Christmas Cookie Haiku
eating the tree
before decorating it—
holiday traditions
sweet greenery—
wreaths welcome
to the tongue
decorated reindeer—
Rudolph’s nose
goes first
buttons
missing jackets—
gingerbread kids
ornaments
never meant for the tree
iced baubles
These haiku were inspired by Robyn Hood Black’s wonderful haiku series, “We Haiku Here,” and Laura’s delicious post at Author Amok last Friday in honor of National Cookie Day!
For more Poetry Friday, visit Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference.
Happy Holidays!
© Elizabeth Steinglass, 2013, all rights reserved.
These are wonderful, Liz. I especially like “buttons.” I think every Friday should be National Cookie Day.
Good idea!
Yuuummm! These are delicious haikus, Liz! I love “ornaments never meant for the tree”. Now I must get out my best sugar cookie recipe for some holiday baking. You’ve inspired me! =)
That’s how I felt last Friday when I read Laura’s post!
All these food-related posts are making me hungry! I love the flexibility of haiku — these are great!
LOVE these! It reminds me of our house policy: with gingerbread men, the heads should always go first so they don’t feel any pain.
Thanks, Keri!
Jama, I love that rule! You just made me hungry for gingerbread!
No fair making my tummy growl with haiku, for goodness sake! 😉
Lovely, Liz! My favorite is “Buttons missing jackets…” They bring back memories of Christmas baking, since I was a kid. Jam-jams were a tradition – Christmas shape cookies stuck together with jam. So …
tummy ache
because jam-jam dough
tastes so good
Ah yes, the dough is delicious! My daughter loves a version of jam-jams we call three-eye cookies because they have three round holes in them.
They’re just ‘delicious’ (not too creative on my part, but couldn’t help saying the word). I especially like the first one, eating the tree before decorating-such fun. Thanks for the cookie Friday post today!
Rudolph’s nose is irresistible, isn’t it? I like that you mixed-and-matched ideas from Robyn and Laura to spur your creativity!
What fun! I know I’ll be baking this weekend, but after reading these, I feel like I should write some poems about whatever I make. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Holidays, Liz! I love that you gathered up crumbs from Laura’s and my recent blog posts and rolled them out to make more poetry. Poor Rudolph’s nose. Love those “buttons missing jackets.” Your post is perfect to accompany Jama’s this week – you’re both making me hungry!