Tag Archives: haiku

#62 Observations of turtles

turtle in the grass

big dog excited, whining

small spotted fellow

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#61- Storm

fast summer rain storm

sprinting as the skies open

can’t outrun nature

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#60 Famous haiku of war and remembrance

From the book Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan

the vast night

now nothing left

but the fragrance

~Jorge Luis Bourges

clear stars

in the cold night

after the planes’  roar

~Hideni Ishibashi

(A woman’s experience of WWII)

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#59- unofficial start

emerging from shell

cool spring transforms to summer

quickly world opens

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#58~ Memorial Day

Memorial day

remember fallen soldiers

dying for us all

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#57~ stolen treasure

bright blue shard of glass

softened by seas rough caress

taken from wild

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#56- bridal veil

bridal veil, spring bloom

fragrant delicate blossoms

breezes perfume air

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#55- famous haiku

Elegant singer

Would you further favor us

with a dance…o frog?

~Issa

On the low~tide beach

Everything we stoop to pick…

Moves in our fingers

~Chiyo-Ni

Happy Sunday – long weekend 🙂

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#54 ~ Circle of life

tentative spring lambs

gamble out of barn to field

old fat ewes as guides

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#53- Limb no longer

flash of lightning burned

fell, in a rage destroyed car

now sawdust on street

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