the shade tree throws shade
(not the type that keeps you cool)
avoid it like plague
Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree.
... 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 shade tree throws shade
(not the type that keeps you cool)
avoid it like plague
Written for the Tricycle July 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, shade tree.