Sorrowful Haiku

mourning dove calling
happily waking me up
mourning the morning

Mother-in-law

Dear lady mother of my wife
Do you know how you enhanced my life
When you gave birth to your daughter?

My heart is filled with gratitude
And so with humble attitude
Let me thank you as I oughter

We've made it safe through one verse
So before I make it any worse
I'll wind this up directly.

I thank my mother for my life
I thank Theresa for my wife
And close circumspectly.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day comes once a year,
A chance to tell you, Mother, dear
How very dear you are.

A day to toast and celebrate you,
A day to feast and felicitate you,
To serenade you with guitar.

And so I wrote this not-a-sonnet
Delivered with some flowers on it
I hope they're up to par.

May your day be unforgettable,
Filled with memories unregrettable.
May all you want be oh-so-gettable,
And your sky be filled with stars.

The Streak

A young man who once took up streaking
Disregarded everyone's shrieking
   Approached by a cop
   And ordered to stop,
He strake on without even speaking.