three cats cornering
an area none will cross
each waiting their chance
Submitted to the Japan Society Haiku Corner.
... 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.
three cats cornering
an area none will cross
each waiting their chance
finally got one -
a summer afternoon that's
worthy of the name;
of course I'm inside cleaning,
cowering from the pollen.
finally got one
a summer afternoon that's
worthy of the name
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
dandelion seeds
blown on summer afternoons
carry time away
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
a stillness in this
summer afternoon suggests
we will soon be through
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.
the beatles had it
right when they described the rain
summer afternoon
Written for the Tricycle August 2023 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, summer afternoon.