A poetic Wednesday Medley

   

Graphic by Abby at Little Birdie Blessings

Another Wednesday, and I'm glad for the opportunity to share in the Wednesday Medley hosted by Terri at Your Friend from Florida.  This is National Haiku poetry day, so why not head over to Terri's and get the the questions to answer them on your own blog?

1.  Haiku poetry is actually pretty easy to write.  Give it a try right here...

 Oh, let's see ...

 Mud season is ugly:  
My driveway's brown and oozy.  
Hope it dries out soon. 
 
2.  Haiku poetry aside, have you ever written a poem?  Will you share it with us?

I have written a few poems.  Here is a link to one of my favorites: A Birthday Moment.

3.  Do you have a favorite poet or does poetry usually make you yawn?

Robert Frost is probably my favorite poet, though there are others I enjoy.  I was just thinking today, for obvious reasons, of these lines from his poem Two Tramps in Mud Time:

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."

These lines could not describe today more perfectly!

4.  April 17  is National Ellis Island Family History Day, too,  Did any of your ancestors or relatives immigrate through Ellis Island from another country? 

Not that I know of.  Many of my ancestors immigrated from Scotland, but that was before Ellis Island existed.

5.  We also celebrate National Cheeseball Day on April 17th.  Do you have a favorite cheeseball recipe to share with us or have cheeseballs basically disappeared from parties today?  

Oh, I definitely do have a favorite cheese ball recipe to share.  I usually form it into two logs, though.  Seems easier and is less messy to serve.  It always seems to be well received at gatherings I take it to.  Here's the link: Festive Cheese Log.

Photo from Taste of Home.  It doesn't look exactly like my cheese logs, but close.

6.  If you want to share, please tell us something random about your week. 

 Let's see ... so far it's been pretty chilly.  Windy, too.  And it looks like a busy one, with food to prepare for Easter breakfast at church, and maybe a birthday party thrown in there too!

And so ends a poetic Wednesday Medley.  What a fun theme!