Welcome to Four Lines! I have a goal I would like to write at least four lines of poetry or a haiku every day for the rest of my life. I'm excited about this challenge! Also, along with my daily poem, I will be reading at least four lines of another author's poetry. I'll try to include that here also. So I'm thinking - how difficult can it be to read and then write one poem a day? We will see! - Claudia
All poems on this blog, unless noted, are written by Claudia Callaghan.
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Sunday, April 27, 2025

 Jim, our hobby farm, our hobby farm, our hobby farm

what happened to our safe from harm hobby farm,

our hobby farm?

Our cows and chickens, their cheese and eggs, 

their cheese and eggs, their cheese and eggs

free on the road, free on the road, we saw them free,

free on the road?

What happened to our rescues running, 

our gardens blooming, our warn paths growing?

I could see your house from my house, 

your house from my house, your house from my house 

and rocking chairs, our rocking chairs, our rocking chairs.

John’s call one night was an unset alarm, 

to say there would be no hobby farm, 

no hobby farm, no hobby farm, no safe from harm, 

no jokes to disarm, no upside down charm, 

of our hobby farm. 

Jim, my dear brother,

I still see it.



Afternoon Nap

This chair, where the day’s care

like fall leaves or raindrops,

sets with a sign, where she sees 

her plants and paintings, watercolor 

windows, all light 

as she closes her eyes.