in the dew and the
cold autumn sun I can see
the ghost of Basho
Written for the Tricycle November 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Basho's ghost.
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. 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. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
in the dew and the
cold autumn sun I can see
the ghost of Basho
Written for the Tricycle November 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Basho's ghost.
the ghost of Basho
won't give me the solitude
that he often craved
Written for the Tricycle November 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Basho's ghost.
by the old pond an
unexpected water noise
is it Basho’s ghost?
Written for the Tricycle November 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Basho's ghost.
Basho’s ghost points out
the flowers greeting me and
I start to scribble
Written for the Tricycle November 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Basho's ghost.
in the Greek Islands
escaping the fall of leaves
for hot autumn sun
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
autumn sun in Rhodes escaping the fall of leaves embracing the light
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
the red autumn sun
greets its kindred fox spirit
chicken gripped tightly
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
the first frost melting
in the weak autumn sun an
autumnal cockerel
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
the eyes of drivers
are dazzled in rush hour
by the autumn sun
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
the dew covered car
looks as misty as I feel
wipe the sleep away
Written for the Tricycle September 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, dew and was also submitted to the Japan Society Haiku Corner (2023, Week 42).
rabbits eating grass
under the dew steam only
feel that they are safe
Written for the Tricycle September 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, dew.
the tiny rainbows
on dew filled autumn mornings
only bugs can see
Written for the Tricycle September 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, dew.
dewdrop and lotus
together and separate
always near yet far
Written for the Tricycle September 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, dew.
the dew and the mist
so fleeting except where the
the sun never shines
Written for the Tricycle September 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, dew.
the ache of the rake
is eliminated by
the visible change.
Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.
raking in the chips,
the sounds of wins and loss.
it’s always fall.
Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.
Millais: Autumn Leaves
such an idyll i can't find
from raking up leaves
Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.
the daily leaf war
begins, my weapon a rake -
“Just wait,” my wife says.
Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.
nails forming a rake
scratch four lines across my face,
my last fall from grace.
Written for the Tricycle November 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, rake.
in one long night i
sought to solve all my problems..
this one will not work.
Written for the Tricycle October 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, long night, but was not entered.