Poetry Stretch Results - Haiku Riddles

And now, coming to you live from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, I offer you the results of this week's poetry stretch. (The challenge was to write haiku riddles.)

Susan Taylor Brown of Susan Writes left this poem in the comments.

garden buzz alarm
blood sucking helicopter
lands on my fair skin

Jane Yolen left these poems in the comments.

I wax and I wane,
When I am all fired up.
Happy birthday, friend.

Needless to say, child,
I have lots of Christmas cheer,
Though balsam for yew.

I often reflect
On the state of my drinking.
Clarity is best.

All poems © 2009 Jane Yolen, all rights reserved
Answers: candle, Christmas tree, glass of water

Kate Coombs of Book Aunt left these poems in the comments.

Green grazing on green,
I chomp and I jump. I slurp
bud's heart for dessert.

Brambles saunter through
the garden, sniffing for snails:
shouldn't spheres be smooth?

Hooligan by night,
who-dunnit by day, dropping
bone-and-whisker clues.

Answers: grasshopper, hedgehog, and owl

Shutta (who are you?) left these poems in the comments.

Clouds are cradled—safe
In the arms of strong mothers
Still, there will be tears

Soldiers rise early
Green-capped and orderly. Snap!
I’ve captured them all.

Answers: mountains/rain and asparagus

Pat Lewis stopped by to share a haiku that Paul Janeczko admired and sent along to him. This one is anonymous. (Okay, it's not a riddle, but it's fun!)

Writing a haiku
in seventeen syllables
is very diffi-

Laura Purdie Salas left these poems in the comments.

I’m caught dead center
in summer’s sweaty tug o’ war
with winter’s calm, icy pull

I’m ocean’s dancer,
echoing wind’s rhythms with
my white-caped shoulders

Raindrops on demand
fall from bathroom’s popcorn sky
Warm, hot—flush—ICE!

Answers: autumn, wave and shower

Harriet of spynotes left these poems in the comments.

Inside me you find
A plethora of stories
But not any stairs

Darting needle-sharp
A flash of iridescence
Skimming the pond

Answers: book and dragonfly

Cindy Blair left this poem in the comments.

Coat of many shades
falling softly off my limbs
bare when the snow falls

Answer: fall tree

Julie Larios of The Drift Record left this poem in the comments.

I was bound to be
beautiful, isn't it true?
Dedicated, too.

Answer: a book

Here are my contributions this week. I wrote the last one just a short while ago while winging my way to Pennsylvania.

Look at me! BLINK! BLINK!
Do you find me attractive?
I’m the one! BLINK! BLINK!

Powerhouse lifters
An army marching afield
to steal your picnic

Nature's costumer
places high top hats on trees,
whiskers on mountains

Answers: firefly, ant and fog

It's not too late if you still want to play. Leave me a note about your poem and I'll add it to the list.