This poem came out of the April 21, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from Dreamwidth users Thnidu and Ari_the_dodecahedron. This poem belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.
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When Something Feels Good
[Wednesday, November 5, 2014]
Mrrhow listens to
the humans to find out where
the cat treats are stored
Napoleon makes
a distraction for humans,
so the coast is clear
Cayenne steals the key,
opens the case, steals the treats,
replaces the key
when something feels good,
even supercats can learn
to cooperate
busy
April 23 2020, 15:53:52 UTC 1 year ago
April 23 2020, 15:58:23 UTC 1 year ago
When I was taking my PhD classes, I had one in Dissertation Prep and our professor enjoyed trying creative pedagogy. There were 3 of us only in the class - me, a 55 yr old black man from Texas, and a young Muslim woman from Libya who had only been learning English for 3 years.
The professor started the first day explaining haiku to us and then having us each write a haiku about "what we have learned in the PdD program so far"
I can't imagine how hard it was to write a haiku for an Arabic woman but she did it. All 3 of us plus the professor wrote our haiku on the board and signed them and shared them. So then for many classes [not all] she would have us start by writing a haiku on a topic, and some classes, she had each of us suggest the topic. It was intended to get your brain reset into "class mode".
We also were to keep a research journal all semester and turn it in. I wrote many haiku in my journal and it helped me get my mind into the dissertation process!
:-)
April 25 2020, 04:15:03 UTC 1 year ago