Leaves don’t fall, they let
go when the air finally
earns their rusted trust.
#haiku #fall #autumn #booksky #poem

"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song."

- Maya Angelou

Shock and awww! Just woke up to find my poem-within-a-poem, "How to Choose Haiku," featured today by NaPoWriMo. Full prompt, poem, and backstory are up on my site: www.elizabethboquet.com/napowrimo-20...

#napowrimo #poetry #poem #haiku #motherdaughter

After a wide-eyed night, my six-line poem for NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 15 #napowrimo #napowrimo2025 #poetryoftheday #poemsofinstagram #sleepless #poem #poetry

#poetry #typesetting #NaPoWriMo #poem #pets #grief #pancakes #ensemble

“Reverse Musical Chairs” by Elizabeth Boquet, first published by Stoneboat Literary Journal, then read by Billy Collins on The Poetry Broadcast.
www.elizabethboquet.com

#poetry #poem #grief #loss #mother

Happy to be here, looking forward to (re)connecting with poets and discovering their work. If you have a website or blog dedicated to poetry, please share it—I’d love to take a look. Here's mine: elizabethboquet.com