Happy Mother’s Day. From home schooling while working to near constant contact with our children, mothering has reached new, um, heights. As we continue to socially distance this holiday, only the restrained beauty of haiku effectively illustrates this moment for motherhood. Enjoy.
From mom
Coronavirus
What is your problem with moms
Who even raised you
• • •
Mother’s Day inside
I implore you to depart
My personal space
• • •
A zoodle maker
Is not what I want this year
I want a vaccine
• • •
Stay six feet away
Then again why not try eight
Please turn off the lights
• • •
Release my face mask
Fill it with a malty ale
And tilt my head back
• • •
I am not open
Takeout nor delivery
Food is in the fridge
• • •
Believe it or not
I have a job already
It is not phonics
• • •
I don’t know honey
If it is raining outside
Have you tried to look
• • •
Precious school teachers
I owe you the sun and stars
Here is a gift card
• • •
Let’s go look for bears
In the neighborhood windows
I’ll bring a White Claw
For mom
Social distancing
Has not socially distanced
My respect for you
• • •
Unpaid home labor
Disproportionately falls
In your loving arms
• • •
Mom on the front line
Twenty-two stimulus checks
Would not be enough
• • •
You were brave and learned
The brand new mathematics
While on your work Zoom
• • •
Dearest Mother sweet
Here is a fluffy pillow
And a Lunesta
• • •
Thank you for making
Fourteen lockdown snacks each day
I am still hungry
• • •
I am sorry Mom
When we made COVID glue slime
It got in your eye
• • •
You are beautiful
In yoga pants or ball gown
Mostly yoga pants
• • •
I feel bad because
You hid inside the shower
When the news came on
• • •
Grandmother of mine
How does it feel to exclaim
That I told you so
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