build up of pressures -
you know it’s taking its toll
when the roof leak starts.
Written for the Tricycle March 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Spring season word, roof leak.
... 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.
build up of pressures -
you know it’s taking its toll
when the roof leak starts.
Written for the Tricycle March 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Spring season word, roof leak.