday July 2, 2019

As the sun swelters,
I wear the sky with clouds
to keep me light and breezy.

Inspired by a blue dress with specks of blue and white flowers on this hot summer day.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday July 28, 2015

Roberta Day Jul 2015

Haikuesday July 28, 2015

Uncertainty *****
with me mentally. It is
a bother to me.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday July 29, 2014

Roberta Day Jul 2014

Haikuesday July 29, 2014

I spread myself thin.
I’ve sweat myself cleansed, yet still
I cannot connect.

#poetry #life #disconnect #despond

Haikuesday July 30, 2013

Roberta Day Jul 2013

Haikuesday July 30, 2013

Music is moving—
like iridescent sound waves,
coloring my mood.

Sorry for the lack of haikus.

Haikuesday July 7, 2015

Roberta Day Jul 2015

Haikuesday July 7, 2015

The pressure I put
on myself in regards to
growing is heavy.

One more year older
and I’m still learning how
to alleviate it.

It's my birthday, in case you didn't get it :]

#poetry #haiku #growth #haikueday

Haikuesday June 10, 2014

Roberta Day Jun 2014

Haikuesday June 10, 2014

Art has escaped me—
drawing inspiration from
your composition

#poetry #haiku #art #inspiration #haikuesday

Haikuesday June 14, 2016

Roberta Day Jun 2016

Haikuesday June 14, 2016

Making better use
of my time; staying busy
staves the negative

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday June 16, 2015

Roberta Day Jun 2015

Haikuesday June 16, 2015

April didn't have
nearly as many showers
as May brought for June.

It's been raining so much.

#poetry #haiku #rain

Haikuesday June 17, 2014

Roberta Day Jun 2014

Haikuesday June 17, 2014

Darting specks of light
refract beams of ideas--
forever fleeting

#poetry #haiku #positive #ideas #energy #fleeting

Haikuesday June 19th

Roberta Day Jun 2012

Haikuesday June 19th

Rain, rain, pelt my face

Camouflage the salty tears

trickling down my cheek

Haikuesday June 2, 2015

Roberta Day Jun 2015

Haikuesday June 2, 2015

Water and fire;
Smoldering mix of passion
I had not yet felt

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday June 22, 2014

Roberta Day Jul 2014

Haikuesday June 22, 2014

Summer has gone quick—
a sequence of unfolding
events, fixed in time

--Experiences
evoking emotions I
am encompassed by.

#poetry #haiku #time #summer #haikuesday

Haikuesday June 23, 2015

Roberta Day Jun 2015

Haikuesday June 23, 2015

Mutual desire
like a flint rock and steel can
spark a glowing fire.

#poetry #fire #passion #haiku #lust #haikuesday

Haikuesday June 24, 2014 (late)

Roberta Day Jun 2014

Haikuesday June 24, 2014 (late)

It's shedding season--
a time for growth and flaking
away dry, dead cells.

My snake isn't the only one shedding her skin.

#poetry #haiku #new #growth #cells #shed

Haikuesday June 29, 2021

Roberta Day Jun 2021

Haikuesday June 29, 2021

Wading in waters
So suffocatingly deep
Help me, I'm drowning

Been a long time since my last haikuesday. I thought about this one last week but was late to post.

#haiku #haikuesday #tuesday #depression

Haikuesday June 3, 2014

Roberta Day Jun 2014

Haikuesday June 3, 2014

Waiting for your call
by occupying my time
ignoring my phone.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday June 6, 2023

Roberta Day Jun 2023

Haikuesday June 6, 2023

Remain Open with
Your Self, Your Heart, Your Mind, and
Happiness you'll find

I'm back.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday #happiness

Haikuesday June 9, 2015

Roberta Day Jun 2015

Haikuesday June 9, 2015

Sometimes you get things
you didn't ask for or know
you really needed.

Like being yelled at by your best friend.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday March 10, 2015

Roberta Day Mar 2015

Haikuesday March 10, 2015

When the bowels churn,
find a lavatory stat!
Don't let them compact.

