42 thoughts on “Haiku Heights September haiku a day challenge kickoff–drawbridge”

1. Sand castles & drawbridges,wonderful!

   • Thanks so much!

2. Hmmm …. imaginative !!!

   • all I could think of

3. I new there was a haiku about sandcastles around this prompt, but for the life of me I couldn’t come up with it. Glad you did . . . well done!

   • Thanks, Kathy!

4. Haikus are hard! Well done

   • Thanks, Seb. That prompt was tough.

5. that was cool:))

   • Thanks, Don!

6. Very nice,,,I can picture them – the sandcastles with their drawbridges,,,,very nice haiku.

   • Thanks so much, Elle

7. pure creativity!

8. Wonderfully crafted haiku.

   • Thank you so much!

9. Mine always had drawbridges! Hands as a measure is perfect–and even made me think of the horses that cross the bridges. Perfect.

   • aw, thank you Susan!

10. A beautifully simple haiku. The best I have read today! I like the hands at the end, linking back to making – it is very well crafted.

    • oh my, thank you!

11. I like the way you showed the depth of moats.. you must have seen that moats in my haiku can’t be measured with depth.. I loved your haiku so much..

    • Ramesh, thanking you!

12. Ur haiku emanates warmth! Lovely..
    Creepy thorns to glistening petals

13. Oh you and the other guys are setting the standard high I see mine is in my usual style

    • …and I love your usual style. Going to go look at it now.

14. Very nice!

    • Thank you!

15. this was such a challenging prompt… but your effort here with this one looks effortless as it came beautifully… in short this is dreamlike…

    http://chaigaramchai.blogspot.in/2012/08/drawbridge-haiku.html

    • Tarun, thank you–it was a tough prompt.

16. Sand castles and drawbridges.. Wow.. Great one..!

    • oh, thank so much!

17. Very very nice images! Love the last line.

    • Thank you, Barbara!

18. I’ve seen moats in England, and not one of them was/is as shallow as the length of a hand. Oh, how you startled—and delighted—me with your image!

    Drawbridge

    • Thank you MMT

19. There is a playfulness to this that I really like.

    • Thanks, Patti!

20. And no gators!

    • Yes–maybe I can put in a few tadpoles for the gator effect

21. Reminds me of times at the beach watching people sculpt wonders with their hands in the sand. DrawBridge

    • Thanks, Becca!

22. Beautiful haiku

    • thanks, Celestine

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