a man and goose chat
backdrop of low mist in park
morning pleasantries
Submitted to the Japan Society Haiku Corner (2023 Week 50)
... 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.
a man and goose chat
backdrop of low mist in park
morning pleasantries
drops of water in
the coat of a small black cat
no wonder it frowns
concrete cell background
why would you choose this on teams?
austere-thetic
2pm outside
inside it feels like evening
and sleep clouds your mind
go to work in the
dark and come home in the dark
feel like a badger
covid aches and pains -
they force me to record that
there are no moments
little birds keeping
cool at the swimming pool's side
strange human-nature
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).
the right input will
give the desired output
and our ikigai
stripes of light across
tables, showing dusty air,
autumn state of mind
coffee and a view
of the garden reserved just
for us early birds
three cats cornering
an area none will cross
each waiting their chance