butterfly
a fluttering leaf
deception
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1833 Butterfly.
Also shared with Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 198, #Poet’sChoice.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Pinks and Butterfly, by Utagawa Hiroshige
(cropped here)
transition
as dark clouds move in
coming storm
This haiku is my response to
Carpe Diem #1830: Storm.
Image source: ukiyo-e.org / Artelino.com
Storm is coming – Hatsukaze, by Nishijima Katzuyuki
falling rain
heavy on the leaves
changing hues
This haiku is my response to
Carpe Diem Time Challenge #4: rainy days.
Image source: Harvard Art Museums
Two Gallinules and Lotus Leaves in Shallow Water in the Rain
by Soseki
trees await
a new beginning
winds of change
This haiku is my response to Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille: New Beginnings.
Image source: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Windy Evening, by Itō Shinsui
cooler nights
shadows grow longer
oak turning
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #157: Autumn Equino
no hiding
in water lilies
green heron
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 193 #Poet’sChoice.
Photos: green heron, Missouri, 04 September 2020
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clouds slowly drifting
oak branches sway in the breeze
trill of katydid
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #152: katydid.
Image source: songsofinsects.com
rain falls in torrents
oak leaves turn to face the wind
darkness comes early
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #151: first (autumn) storm/Darkness.
On the traditional Chinese calendar,
autumn begins in early August.
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leaves rustle
a dark horizon
winds of change
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 188, #ThemePrompt, with inspiration from the quote provided by Sue Vincent:
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows
how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” (Herman Hesse)
summer heat
forest gives refuge
in oak’s shade
Carpe Diem Exploring the Beauty of Haiku
#1828 Baransu (balance) discusses balancing
a haiku through association in its lines, or choosing
one element of a line to proceed to the next.
Here that association is from heat to refuge to shade.
I think this is the technique I use most often.
Image: One of the many oaks on the trails at Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City, Missouri
