autumn’s tread
the sound of falling leaves
like thunder
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Tag: haiku
Haiku: Gratitude & Harmony
A senryu trio for Ronovan’s weekly challenge.
gratitude
is a virtue man
is sadly lacking
peaceful harmony
as difficult to find as
a world leader’s heart
hope
as illusory
as his promises
Perseids
image ©Radoslaw Ziomber
a rain of stars
falls on the thirsty earth
portents
watching the sky
listening to hunting owls
calling down the stars
from moonset to cockcrow
I watch the star blanket shift
learning to let go
Haikai sequence: Twisted & Cross
For Ronovan’s weekly challenge. This prompt has an oddly Satanic feel to it…
birds criss-cross
a windy sky
hurrying to gather
the last of summer
from bent flower heads
roads cross
where tree boughs bend a squirrel
takes the left fork
morning glory
twists about the roses
blending blooms
A promenade in haiku
I climb the hill
still no closer
to the swallows
in the lane
the stain of fallen plums
waits for cleansing rain
in the hedge
sloes colour of an august
midnight
civic duty
helping snails
across the main road
across the valley
north curtains of rain
I turn back south
field of corn
mimics the sound
of falling rain
pointed wing-shadow
it has been a good year
for kestrels
home field
golden
with welcome
I close the shutters
I close the shutters
on the windy night—fox barks
to someone else
I close the shutters
on a scrap of moon
not enough light
to see the owl
passing
I close the shutters
silently not to disturb
the watchful hare
I close the shutters
on the night
where clouds tussle with moonlight
and the meadow runs
with silence
I close the shutters
enclose the night calm
within these walls.
Listen to the owl
A sequence of three and five line poems/stanzas for the dverse open link night.
did you hear the owl
the fluttering voice
of the night
or see the moon’s
hooded face
draped in swaying leaves
and the regal rags
of clouds?
lift your face
to the raindrops
listen to the leaf-patter
and let the night-calm
enter
hush
an owl
is speaking
