BABS BLUE HAIKU

Discouraged? Most definitely! After writing forty-five poems, none of which made Top Story or placed in the Blue Haiku Challenge. The majority of the poems received more hearts than reads.

Therefore, when the next Haiku Challenge was announced, my heart wasn't in it. Figuratively and literally, then amazingly, wrote three! Bam! Then, I was done!

Reviewing the forty-five, it's best to start with the least reads, which would be BLUE APRON. The haiku was very personal. Wrote it in remembrance of my maternal grandmother.

Learning about the azure dragon, inspired my poem, FOLKLORE

Again, more hearts than read. This one was for my paternal grandparents. As a child, the "Blue Willow Dinnerware" captured my imagination. Grown and on my own, the restaurant's blue plate specials didn't impress me. In fact, the food was downright disgusting.

Earlier wrote a fictional story for the endangered red macaw challenge. The Hyacinth Macaw parrot is beautiful and blue. Had to write one for this majestic creature.

My second Top Story on Vocal was COLOR ME! Inspiration came from that poem. Decided to title the poem with a question.

Recalling Junior High School (Middle School), the music teacher's favorite instrumental was Rapsody in Blue. Of course, the title of the song works perfectly for the Blue Haiku Challenge.

Of course, Christmas was approaching. The credit union's Christmas tree inspired me to write BLUE CHRISTMAS.

Loving those four hearts but only two reads, the popular blue performers made it into the challenge with my poem titled BLUE MAN GROUP. Interestingly, there are four groups that travel around the country entertaining audiences under the Blue Man Group.

While shopping, this silly blue haiku came to mind. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and have fun. At the time, those seven hearts meant so much to me but questioned, why were there only three reads.

The Swedish flag, my paternal grandfather established pride in my ancestry. Thus, a haiku tribute to my ancestry was written and published.

Hey! When April rolls around, it's the bluebonnet photo opportunity time! Admittedly, some years are better than others.

Another flower, that takes me back to my youth is the morning glories. Stats show six hearts and have three reads.

Ouch! Blue Suits only received four reads; however, thankful and grateful for those eleven hearts and eight comments. Blue suits are symbolic and iconic reminders of my past business attire.

In 2010, the Texas Rangers went to the World Series. Exciting and thrilling, in the end, was left pitifully blue. The same could be said about the Penn State Rose Bowl game the previous year. This haiku represents my internal and external feelings.

In this haiku, again, the Texas Rangers became my inspiration. On the positive side, went to my first World Series game! Always something to be grateful for.

That's fifteen of the forty-five haikus written for the December Blue Haiku Challenge. Will continue this Blue Haiku journey with part 2.

Writer's notes: Thank you for reading! You are appreciated! Regarding the prompt:

Write a haiku about something blue.

In order to qualify as a haiku, your submission must meet the following requirements:

There must be 3 lines.

There must be 17 syllables.

The first line should be 5 syllables, the second line should be 7 syllables, and the third line should be 5 syllables.

It must be submitted to the Poets community.

For this challenge, we would like you to write a haiku about something that is the color blue. Blue is all around us. From the sky to the sea to a blueberry, blue is a primary color found throughout nature. Blue symbolizes harmony, tranquility, creativity, loyalty, and sometimes sadness.