the last blossom falls
under the hazy moon's watch
with no witnesses
Written for the Tricycle May 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Spring season word, hazy or blurry moon.
... 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 last blossom falls
under the hazy moon's watch
with no witnesses
Written for the Tricycle May 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Spring season word, hazy or blurry moon.