Tag Archives: haiku

Still: 3 haiku/senryu

like pieces of sky small blue finches still their flight leaves that fly away chattering water circles here and slows, learning the deep still of sleep this praying mantis still on the garden path, knows patience brings bounty

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Renovation: 3 haiku

reinventing joy renovation peels away layers of old pain cherry trees, once bare cover themselves in petals pink renovation in renovation only the surface changes the core is constant

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the raccoon (2 haiku)

phantom flash of stripe masked bandit stuffs strawberries into laughing mouth paws counterfit hands shaped for stealing tomatoes prints proof he was here

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April

I usually lack the discipline to write true haiku, preferring bare-bones free verse I fondly call bastardized haiku, but when I had a 5-syllable image in my mind this morning, I decided to go with it.  Happy spring, all! outside … Continue reading

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