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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Saturday, February 28, 2026

I have been crying 

so now I am listening to

“Shelter from a Storm,

drawing zentangle roses.

The first break and crumpled fall,

then a company and conversations,

finally stretching sun salutations,

around, around, not leaving the page

till the end.

I tie blue, blue bows.

Beyond the window snow sings, pirouetting 

down. I step out and lift up my again

sobbing voice.