bare branches ~ haiku

bare branches
full of beginnings
melting snow

This haiku is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #343,
with the prompt words bare and full.

Image source: Wikimedia Commons (Utagawa Hiroshige)

a glass raised ~ gogyohka

a glass raised
in the name of justice
broken by injustice
raised again and again
until justice is served

This gogyohka is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #309,
with the prompt words break and glass.

alone in travels
cold rain only company
roadside drain speaking

This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #293,
with the prompt words drain and rain.

Image source: Wikimedia Commons (Utagawa Hiroshige)

following like sheep
awakening sycophants
weeping, plaintive bleats

This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #292,
where the prompt words are sheep and weep.

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.

in these troubled times
can any star offer hope?
wise men understand

This senryū is my response to
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #285,
where the prompt words are hope and star.

placid moments few
during these times of turmoil
my thoughts running wild

This senryū is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #283,
where the prompt words are placid and wild.

on placid waters
autumn colors float downstream
river path calling

This haiku/haiga is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku
Prompt Challenge #277,
where the prompt words are river and path.

flood waters rising
white portico under siege
leader blowing smoke

This tanka is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #276,
where the prompt words are smoke and water.

Image
Depiction of the North Portico, 1835
Source: The White House Historical Association
Credit: Kellogg, D.W. & Coo., via Library of Congress

rustling in forest
leaves whisper in ancient tongue
known in any age
swirls rising from forest floor
speak of autumn’s arrival

This tanka is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #273,
where the prompt words are forest and whisper.