Dear readers, here are the haiku that we have received for Part 3 of our PCPL Haiku Challenge. The topic? Since it is National Library Week, the theme is libraries past, present, and future, books, and reading. Thank you to everyone who took the time to write a poem for this collection.
Thank you to everyone who has participated! Read more about the haiku challenge.
Marge Pellegrino
1
torn, unraveling
a journal's neon words stitch
me back together.
2
character driven
wondering what happens next?
readers discover
Edward Gold
Library is closed
I am missing books so much
Please reopen soon!
Judy Dyl
A good book makes me
Ponder, chortle, pause, smile, and
Postpone my worries.
Katherine Conover
Pages being turned,
No other sound, except an
Occasional sigh!
Mellody Gotwalt
"Books speak from seclusion"
Please let me draw you
Worlds opened in verse and prose
Books in quarantine.
Rebecca Howey
"True story here (happened at Quincie Douglas Library)
In the giraffe chairs
Two adults with our flashcards
We’re learning out loud
Emily Parker
1
Can we please take a
moment for how damn kick-ass
librarians are?
2
Like, seriously
friendly book warriors for
public good, fight on.
Juanita Havill
books wait silently
on shelves their covers touching
let the noise begin
Carolyn Classen
I love libraries
What a wealth of knowledge there
Please open again
Ali, 5th grade, Sonoran Science Academy East
The sun is shining
My breakfast smells delicious
My morning is great
Rose Kowalski
Finding books, truth, friends
Helping with questions, projects
God, I miss my job
Rose Kowalski
Cavorting children
Stay curious, ask questions
Knowledge is free here
Katherine Conover
A Pandemic Plus:
Time to delve into titles
I’ve meant to explore.
Susan Cummins Miller
"Returning to my childhood library in Pasadena, CA"
Portal beckons: "Be
made whole by books as by great
spaces and the stars"
Susan Cummins Miller
"After 50 years"
Zoom reunites four
singers. My backdrop tells tales:
Science & Crime Lit
Amber Mathewson
The Library stands
ready and waiting for you.
We are online too!
Mikayla, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
pages made of trees,
ink and knowledge in between,
in the books we read
Doreen Scherf
Picture books can scare
The voice can make monsters huge
In Mom’s lap they shrink
Doreen Scherf
I write in poor light
Scribblings for early morning
Sky turning tawny
Barb Lee Schueppert
My body stays home,
But my mind travels the world
On wings of a book.
Deborah McMillan
you speak word pictures
dance in our different minds
you, book, are a friend
Deborah McMillan
sun, rain, earth, tree, ink
opening, telling stories
forever speaking
Jennifer J. Stewart
You’ve read too many
Dystopian novels now
Face reality
Susan Oates
A book in my hands
When will this happen to me?
A sad time to be.
Susan L. Schwartz
Books, books, books, books, books
Are my savior nowadays.
Thanks, Pima County Library!
Lyn Relph
I have my carrel
deep in the back of the stacks,
and Boccaccio.
Mary Durfee
Hip librarian
Taps her vinyl Go-Go boots
Digs Mike Mulligan
Mary Durfee
Alone I travel
Scent of past readers beckons
More than paper bound
Audrey Sher-Walton
Inside your bindings
Escape external bleakness
Blanket me with words
Audrey Sher-Walton
Oh, unturned pages
You’re mine to keep forever
But, books are best shared
Audrey Sher-Walton
Spring forth new musings
need poetry to survive
Magic indulgence
Ann Williams
1
My Valencia
I miss you so very much
Please can I come back
2
Where else can I go
To be so very content
Among all the books
Ann Williams
Libraries are best
When experienced with friends
Or just books and self
Kai S., 6th grade, Doolen Middle School
"Reading"
Finishing series,
Books I've read before, boring
Library books shelved
Ben W., 6th grade, Doolen Middle School
Inside a new world
Different stories await
Influence the mind
Albrecht Classen
Scroll to manuscript
incunabula arrived
printing gave us books
Albrecht Classen
Cover to cover
many lives deeply involved
secrets are revealed
Albrecht Classen
Library is home
among countless rows of books
let us read together
Alice Fern Pringle
A book transports us
into realms beyond our reach
and makes them real
Alice Fern Pringle
Each unique story
A rare tapestry of thoughts
Woven out of love
Alice Fern Pringle
Letters on a page
Turn into magical words
That you can savor
Alice Fern Pringle
Books are like a bridge
Across our daily routine
**LEADING SOMEWHERE NEW**
Kate Hulbert
"Reader riding"
My pre-dawn bike ride:
Murder mystery unfolding
here in my garage
Robert K. Lundin
Unread books stacked high
All sorts of subject matter
Collecting gray dust
Robert K. Lundin
Doors keep bards lock’d in
Words rhymed, by angry captives
Library of souls
Robert K. Lundin
Revolving doors turn
Enter the cool library
Read a magazine
John Higgins
Oh Bad Pandemic!
No school No soccer No swim
Hey! This book is fun.
Karen Berry
Loving to read books
I slip into other worlds
Imagination!
Karen Berry
Printed words inspire
Their message feeds the hungry
Nourished souls give thanks.
Karen Berry
Words from authors flow
Like gifts in print for readers
Generosity!
Elena Acoba
We loved storytimes
with Mister Eddie's antics.
Fond memories made.
Elena Acoba
With no Blockbuster
the library's quite handy.
Loads of DVDs!
Liam, Tucson Country Day School, 5th grade
As I read.
I enjoy the stories.
To escape.
Dylan, Tucson Country Day School, 5th grade
The sound of silence
Surrounded by vast knowledge
Begin your Journey.
Layla, Tucson Country Day School, 5th grade
Story Books
Quiet People Read
Researching
Andrew, Tucson Country Day School, 5th grade
Books are magical.
All books are good for your head.
Everyone should read books.
Johnathan, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
Silent library,
Pages calmly being turned,
Joy and knowledge gained.
Madison, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
I love books so much
And they are so fun to read
Books are so much fun
Jakom, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
Graphic novels rule
Chapter books are ok too
Libraries are cool
Teagan, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
Books are so awesome
Books have many words in them
Books have cool pictures
Jayden, Tucson Country Day School, 4th grade
Books are so awesome.
The library is so cool
And Ms. Chris is too.
Nan Schubel
Nothing left to do
Read that book, write that book
That’s the idea!
Nan Schubel
Now’s the time to read.
Facts are better than the lies.
Libraries have the answers.
Nan Schubel
Library science
Is the only true science.
You’ll see I’m right.
Christine Seliga
Spine cracks, pages swish,
fall into another world,
return soul brimming
