the plum blossom breeze
under the trees floats with ease
as we shell the peas.
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum; but not entered.
... 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.
the plum blossom breeze
under the trees floats with ease
as we shell the peas.
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum; but not entered.
the plum blossom breeze
under the trees floats with ease
as we watch the fleas
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum; but not entered.
the plum blossom breeze
under the trees floats with ease
past the rotting corpse.
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum; but not entered.
the plum blossom breeze
under the trees is like she
has returned to me
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum; but not entered (I don't think).
a plum in my hand,
a moment before biting -
anticipation.
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum.
the plum blossom breeze
alerts my senses to the
changing season’s tides
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum.
with plums i promised
and for a moment the world
stayed still and waited
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum.
under the plum tree
a gentle breeze cannot hide
a rotten carpet
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum.
plum now - still mostly
smooth, yet the mirror shows me
the start of pruning.
Written for the Tricycle June 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, plum.