a prayer moonwards sent
a dark one this time of year
with hope underneath
Started to be written for the Tricycle September 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, moon; but not finished until now.
... 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 prayer moonwards sent
a dark one this time of year
with hope underneath
Started to be written for the Tricycle September 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, moon; but not finished until now.
a vacant moon stare
he fell long before the fall
lost his sunshine blaze
Written for the Tricycle September 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, moon.
cold nights on the street
with the moon my only friend
the questions i asked
Written for the Tricycle September 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, moon.
moon watches, lonely,
regretting how he treated
his wife, mother earth.
Written for the Tricycle September 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, moon.