Fascinating #VerseLove26 Prompt Yesterday - Tax Day Haikus. I Guess We All Do Have A Lil' Story to Tell...Bring on the 5-7-5

Yesterday was day one of the Dr. Karen Karbiener visit to Fairfield University and we started it with a community event at Lordship House in southern Stratford thanks to the kindness of the home owners. We gathered around 25 writers, scholars, politicians, and teachers in the area and did a Long Island Sound event in collaboration with the Center for Climate, Coastal, and Marine Studies. In short, over 1,000 youth in CT schools will be touched by Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman. Dr. Karbiener is simply delightful.

It was also day 15 of #VerseLove26 and the prompt was taxing...do hiakus about Tax Day. Clever prompt which was wonderful for a frantic day. I could get to it quite easily.

Today will be another one...hoping to get a long walk in with Karal before it begins. As for Alisha's catering. OMG. What an amazing contribution she made to yesterday's celebrations. Hoping to enjoy even more today.

It’s All So Taxing 

b.r.crandall

Direct deposit

landed a few weeks ago - 

swallowed at the pumps.

American bandstand.

giveth and taketh away.

Federal flip-flop,

I owe the State some…

the Connecticut love song

of forty dollars

Income is taxing.

Best not to ponder paystubs…

better to take walks.

Recreational 

individuality

reactivated.