“see how they fly high?”
“can they run as fast as we?”
“can clouds catch the 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.
“see how they fly high?”
“can they run as fast as we?”
“can clouds catch the sun?”
your flesh immortal,
my dead flesh will never rot -
would that i were you!
hear the peacock shriek,
phoenix rising at its side.
eternal brothers.
ducks above, under.
ripples they spread out to me
as I stand forlorn.
eyes fixed forever
seeking help from the heavens.
a boar shot in snow.
my life ends in snow,
my final bed is frozen.
it will not last long.
standing forever,
waiting to welcome readers -
our wait is over