Baking for Christmas by Kathe L. Palka

Baking for Christmas
by
Kathe L. Palka

baking for Christmas
scent of last year's cinnamon
in an empty tin

This poem first appeared in bottle rockets (#22. 2010).
Used here with the author's permission.

Kathe L. Palka is the author of five books. A member of the U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative and the Haiku Poets of the Garden State. Kathe writes in free verse and in the Japanese forms of haiku and tanka. She is an editor at tinywords.com, a daily online journal of haiku and micropoetry. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Kathe is an avid gardener who enjoys wandering the parklands of her native state whenever time permits. Learn more about her at her Haiku Foundation web page.

paradea:
I like this!!
Posted 12/18/2016 06:33 AM

Lori Levy:
Great haiku.
Posted 12/17/2016 06:55 PM

blueskies:
Celebrating the less-is-more dance with expressing our feelings with words. Thanks, Kathe.
Posted 12/17/2016 09:54 AM

Michael:
Dear Kathe, Nice haiku both in form (perfect) as well as in message! Thank you.
Posted 12/17/2016 09:19 AM

David:
Nice haiku
Posted 12/17/2016 08:53 AM

Jancan:
I love the REALLY short forms; they require the poet to make a point in few syllables. This one's good. Janice
Posted 12/17/2016 08:44 AM

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