April Verses: I Celebrated National Poetry Month With 30 Haiku Poems

April is one of my favorite times of the year. The weather is usually perfect for me, and the landscape is very green and vibrant. This excellent spring month is also jammed pack with April Fools Day, Easter, and Earth Day. And I just learned recently that the fourth month of the year is also National Poetry Month.

The Academy of American Poets introduced National Poetry Month in 1996 to celebrate poetry in the United States.

I learned that I enjoy writing poetry, especially a haiku poem.

For your information, in case you forgot, a haiku is a three-lined poem. The first line consists of five syllables, the second line consists of seven, and the third consists of five.

I decided to write a haiku daily in April for this year’s National Poetry Month and share them on Threads. That adds up to thirty haikus.

Well, I just reread them all, and it’s safe to say I’m not Walt Whitman or Robert Frost. I joke. Laugh out Loud.

My poems are bad, sad, forced, and boring. My poems are also dope, brilliant, funny, and geeky. Find out for yourself, starting with the one from Day 1. I started strong on April 1st.

April 1

We are still broken.
That doesn’t go away with
mended promises.

April 2

May Val rest easy
Willow, I’m your huckleberry
Batman Forever

RIP Val Kilmer (1959-2025)

April 3

Anthony Edwards?
Are we talking Top Gun’s Goose
Or NBA Ant?

April 4

Overcast today
Does that mean the sky is grey
or is the sky gray? 🌫️

April 5

Saturday mornings
Once for toons, now it’s changed to
Daredevil Reborn

April 6

I traveled by Lyft
Toward the major city
Hello, Queen Charlotte

April 7

Please shut up you birds
It’s Monday morning, you chirps
Too early for that

April 8

Help desk ticket:
I will write some dope haikus.
Assigned to me!

April 9

Fresh cut, trimmed beardo
Will it attract robotos?
I’m thinking yes-o!

April 10

A brewery’s tale
Started with a great white ale
To a tragic sale

April 11

One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, skip ten,
eleven, and twelve

April 12

The new Doctor Who
Was a time blast and great start
To the season two

April 13

Bored on a Sunday
So I opened up the Threads app
Bored up a poem post

April 14

Joy to the world now
Colored with vibrant crayons
Of spring blues and greens

April 15

There are three QuickTrips
On three corners of the same
Fricken Intersection

April 16

Don’t like this haiku
It’s not a very good poem
Crappy, actually

April 17

International
Haiku Poetry Day is
April seventeenth

April 18

I finally watch it
The Daredevil finale
And Marvel crushed it

April 19

Disney Plus won’t load
So I can’t watch Doctor Who
Thumbs down and a boo

April 20

Happy Easter Hap-
py Easter Happy Easter
Happy Easter Hap-

April 21

DayQuil and Marvel
One of many cold treatments
Today’s medicine

April 22

Disturbed areas
Woodland Deconstruction
Can we reforest?

April 23

My car needs a new
starter just like my writing.
Both will be fixed soon!

April 24

G-I-S Haiku

G, Geography
I stands for Information
S equals System

April 25

Forcing a haiku
On this gray Friday morning
Blah blah adorning

April 26

Eat in Bojangles
Bo-sized, next level flavor
Number one combo

April 27

The Winter Soldier
Then Guardians Volume Three
And Black Panther

April 28

Atlanta’s OutKast
Rock & Roll Hall of Famous
From Stankonia

April 29

Posted a TikTok
Tagged Cheerwine and they liked it
I think it is dope

April 30

My last haiku poem
For National Poetry Month
I know you are sad

Let me know which haiku was your favorite in the comments or on social media.

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