my fox spirit friend
pouncing on my enemies
invulnerable
... 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.
my fox spirit friend
pouncing on my enemies
invulnerable
the blank eyed crow dives -
birds too big for prey wonder
why does it do this?
fox spirit revealed
their minds already racing
as to the next move.
night heron by day
stands wearily watching the
birds playing by day
the chase is ended,
the savage embrace concludes.
the survivors flee.
our minerals
each like a diff’rent foot shape
only in our land!
even cute monsters
are a threat to human life.
ships, mind how you go.