misty scene subdued
autumn’s dampness a blanket
burning leaves smoulder
This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #288,
where the prompt words are smoulder and subdued.
Haiku
fir tree dressed in snow ~ haiku
fir tree dressed in snow
pine cone shadows in moonlight
silent night beauty
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #118: Christmas.
Image source: Aaron Burden on Unsplash
snow in midwinter ~ haiku
snow in midwinter
with solstice still days away
driven by the wind
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #117: Midwinter.
Image: I-90, Erie, Pennsylvania
14 December 2019
lovely hibiscus ~ haiku
lovely hibiscus
sunset seen in its petals
waiting for the dawn
This challenge with Carpe Diem #1790 A Fine Sunset,
is to revise the following classic haiku by Matsuo Bashō.
My response is more an inspiration than a revision.
in the twilight rain
these brillian-hued hibiscus –
a lovely sunset
Bashō
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Hibiscus, by Utagawa Hiroshige
leaves quietly fall ~ senryū
leaves quietly fall
autumn equinox once more
years pass too quickly
This haiku/senryū is my response to Carpe Diem # 1787 Modern Kigo,
which offers autumn equinox as a kigo.
Image source: unsplash.com / Oliver Hihn
(edited here)
flock of geese takes wing ~ haiku
flock of geese takes wing
ribbon of moonlight shadows
steel rails glistening
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1788
In the Moonlit Night (Revise That Haiku),
which is to revise the following classic haiku by Masaoka Shiki.
the wild geese take flight
low along the railroad tracks
in the moonlit night
Masaoka Shiki
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Geese and the Moon, by Ohara Koson
morning mist settles ~ haiku
morning mist settles
no breeze but the breath of air
beauty of hoarfrost
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1785 Hoarfrost,
which offers hoarfrost as a winter kigo.
Image source: pexels.com / Krivec Ales
