(the eternal hope of spring)
All sober winter
squatters riot the rosebush:
circus of sparrows.
Silhouette portrait
dover framed against ice sky:
mallards returning.
Heavy at pond's edge
frozen townsfolk await light
and grace: blue heron.
Pirate Grace has the Real Toads writing teikei (fixed-form) haiku this week. This is real haiku, not the slangy syllable-counting jazz I'm usually offering up around here. Please go and read Grace's very informative article and try it! Not so simple as it appears.
all lovely! but I was especially taken with the first - I could just see those sparrows rioting in the rosebush (I love watching them)
ReplyDeleteI love these...the first one is my favorite..squatters riot the rosebush
ReplyDeleteOoooh! I love these.. especially the inclusion of birds in each one. A round of applause for 'circus of sparrows'.
ReplyDeletethat's exactly what they are! :)
ReplyDeleteThe birds are hope, right? fleeting, flying, creatures of tomorrow?
ReplyDeletei did drugs in my teens and early 20s...just saying
i love this.
I love the 'circus of sparrows'! All three haikus are very good, but that first one is my fav.
ReplyDeletethose sparrows are so entertaining, i could wax on about them far longer than haiku allows.
ReplyDeletedozens of them, right outside our window, in the rosebush, chirping away, all winter long. adorable!
Oh these are so beautifully and perfectly penned! I especially love the heron.....wowzers, kiddo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. So many seem to be writing a breath of spring into their winter haiku! There is a blue heron in a park nearby here. At least he/she arrives in summer. A beautiful sight indeed.
ReplyDeleteten point for 'circus of sparrows' :)
ReplyDeletethe avian theme threads these like small, stringed jewels.
not to mention, these all have (for me) a color element. 'rosebush' in the first, 'ice skies' in the second, and 'blue heron' in the third, all speak of shade and hue. a beautiful collection.
:) thank you, lovely friends.
ReplyDeleteThey all rocked but the first one may have been my favorite of the challenge....niiiiiice!
ReplyDelete:) that is very kind, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat first stanza is remarkable, you.
ReplyDeletethanks, you. the sparrows are really remarkable!
ReplyDeletedo private comments
ReplyDeletejustify my quiet way?
my neglect will cease!
hah! no worries. xo
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