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Haikus & Bookmarks

National Library Week Haiku submissions

2020 Submissions

Purell and chapped hands

zoom classes and meetings

Quarantine is Here

  ~ Jo Potuto

Three long years of school;

I stand, hood in hand, ready.

Guess I'll hood myself.

  ~ Hilary Sayre

The mud, dirt and stones -

What purpose has a flower?

Beauty in pure form.

  ~ F. Christine Lowery

boisterous and loud

I CANNOT SIT AND STUDY

tiny apartment

  ~ Michael Meduna-Gee

Everything's online.

But where's the motivation?

It's gone with the wine.

  ~ Sarah Wetzel

Rules captured with car.

Arranged for discovery.

Bound by tradition.

  ~ Richard Leiter ("Law Library")

Spring has now arrived

However I'm trapped inside

So much for summer

  ~ Michael Meduna-Gee

I am not wearing

Any pants to Evidence

Because it's online.

  ~ Aly Witcofski

Pink, yellow, green, blue

A rainbow in my casebook

I am THAT person.

  ~ Hilary Sayre

Leaves will fall and snow

Comes and life is dark with dread

Spring finals are here.

~ F. Christine Lowery

crowded in my home

benefits of quarantine?

family is here

~ Michael Meduna-Gee

Stuck inside my hours

Stuck with my favorite things

Book, beer, blankets, bread.

~ Jayden Barth

My gray tabby cat

He sits on my books all day

Move, I need to read

  ~ Brianna Duda

He's still on my books

Will I ever get to read?

At least he is cute

  ~ Brianna Duda

test anxiety

exams on the horizon

procrastination

  ~ Michael Meduna-Gee

My whole day is spent

Just reading, reading, reading

Oh - and eating snacks

  ~ Jayden Barth

Netflix, sleep, repeat

Every day is Groundhog Day

Netflix, sleep, repear

  ~ Sarah Moore

The zoom school of law

Learn amidst social distance

What a time to live

  ~ Jayden Barth

Homeschooling two kids

Quarantined with a toddler

Days run together

  ~ Kala Mueller

Coronavirus

Has ruined all of my plans

Time for adjustments

  ~ Jayden Barth

Why write a haiku?

Because I'm tired of the law,

And I'm tired of Zoom.

  ~ Hunter Traynor

Do not ever have kids.

Getting married is a trap.

Schutz 1st Year Contracts.

  ~ Shannon Konkal