Springtime & Summertime Haikus

You Win, Dumb Tomatoes!
[June]
What did I do wrong?
You are smaller now than when
I first got you.

Ye curst tomatoes!
I've watered you and read books
on what not to do.

Shifted you around:
Too much sun or too much shade?
It doesn't matter.

This is the last year
I will be insulted by
a blasted fruit!

​Lisa H. Owens
a dumber-summer-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
​June 2022

You win, dumb plants!

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Don't Look so Smug, Plants!
[May]
Two tomato plants
Still alive—so far so good!
I give 'em a month.

​Lisa H. Owens
a springtime achoo-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
​May 2022

Don't look so smug, Plants!

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Are You a Weed, Ice Plant?
[May]
I went plant shopping.
I wanted beautiful plants,
​some perenniaels.

Ones that would return
yearly, bursting with flowers.
The Master-Gardener,

the one who knew all
the inner workings of plants,
made a suggestion.

This is the only
plant to survive my brown thumb
It must be a weed.

Lisa H. Owens
a springtime achoo-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
​May 2022

Are you a weed, Ice Plant?

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What are You Looking at, Chick?

You ain’t all that, chick.
Mr. Redbird loves his birds-
-flamboyant and you

most definitely
are not his type, chick-a-dee!
Then again, would you

be interested in
a wholesome threesome sometime,
where your part would be

to merely serve us
worms and crickets on a tray?
Hunt down our breakfast!

​Lisa H. Owens
a springtime achoo-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
​May 2022

What are you looking at, Chick?

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​The Joke's on you, Toad!

Why, hello there, Toad!
You gave me a helluva
scare buried in bark.

Your head peeking out
just enough to be a snake 
hidden under there.

Under where, you ask?
I made you say underwear!
Ha ha ha ha, Toad.

​Lisa H. Owens
a springtime achoo-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
​May 2022

The joke's on you, Toad!

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​Nubbins, They are Gone.😪

Little one-leg bird,
I know you are still grieving
but your mate is gone.

She has flown the coop,
perhaps, she's joined the circus
or found another.

It's her loss, my friend.
You were a most loyal mate
a one-legged champ.


Lisa H. Owens
a springtime achoo-haiku
Shhh! Not a Poet.
© May 6, 2022

Nubbins, they are gone.

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