Both son and daughter
have flown off to college. The
house seems abandoned.
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the emptiest nest
haiku for 9/3/2025
Tag: children
why even go back to school?
haiku for 8/12/2025
When education
makes students dumber thanks to
widespread whitewashing.
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the vacation bible school experience
haiku for 7/7/2025
Kids gather to learn
about Jesus and break for
milk and stale cookies.
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the needs of the special needs
haiku for 3/13/2025
Their teachers look out
for kids on the spectrum who
function differently.
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playtime at the restaurant
haiku for 3/6/2025
Kids would run and scream
and laugh and clamber on the
staircase before lunch.
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the missing son
haiku for 11/7/2024
He snuck out of the
house, to party all night with
friends and miscreants.
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the halls of kiddie lit
haiku for 8/12/2024
Hardy Boys and Tom
Swift, Nancy Drew and Oz, Thing
Two and Narnia.
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kid art
haiku for 6/3/2024
An unkempt sheaf of
old drawings gathers dust. Should
we keep them always?
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the loudest children on earth
haiku for 1/24/2023
They open their mouths
like normal kids but emit
high-decibel booms.
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the littlest crazies
haiku for 6/15/2022
The youngest face down
anxiety, depression
and bouts of self harm.
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