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Daredevil
Daredevil Daredevil survives. Furry tail, intact, retreats. Chased by screeching tires. Written for Haiku Heights #245 Related articles Squirrels (bencowtalks.wordpress.com)
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Daysong
Daysong Sweetly vocalize As the sun kisses the sky, Birds sing their story. Written for Haiku Heights #246 Related articles The bird (nemetiag.wordpress.com) Five Desert Haikus...
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Bridges
Milky Way (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Skybridge Moon, having fallen Bows to the bright Milky Way Bridging horizons — A Common Connection Opposite, indeed As if winter and summer Joined, for a season —...
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Eggs
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), typical clutch (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Nature’s Delight Treasure full of gold Awaiting nature’s delight In plain white wrapper — Warm Changings Isolationist...
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Healthy Haiku
Today’s “healthy” haiku are for the Haiku Heights writing prompt. This trio isn’t linked, and one of them is arguably a senryu, though I took a humorous twist with it. Life in the Shadows Creeping...
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Stone
Even the hardest of substances can’t stand up to time. Breaking Stone Majestic icon Tortuous time wreaks havoc Mountainside crumbles — This poem was written for Haiku Heights prompt #252. My take on...
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Moral
Is it doing right, or is it the lesson we learned the hard way? I couldn’t decide and went with both in these unrelated haiku: Twisting Devastation Twister’s deadly path Nature, tamed, is just a myth...
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Wildfire Fingerprints (Haibun)
My dreams take me to lush woods with rolling hills. It’s there where I refresh myself in cool streams of spring water. The forest canopy shielded me from the harsh sun. And while I enjoyed a cool...
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Decisions
I feel as if I’m plagued by a degree of fatalism or predestination as I reflect on the subject of decisions. In my haiku, tonight, I write of hunter and prey. Do they really have a choice? Hunting...
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Carnival
Though its late in the season, did you ever wonder what a flower bed might be to a honey bee? Buzzing, whirring, zip through carnivals of colors, Pollen sucker lands. — Inspired by the theme at
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Crooked Haiku
Weaving through the trees Moonlight shadows the racoon Crooked intentions Hundred mile journey Crooked paths in wild places Mountain stream, trickles Tiny crooked legs With impossible angles Fawn takes...
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Seven
Tightly holding on Pretty flower with seven left - White petal falling —- Written for the “Seven” prompt at Haiku Heights.
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Rainbow
Tumultuous skies Mountains echo heaven’s voice Please rainbow, come soon —- Inspired by the theme at
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Expectation
on fledgling feathers aerial expectations beautiful blue skies —- Inspired by the theme at
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Day 1: NaPoWriMo 2014 – My Chagrin
Day1 Prompt: Today, I’d like you to go to Reb Livingston’s Bibliomancy Oracle. Clear your mind, push the button, and then write a poem based on the quotation that the oracle provides. My results:...
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