My... haiku in the workplace

Since December 2016, Mr Jim Kacian of The Haiku Foundation has called for weekly submission for the 'haiku in the workplace,' column of the 'Troutswirl' Blog. Each week, a work related prompt. He chooses a winner and a runner up and publishes the best of the rest. I tentatively joined in after a few weeks and encouraged by seeing my haiku published, I now submit nearly every week. So far, he has published all of my submissions. I hope you will enjoy reading my haiku but please follow the links to the other poems too. I am not lone poet, I am part of a thriving international community of haiku and Japanese short form poets from who I have learned so much.

December 2016

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2016/12/28/haiku-in-the-workplace-promotions-and-bonuses/

promoted

for her brilliant business mind

bottle blonde

— Karen Harvey

January 2017

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/01/18/haiku-in-the-workplace-retirement/

too poor to quit

I find myself retraining

life coach

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/01/25/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-commute/

from the bedroom

to my office in PJs

working from home

— Karen Harvey

February 2017

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/02/01/haiku-in-the-workplace-workplace-accidents/

22 years since

your workplace accident

caring for you

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/02/08/haiku-in-the-workplace-work-travel/

travels light

pen and pencil in pocket

poet at work

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/02/15/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-answering-machine/

phoning in sick

my voice on the answerphone

‘after the tone please . . .’

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/02/22/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-mentor/

mentor

don’t make me laugh

office tormentor

— Karen Harvey

March 2017

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/03/08/haiku-in-the-workplace-lost-in-translation/

trying to figure

your mouthed words over our desk

the boss’s shadow

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/03/15/haiku-in-the-workplace-march-equinox/

red rose on her desk

secret admirer revealed

March Equinox

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/03/22/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-bosss-spouse/

new secretary

the boss’s wife checks her out

green-eyed monster

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/03/29/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-vocation/

seeking employment

vocational advisor . . .

needs a new challenge

— Karen Harvey

April 2017

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/04/05/haiku-in-the-workplace-auto-correct-or-spelchek/

I’ll find

my own spelling errors thanks . . .

spellchick

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/04/19/haiku-in-the-workplace-maternity-paternity-leave/

returning manager

humming lullabies . . .

paternity leave

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/04/26/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-ex-pat/

seeking one’s own kind

getting away from it all

for more of the same

— Karen Harvey

May 2017

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/05/03/haiku-in-the-workplace-springtime-in-the-

email out

spring clearance sale

gloves half price

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/05/10/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-man-or-woman-from-it/

painting my nails

waiting for the man

from IT

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/05/17/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-personal-performance-review/

performance review

i award myself

an oscar

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/05/24/haiku-in-the-workplace-bring-your-child-to-work-day/

`

my child protégé

accompanies me to work

retirement plan

— Karen Harvey

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/05/31/haiku-in-the-workplace-first-day-at-the-new-job/

first day at work

my tea-making skills

an asset

— Karen Harvey

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