Here are all the haiku that I posted on the Daily Haiku facebook
page in 2021. I was doing one a day at one point, but it was starting to
get obsessive so I just dip in occasionally now. The page offers a
prompt for that day, and one for the week if you like.
I find now that haiku are good warm-up exercises before starting to write.
Anyway,
here they are. Some are better than others, some are closer to the
spirit of haiku than others, but sometimes the subject matter is hard to
map onto the haiku philosophy.
Elections
Sleet falls in May; like
broken promises, it lies
on the frozen poor
Bluebells
of ancient woodland, as far
Wind
Wind swings westerly
Faint raindrops spit in my face
Harbinger of storms
Books
Dust collects. Pages
of thoughtful words, well crafted
but rarely well read.
My Life / Waves
Smooth sine; jolting square -
flow until energy stops
then decay and die
Warmth
My window lies; shows
sunlight, blue skies, a mirage
disguising harsh cold.
Undergrowth
In the undergrowth
all feels safe; dark, warm and soft.
Light filtered by green.
Reflections
Deep pond. Cool mirror
reflecting me. A stone splash
and I disappear.
Gather
The bird gathers twigs,
a nest grows. Fills with eggs. Chicks
fly. Gather more twigs.
Musical Instruments
Unique melodies
Throats open at break of day
Nature's orchestra
Sea
(the Evergreen gets stuck in Suez)
Plough, mighty tanker
through storms and crashing waves but
beware the canal.
