the first frost melting
in the weak autumn sun an
autumnal cockerel
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.
... 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 first frost melting
in the weak autumn sun an
autumnal cockerel
Written for the Tricycle October 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn season word, autumn sun.