snowflakes on a corpse,
thought they were doomed but have found
a cold place to live
Written for the Tricycle December 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, snowflake, but was 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.
snowflakes on a corpse,
thought they were doomed but have found
a cold place to live
Written for the Tricycle December 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, snowflake, but was not entered.