a snake in the grass
and before me, let one take
the other away
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.
... 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 snake in the grass
and before me, let one take
the other away
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.