hazy yellow sun in a forest fire sky giving no quarter This haiku is an example of one that contains a fragment and a phrase. Because haiku do not contain full sentences, the parts are labeled, fragment and phrase. “giving no quarter” is a fragment of a sentence. It’s as if there were a longer sentence and part of it was removed and used elsewhere. … Continue reading No Quarter
Last night after dinner, I sat outside in a lawn chair and wrote four haiku. All I did was sit in the chair and observe. Once you train your mind to block out unwanted thoughts (try Buddhist meditation) you can observe the world around you much more clearly. As I sat, a Blue Eyed Darner came along and investigated me. I wrote: curious blue eyed … Continue reading Evening Breeze
When you write a haiku, word it so what you felt when you experienced it comes through clearly, even if you don’t describe the feelings. The reader needs to know how it felt, what emotions were stirred. winter stars reaching to grasp a handful so far away Looking into the clear night sky is awe inspiring and can be felt even when someone else is … Continue reading Feeling
Wind in the Trees, a haiku journal 