calmly floating down,
ingenuity wins out.
murder plot foiled.
... 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.
calmly floating down,
ingenuity wins out.
murder plot foiled.
nock, pull and let fly
his aim true with each release
nine rogue suns shot down
music, books, floating,
life at a much gentler pace,
leaves on the surface.
the general stood and
learned how to strangle armies.
go observation.
kings of three beings,
celestial all - watching
the earthly ones live.
swimming together
unlikely friends in the sea
helping each other
down to earth it came
to form life’s very nectar!
the spirit goat saw