It’s not that I like mornings, don’t hate then either but sometimes I just cannot sleep. When it’s too late to fall asleep again, and too early to go up I catch up on the news. Is it another obnoxious tweet from the chief toddler in command or maybe someone being shot. It’s like nightmares are not enough.
I wonder why I never start my morning with a poem, go up and make myself a cup of tea, or take a walk around the block to get a scent of fresh apples to start the day. No… I just have to get upset before I calm down for breakfast.
not even a breeze
ripples the lake’s surface —
autumn’s first morning
Breakfast by Pablo Picasso
Haibun Monday is here again at dVerse. Mish hosts and the theme is morning…
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September 3, 2018
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Sometimes my poems comes in the morning but like you I also read the news, not the tweets though of the chief toddler. Inhale and exhale, smiles. Hope you had a good morning and day!!!!
The day was better after that early morning…
In that respect we are so different. I can’t do anything until I’ve written! But a cup of tea is with me when I sit down at my desk! 😉
I think I could to more… but I prepare a bit before bicycling to work…
The news, especially lately can really be upsetting. A change of routine could bring a change of perspective. Great idea! I love the extra layer that this brings….”not even a breeze ripples the lake’s surface”
I really shouldn’t but news are addictive… I should limit myself to the morning paper.
I like the comparison of news with nightmares.
Nightmares are better…
Now you know you do it, you can think about changing it…be more like your lovely haiku.
Insomnia is a mark of stress and a too active mind; sorry to hear it plagues you. I had to finally start taking meds to break through the
bout I had. Your busy work day leaves so little time for writing–you amaze me with how much you manage to write.
I like your suggestion about starting the day with the whiff of fresh apples rather than the news. Insomnia torments over here, too.
You should have stayed in bed… at least the nighmares go away when you wake up!
Oh my, I love the phrase “chief toddler I command”. I refer to him as “The Trumpet”. Both are fitting! Your morning sounds very familiar.
early morning news can set us all off wrong, but the smell of apples now that can cheer me up
Early morning news is so awful since the ‘Chief Toddler in Command’ took office. Lovely haiku!
I have had insomnia so long it is normal for me now to only sleep four hours a day, at most. I love the thoughts of starting the day with the scent of apples. I do not watch the news until the 6:00 news and then I am reading and only half listening. I don'[t write everu day. Not into it that much. But when I write, I write!
Lovely! And made me think: why I never do that either? I, too, get absorbed in the terrible news of a morning TV sessions. There is a song by a band here, saying: I don’t want to get off my sleep and jump in the hundred-headed shark of a day.
Well, translation is so-so, I haven’t woken up properly yet.
Lovely haibun! Thanks for sharing it!
I like the way you question your habit of reading the news but then continue to do it. So many of us are like now. It’s so hard to switch off. I love your haiku at the end and the idea that nature will be there for us when we do.
It often happens….and so often the news is as it was yesterday, nothing “new,” since the “toddler,” too charge…he would be boring if he was not so dangerous.
Is that your picture? I love it! Those three look as though mornings are difficult. Maybe they’ve been watching the news. It’s funny but I’ve yet to meet an American who approves of Trump. Who are these people?
Satirical brilliance! And I’ve had those mornings. Great write!
News in the morning would be difficult for me. I try to pretend I’m in my own reality for as long as possible. Until I get to work at least.
Why is it we choose to start the morning hearing the bad stuff rather than being creative? Or maybe the news prompts us to strive for better, happier things.
Mmm! The news & the toddler. I stay clear of both till i at least feel sturdy enough to absorb it. I try to be good to myself these days.😊. Love the haiku.
Pat