my go go juice

In my past, I've relied on some bad things and bad people for that so-called "go go juice" for happiness and motivation.  More recently, poetry has become my go go juice and for the month of February, haiku is my flavor.  I fell into another Na(insert your favorite genre, form, or whatever here)WriMo trap and decided to pursue the National Haiku Writing Month badge - write one haiku every day during the month of February.  I thought it's only 17 syllables a day...or 493 syllables for the entire month.  Yes, this year gives February 29 days.  I decided to do it for leap year - just for the added challenge!  Well, my writing has surprised me - not only in quality, but also in quantity.

Every morning (and so far, that's only eight of them), I have written a haiku with my morning coffee and oatmeal.  On two of those days (one of them being this morning), I composed two!  Today, I posted the second as just an added treat on my Facebook timeline.  The second one I did on the 6th, I just put away for later distribution...maybe I'll share it on another day.  It has proved a good exercise in building the writing habit and exercising our writing skills.  So, today, I venture out on my blog in hopes of reviving it and actually sticking with it for what remains of the month of February.  Here's my thoughts...I'll share my haiku habit here as well as on Facebook (maybe I should include Twitter and Tumblr, so they don't feel left out of the social media equation).  It will at least have me visiting my own site every day and I hope I can give a little insight into my writing process, some helpful poetry prompts, maybe some interesting background information from my class discussions, and just generally what's happening in my life and around this wonderful Commonwealth I call home.  That's my promise for today...now, back to the grind!