NOVA Haiku Entries – April 2020

Your colleagues’ haikus…Here they are for your pleasure…Please do enjoy them.

(in order of submission)

Click click click audio check,
Zooming into a meeting –
distance is social.
–Kimberly Burkle

Nice shirt and sweatpants
Send the family downstairs
I’m zooming today
—Elizabeth Lanthier

Social distancing
Challenges us to find ways
To stay connected
—Leigh Giza

Glued to a desk chair,
I Zoom, grade, and write emails.
At least dogs are thrilled.
—Sarah Gunnarson

The patter of feet
Sunrays on sleeping dogs
Happy home office
—Jennifer Horton

Grateful to serve help.
Serving, sacrificing too
In God we trust in.
—Diana St.Amand-Campos

With a new challenge,
comes an opportunity
to rise above, strong
—Marina McGraw

Click Wait Patience
Breathe Take In Surroundings
Smile Nature Nurture
—Laurie Mergler

My study window
On one side, lavish spring blooms
On my side, Zoom call
—Julie Leidig

Her eyes open wide:
Therapy dog via Skype.
Mom beams silently.
—Jody Gundrum

Busy states of mind
tend to welcome fewer words
and remain content
—Nina Lord

Classrooms are empty
Students are engaged and learn
Distance means little
—Dana Kauffman

No sparks of understanding,
looks of confusion.
I miss their smiling faces.
—Katie Geiser-Bush

It’s a little dark
Right now, my NOVA Nighthawks—
“Zoom” into the light!
—Janice Hornyak

Light glitters on fish
in a creek pool, their fins arc
dancing with the stream
—Lisa M Smith

Commute….or wash hands?
Meet, help students, then Lysol.
Campus class…or Zoom?
—Laura Young

Missing my students!
Hooray for technology
So we’ll keep learning.
—Lanna Broyles

Essential learning
Everyone comes together
Moving us forward
—Katie Umberger

Screen shining brightly
Fingers tapping keys lightly
Tutoring goes on!
—Lori Speed

Zoom meetings all day.
PJs are business attire.
Opps! Webcam was on!
—Nathan Carter

We are witnesses
Evolving and adapting
We will never be the same
—Melissa Chabot

Telework yes no
Some folks miss the college now
Are you that person?
—Nadia Mobley

Create a new space,
Make a schedule and a plan!
Ignore the laundry.
—Elizabeth Dellavedova

Care, teach, share, support,
Remotely success prevails
Learning never stops.
—Kirstin Riddick

Beginning of road
Remote work sweet birthday gift
Gratitude is born
—Catalina Novac

Much shorter commute
One telework benefit
Beep beep – a home office
—Dana Reilly

Canvas and Zoom mess.
Learn it from Heidi Redmond.
At home with my cats.
—Jennifer Helfman

Sitting all forlorn
Encouragement friends
NOVA is caring!
—Lesly Nyborg

What will I create?
On my Canvas of teaching:
Learning, harmony.
—Brian Jones

Incredulity leap
How uncertainty inspired
an Optimistic
—Jarice Risper

Walking ’round the block
noticing all that I’ve missed
breathing in fresh air
—Connie Kirkland

Alone in my house
Typing, typing, sending notes
When’s the next Zoom call?
—Sandy Hild

At home all day long
I fear the cat wants me dead
Dog is overjoyed
—Kat Hitchcock

Sun ushering light
Warm bright teasing beacon
Zoom recordings made better
—Alicia Edwards

Working together
Everything is new to us
Helping where we can.
—Scott Shaffer

Glaring at the sun
while focused on my laptop
straining my big eyes
—Cameisha Chin

Cat is on my lap
Coffee, sweatpants, Zoom live chat
Teaching carries on
—Stacy Arth

Behind this bright screen
Sits a studious student
Who thirsts for wisdom
—Daisy Lung

What am I to do?
Campus closed, so much unknown!
Check the FAQ.
—Jeffrey Vetrano

Chimes rattle awake
Air spins outside my window
As thoughts find the day
—Mary Higgins