scarecrow cremations
fill the air so they can fly
as they dreamed they would
Written for the November Tricycle Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Scarecrow.
... 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.
scarecrow cremations
fill the air so they can fly
as they dreamed they would
Written for the November Tricycle Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, Scarecrow.