Life’s been a bit hectic of late. And blogging finds itself slipping down the list of priorities. Looking in my notebook I see that I haven’t written many poems over the last few weeks. I’ve been mainly sorting and editing – primarily for a new book of children’s poems due out next year sometime. Whilst doing that I noticed I’ve written a lot of haikus over the last couple of years. So I thought I might include a few here. Meanwhile – if you feel inspired to write a haiku of your own - seventeen syllables arranged 5, 7, 5 - be my guest.
Mirror Haiku
Look in the mirror
What do you see, pussy cat?
I see a lion.
Wind Haiku
The wind shakes the school
Like the beat of a dragon’s wing
On a dark night
Seaside Haiku
Five crows sit on the beach
Seven seagulls skim the surf
Five crabs set a trap
Long Word Haiku
What's the meaning of
Antidisestablishmentarianism?
Crow Haiku
one, two, three, four, five
accumulating darkness
crow keeps his counsel
Tension Haiku
There is a tension
As bees and beetles struggle
On the pool’s surface
Death Cycle Haiku
Rushing down the hill
A bicycle.
A beetle
Fails to cross the road
Sit Dog Haiku
Sit, sit, sit dog, sit
Good boy, sit, go on, sit, sit
Sit, sit, sit, sit,
Please…
Haiku Fest
If I read just one
more haiku I swear I’ll go
nuts
