finally got one
a summer afternoon that's
worthy of the name
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
... 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.
finally got one
a summer afternoon that's
worthy of the name
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
dandelion seeds
blown on summer afternoons
carry time away
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
a stillness in this
summer afternoon suggests
we will soon be through
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
the beatles got it right with their description of summer afternoons
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
summer afternoon
giant skyscraping buffets
left for all the bugs
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.