Veronica Hosking is a poet and poetry editor for Mamazina www.mamazina.com. She lives in Avondale, Arizona with her husband and two daughters. Check out her poem, “Seven Years,” in the anthology, From the Heart. Read more of Hosking’s poetry at http://hosking.gather.com and www.authorsden.com/veronicahosking.
“White Birch”
by Veronica Hosking
White Birch standing tall
Stretching limbs above my reach
Holding dreams aloft.
Daily Response:
A haiku is a short poem of three lines with a total of 17 syllables. Traditionally, haikus were written about a simple theme like nature. Write your own haiku and post as a comment.
Here are the rules for a haiku:
1st line = 5 syllables
2nd line = 7 sylllables
3rd line = 5 syllables
Kimberly Blackadar 
I love Veronica’s poem, and it inspired me to try a haiku.
“Spring”
Spring sits silently
Under suffocating snow
Waiting her debut
Kimberly, I love your haiku. Thanks for the feature on your blog.
Thank you, Veronica, and I am glad to feature others poetry on my blog. 🙂
I love the Spring! I love how Veronica embraced the growth of the “White Birtch.” I embrace the art of haiku.
Darlene, I love spring and haikus as well. A winning combination.
I like haikus because the good ones say so much with so few words. I like Veronica’s because each line is very vivid to me and I like the image of the birch protecting the dreams of us folks on the ground. Yours was good too, Kimberly! 🙂
Hello, Michael. I agree with you. Veronica crafted the perfect haiku–about nature with a deeper meaning about life. Perfectly done. Thanks for stopping by…
Birch trees are one of my favorite trees…they make me dream of fairy tales !
Veronica’s haiku is magical !! I love it 🙂
Kimberly ~ you painted Spring brilliantly 🙂
“Autumn in OZ”
Autumn sun glistens
upon the changing colors
of leaves and my life
Phew…I haven’t written a haiku for a long while !