Doing poetry together with the aging is one of the best treats in my week. “This was a wonderful time.” I have heard many say that as they leave our poetry groups. One day, we wrote several Haiku poems. We chose nature themes and brainstormed on phrases. Then we counted the 5-7-5 beat (syllables), narrowing it down to the most picturesque language. We then painted watercolor pictures to go with the poems.