Haiku Moments

[Mindful]

I used to do these on another forum.

But I've forgotten how.

The technical part of haiku is that it has 17 beats distributed on 3 lines. Line 1 has 5 beats. Line 2 has 7 beats. Line 3 has 5 beats. Those who write the best Haiku really don't have to follow any particular path. You know you love it when you see it, Mindful. Back when I first used the internet, I went to the New York Times Forum. It likely was in the late 90s, but I'm not sure. After a few years, the NYT shut down its Forums, likely due to loss in subscriptions for all the hostility the left had toward President George W. Bush, and NYT only had 1 righty on their staff, who was William Safire, if memory serves me correctly. Anyway, the Haiku Forum had one outstanding poster whose names slips me, but I swear he could draw a tear or warm a heart with the way he used those 17 beats. One was something about a swan. He had no equal to that and other postings, and I do not recall him ever bringing politics into any of his verse. He was a purist, and his use of the English language struck a lovely chord, time after time.

I think I was on the NYT Haiku forum. I really got into it.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

sunshine on the drapes
frames silently protection
from winter's onset​

Haiku = No Cuchi Coo

Japanese on dates
Fumble over syllables
Poets don't get laid

 

[beautress]

mile and a quarter
rowing too long huff and puff
swollen feet contempt​

 

[Mindful]

I'll think of something

 

[beautress]

Iron Works ahead
time to get off of the duff
walk mile in my shoes​

 

[beautress]

most abundant life
may reside under the nails
always out of sight

smallest living things
measured in micrometers
ferment beer and wine

plant phytoplasma
is smallest bacteria
exponential growth

mycoplasma is
animal anathema
depending on type

source info: bacteria​

 

[beautress]

mother used to pray
"now I lay me down to sleep"
true guardian angel
​

 

[beautress]

what is memory
is it one thought at a time
filtered by senses​

 

[beautress]

once upon a ship
navigating deep waters
at whim of the winds

​

 

[beautress]

birds perched on high wire
singing for each other's needs
of food sources near​

 

[Ropey]

Evening voyage
as light skims below the bow
welcoming the night​

 

[beautress]

a little night music
wafting on breeze in autumn
echoes of fondness​

 

[Mindful]

How's this, Beutress? After a long hiatus.

Egyptian geese glide

Softly across the dark lake

A black swan gazes

 

[beautress]

I never saw an Egyptian goose, but found a picture. It seems all you wrote is a lovely tribute to them, found something to share about these fabulously dimorphic creatures.:

And for your haiku, kudos. I'm thankful that you shared it!

I'm glad you mentioned them, Mindful, because I love birds!

 

[Mindful]

I never saw an Egyptian goose, but found a picture. It seems all you wrote is a lovely tribute to them, found something to share about these fabulously dimorphic creatures.:

And for your haiku, kudos. I'm thankful that you shared it!



I'm glad you mentioned them, Mindful, because I love birds!

Huge population of them in the park across the street from me. The lake is there too. I don't know what happened to the black swan. It used to be there.

 

[beautress]

late in dusky hour
rainfall is clearing the air
sleeping weather time​

 

[Mindful]

chem trails paint the sky

transatlantic flights above

slow dawn is breaking

 

[beautress]

wispy pink clouds rise
up in the morning's new sun
greeting a new day​

 

[OldLady]

Not a haiku (sorry) but it made me think of this one:

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[Mindful]

Flame still burning bright

A white candle holds my prayers

Against the grey dawn


(After a wonderful summer of heat and endless blue skies, the beginning of winter sets in. Early darks, and days of greyness and baggy clouds.)