Ive been having a play with haiku over the last couple of weeks (during a bout of man flu!) and I thought I'd throw a couple of my efforts out here for your perusal. For those unfamiliar with the format it's a non-rhyming 3-line poem with five, seven, five syllables. I love the challenge of creating a broad picture on such a narrow canvas.
desperate to breed
restart the cycle of life
urgency of spring
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sun breaks horizon
grebe peers through mist on water
images of dawn
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swept plume bandit mask
harvesting natures bounty
waxwing irruption
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hungry chick pleading
unsuspecting pigeon struck
peregrine provides
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Regards
Ian
that's a beautiful Haiku addition Tony and love the photos too
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Regards, Hazel
Love that TJ, illustrated haiku, whatever next.
Andrew s lovely verse, is that the teacher in you coming out?
Lot to learn
May haiku - guess where I was yesterday:
raucous, smelly, fraught
precious eggs and real estate
Bempton in springtime
Can I phone a friend Ian !! Lol
Brilliant!
2013 photos & vids here
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Thanks Wendy much appreciated. This one's a bit trickier you might regret using that phone a friend lol
wading through the reeds
now you see me now you don’t
boom! you got me now?
Bitte(rn) schön Ian
Such clever words for Haiku
You leave me speechless !
Masses of us now
Elusive in the branches
But we love to bathe
Lucky to have more than one friend Ian ... Boom, boom!
Fox may come at nine,
To my garden summer house,
lt's chicken tonight!
The weather is bright,
For this season of plenty,
Giving food for life,
Frogs are leaping now,
Across the bronze lilly pads,
You'll see them mating,
Congratulations
Celebrations for photos
You have shown to us