forever staring -
its snake eyes burning through me,
daring me to move.
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.
... 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.
forever staring -
its snake eyes burning through me,
daring me to move.
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.
serpent out at sea,
looks as lonely as I feel.
the surf eats my hisssss.
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.
serpent out at sea,
harbinger of a new age;
we all brace ourselves.
Written for the Tricycle July 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, snake, or serpent.