Spring facts

I tried hard with this one. For the dverse prompt.

 

death in our midst strikes terror

death of far away people leaves us cold

birds build their nests

the sun sets in flame fire and sapphire

and dolphins have returned to the Venice lagoon

 

 

gogyohka for more hail

 

you have a Latin name

Norberto

but your breath is northern chill

and spits icy pips

like any Viking seafarer

gogyohka for a hailstorm

 

when the water winds

cloud-burly

swing fist-punching to the north

all hail

meadow bounces with cold pearls

gogyohka for another rainy day

 

no sky above the puddled grass

no limpid air

a screen of misted rain-flicker

punctured here and there by song

the indefatigable thrush

gogyohka for a wild morning

 

gale coming

already it punches with gusty fists

bending supple trees

and pigeons toss like paper bags

in the troubled air

Haiku challenge: Chaste & taste

For Ronovan’s weekly haiku challenge. I’m afraid chaste is such a loaded word I can’t take it seriously.

 

chaste

as a bus of nuns

on their way to Lourdes

a singsong more to their taste

than the films on offer

Gogyohka for February sunset

sun sinks

with a final burst of laughter

or perhaps regret

for all the soft flames left behind

and the darkness to follow