I call it a haipoo.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday March 1, 2016

Roberta Day Mar 2016

Haikuesday March 1, 2016

Beware happiness;
It can be draining if you
delve in it too deep.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday March 13th

Roberta Day Mar 2012

Haikuesday March 13th

I vow to compose

the greatest haiku when I

have aged wise and true

Haikuesday March 17, 2015

Roberta Day Mar 2015

Haikuesday March 17, 2015

I want to stay a
balled up cocoon in my bed
for eternity.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday March 20th (late, I know)

Roberta Day Mar 2012

Haikuesday March 20th (late, I know)

Punctuality

is my selective forte

Again, forgive me

Written on Wednesday, March 21st.

Haikuesday March 24, 2015

Roberta Day Mar 2015

Haikuesday March 24, 2015

You must have laser
eyes, 'cause your stare is setting
my body ablaze

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday March 26th

Roberta Day Mar 2013

Haikuesday March 26th

Here is a haiku

I have fabricated out

of thin air and words

because there's eight minutes left of Tuesday. For Klaus.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday March 27th

Roberta Day Mar 2012

Haikuesday March 27th

My obligation
to haikuesday has fizzled,
but not faded yet.

Haikuesday March 29, 2016 (late)

Roberta Day Mar 2016

Haikuesday March 29, 2016 (late)

In order to heal,
apply pressure to pain with
volition and strength.

It's been a while.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday March 31, 2015

Roberta Day Mar 2015

Haikuesday March 31, 2015

Been feeling myself
lately, unimpressed by those
who aren't feeling me.

#poetry #haiku #confidence

Haikuesday March 31, 2020

Roberta Day Apr 2020

Haikuesday March 31, 2020

Soft as a fledgling
caressing my face
Nature's whimsy

Inspired by the transcendent winds I felt yesterday.

#nature #wind #beauty

Haikuesday March 3, 2015

Roberta Day Mar 2015

Haikuesday March 3, 2015

The old is rotting
my insides, my perception
I am not present.

#poetry #haiku #gloomy

Haikuesday, March 5th

Roberta Day Mar 2013

Haikuesday, March 5th

Apologizing

is difficult when you feel

so indifferent

Haikuesday March 6th

Roberta Day Mar 2012

Haikuesday March 6th

What am I feeling

in this moment to share with

the masses who care?

I'm aware it's well past the 6th, I simply forgot to put this up here.

Haikuesday May 10, 2016

Roberta Day May 2016

Haikuesday May 10, 2016

Catching up on sleep
is a myth that nobody
can really achieve

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday May 12, 2015

Roberta Day May 2015

Haikuesday May 12, 2015

There is too much to
sum in just five to seven
to five syllables

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday May 13, 2014

Roberta Day May 2014

Haikuesday May 13, 2014

I’ve realized you
are worth more trouble than I
can really afford.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday May 17, 2015

Roberta Day May 2016

Haikuesday May 17, 2015

Relationships are
codependent; Partnerships
are coefficient.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday May 20, 2014

Roberta Day May 2014

Haikuesday May 20, 2014

My body feels like
my hair—curled and coiled,
all wound up too tight.

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday May 26, 2015 (late)

Roberta Day May 2015

Haikuesday May 26, 2015 (late)

Been forgetting to
make a weekly haiku since
getting drunk a lot.

#poetry #haiku #inebriation

Haikuesday May 28th (late)

Roberta Day May 2013

Haikuesday May 28th (late)

Tomorrow always
brings news that dampens my mood,
save day for haiku

#poetry #haiku #haikuesday

Haikuesday May 6, 2014

Roberta Day May 2014

Haikuesday May 6, 2014

I'm sick for your voice.
Hearing my name from your lips
is the only cure.

#love #poetry #haiku

Haikuesday November 10, 2015

Roberta Day Nov 2015

Haikuesday November 10, 2015

I'll open myself
up to you if you open
yourself up to me.

#poetry #haiku #openness #haikuesday

Haikuesday November 11, 2014

Roberta Day Nov 2014

Haikuesday November 11, 2014

I fainted--alone.
I realized how alone
we all really are.

I fainted from sneezing yesterday. It was terrifying.

#poetry #haiku

Haikuesday November 12, 2013

Roberta Day Nov 2013

Haikuesday November 12, 2013

You are familiar
and comforting as what it’s
like to be alone

Haikuesday November 20th

Roberta Day Nov 2012

Haikuesday November 20th

I’ve got chills; my face

is still, absorbing the flame

flickering black cherry

I've realized I've gone one syllable over. Oh well.