Deep inside the tree
Its spirit awaits release
To play but briefly
An annual trip
A stretching of cramped up legs
Embraces with friends
Before returning
Home to the heart of its tree
Until the next year
... and occasional Tanka. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu , I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day.