I love writing haiku. There are times when nothing inspires me to write and other times when inspiration just happens all around me. Here are five haiku that I wrote this morning.

on a spring breeze

the last of winters grasp

floats away

frost on the grass

winters leaves

it’s scent behind

a bee buzzes

happy to be floating

among the flowers

the last cold day

of winters grasp

here at last

the salt sea

carried on the spring breeze

comes to me

All five of these emotes the feeling of spring coming after a long cold winter. Those of you who live in Northern climates can relate to this even more than I can in Texas, but you get the idea. Inspiration can be found everywhere. Keeping your mind on the here and now and noticing the minutiae of life around you can and will show you the way to write great haiku. I’m not saying that these are great, but who knows, maybe they are. It’s up to the reader to determine how good a haiku is, not the writer. As writers we can only deliver what we think is good. The rest is up to the reader. Sometimes, a haiku can pop into your head fully formed and ready, and other times it takes a bunch of editing to make it come forth. Don’t forget to keep writing!

A footnote. I can’t seem to get my computer to put spaces in between the haiku. If it appears to you this way just remember that each one is only three lines.