red meets dusky red
cardinal feeding its mate
new life beginning
This haiku is my response to Seeing Red!, from Sarah
in Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub.
April is National/Global Poetry Writing Month, and this also meets the Early Bird prompt at napowrimo.net, which is to write a poem about your favorite bird.
full worm surfaces
following sudden downpour
sugar moon rising
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #129: Super (Worm) Moon.
A full moon in close approach to Earth is a Super Full Moon. A full moon in March has many names: Worm Moon, Lenten Moon, Crust Moon, Chaste Moon, Sugar Moon, and Sap Moon.
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cloudy sky brings rain
east wind carries no sunshine
oak branches swaying
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #128: east wind.
Image: McBaine Bur Oak, Missouri, 11 April 2018 (350-400 years old)
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promise of rebirth
held within waters of spring
first buds opening
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #127: waters of spring.
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I have written six new haiku which are featured today at The Short of It. Thank you to Susi Bocks, Editor for The Short of It at I Write Her, for giving them a home.
Ken G.
early shoots succumb
victims of returning cold
crocuses survive
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #126: returning cold.
Image source: pixabay.com / Simone Bäcker
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.
