We had a fantastic turn out of haiku-ists for our V-Day Poetry at the Grotto on Valentine’s Day.
15+ brave souls got up and recited their own haikus! So fantastic, we have decided to share them with everyone! We ended a lovely evening with a free-for-all and were delighted and inspired by the skill, talent & passion of surprise poets from around the valley!
Many thanks to Matt Rader, Cornelia Hoogland, Derek Hanebury and Ian Backs for sharing their favourite love-related poems (written by themselves and by others).
Special gratitude to Mark & Danielle at the Union Street Grotto for hosting us; to The Romance Shop, Hot Chocolates & Union Street for providing us with lovely prizes; and to all who came out to support live poetry.
The prize-winning Haikus (in no particular order)
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Girls skating on ponds
confident their blood red veins
will not snap or crack.
-by Libby
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Your voice
“Take my babysitter home, come back.”
Cupid ne’er flew so swift.
– by Harry
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On Valentine’s night,
She sleeps and dreams of babies
writhing in her womb.
– by Sylvia
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And all the other terrific entries…
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Love Triangle
Hopeless
Violent, pink sunset
That summer night we met; now
Red sunrise, goodbyes
Bitter
St. Valentine’s Day
Reminding me to love you;
Too bad I loathe you.
Hope
Beneath the ashes
Of a red, burnt, heart, vibrant
Blue light emerges
-by Bernadette
Heavenly Hell
Vivacious beauty
That pulled me in for a kiss
oh heavenly hell.
– by Tatyanna
What a night
Valentine, what gives?
I came, I saw, I conquered
Where did I go wrong?
– by Tatyanna
Fresh from God’s vag;
the mewling baby soul squints, poops
and cracks her knuckles.
– by Sylvia
Talking to the bearded lady
She talks back
Vagina Dialogues
– by Ted
Formulate three lines
of seventeen syllables
you have a haiku.
The natural world
vividly shap’d as image
before vanishing.
Emergent snowdrops
whisper awakening spring
on Valentine’s day.
Vernal vibrations
awaken deepest desires
my longing for you.
Voluptuous vamps
vigorously verify
vectoral values.
C’est le jour d’amour –
Will you be my valentine?
Oui, cherie, toujours.
Vacuous dreaming
for your awakening touch
fulfill’d by your lips.
Vibrant perfection
Formed in the image of you
Tender and precious.
– all the above by Chris
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Volleys back and forth
Verbal gifts of loving speech
This Valentine’s Day
– by Hennie
Our heart’s Olympics
Up love’s podium we go
For Valentine’s gold.
– by Hennie
It was our first dance.
You venture, “Buy you a drink?”
Later, I pass out.
– by Harry
Tremulous quivers
Oceanbreeze, cooling
Embraced warm wind; content.
– by Hazel
Whispering breeze funneling
Secretly through the leaves.
Fluttering softly.
– by Hazel
V-day victuals;
vension stuffed vol-au-vent.
Keeping it tasteful.
– by Janet
Just three little lines…
What kind of poet am I?
Valentine-ness-less
– by Janet
Red-Morning Birdsong,
audible, rose-coloured love
wrests vows from slumber.
– by Natalie
Victorious rain,
Earth welcomes your sloppy love
Any given day.
– by Natalie
my fallow heart sings
quivering vespers, wherefore
are thou, Valentine?
– by Jan
drop pink silk and sweets —
gimme love that’s Amazon
green fecund vigour.
– by Jan
voracious loving
day by day by heart by heart
vivacious living
– anonymous
epic voyages
exploration of the heart
vast disappointment
– anonymous
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Got a favourite? or an Haiku of your own to share? Do it below!