Hummingbird
Bone-china lightness
like fanning rainbow paper.
Speared probes drink nectar
Goldcrest
Miniature plumpness
royally crowned in orange-gold
trills to splinter glass
Pipestrelle Bat
High-pitched sound wave; in
minute dusk navigation.
Flight of stretched membrane
(minute – adj form)
Little Owl
Disc- miniature face,
brows stern. Diurnal friend of man
bobs when disquieted
Storm Petrel
Dots of splattered ink
Hunt seafood with dancing feet.
Roost in midnight dark
Dik- Dik
Diminutive limbs
hold graceful bodies; alert
always for Cheetah
Poetry helped me emerge from my Chrysalis - but my wings are still drying - so much more to learn.www.janscreativewriting.co.uk updated - with endangered animals category & new animal/birds illustrated poetry book!
Only just noticed these, CALICO - they are all great, my favourites are the 1st two. Must have a go myself at Haiku's.
Thanks! Please do - they are great fun - but do need thinking about.
5 Syllables - 1st line, 7 syllables - 2nd line, 5 syllables - 3rd line - can be continuous, main thread from original Japanese form is nature - somehow incorporating a season, indirectly or directly. However in modern form - Haiku can take on many forms but with the same original syllable count.
Good luck!
Jan