i hold the turnip
as too the sister once did
i see nothing else
Written for the Tricycle February 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, turnip.
... 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.
i hold the turnip
as too the sister once did
i see nothing else
Written for the Tricycle February 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, turnip.