It has been a while since I posted haiku. I’ve been working on them steadily, posting them to Twitter and now, with some editing, they are here for your enjoyment. If you are unfamiliar with haiku, it all started in Japan. And there are rules to writing haiku, all of which I have broken. But it’s fun to write such a short poem while trying to confine it to the rules. I won’t go into all of them here but I’ll leave you this link to an article that explains it quite well. In reading and studying haiku I have found that rule breaking seems to be the norm for Western writers so I fit right in. Enjoy!
the old man’s eyes
tell a tale of lost love
mostly forgotten
painting the sky
my brush across the canvas
is blue today
a misty morning
shadows glide across the sky
birds in quiet flight
perchance to grasp
golden drops of the sun
in a deep winter
lightning brings
the sound of thunder
summer storm
wet green fields
a light breeze
summer rain
mist over the fields
early morning sun
burns it away
forty shades of green
too much rain
the hay grows long
sunlight reflects
on ruffled water
wind in the trees
roosting in trees
web footed pelicans
water birds
stormy sky
rain and wind
natural beauty
geese fly above
with long shadows
upon the ground
wind blown trees
rippled water
all is well
black crows
against gray skies
thoughts roaming free
robin on a fence
announcing his opinion
to the world
rain falls
like tears
from a lonely sky
an eagle soars
to great heights
becomes the sky
trees waving
in high winds
stories to tell
meteor streaking
across the sky
a fond farewell
wind in the trees
speaks of things
better left unsaid
ancient willows
tossing out ideas
born on the wind
rain on the pavement
filling cracks
rivers
bare trees
grandfather’s ancient hands
reach for the sky
Good stuff, Butch.
I used to write lots of headlines, but not haikus.
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And with headlines there are rules to be broken as well.
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