Category: Haiku

  • Read more: Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1 | New

    The American Cinquain Example: Old Days See howThe sun rises,Breaking over beauty,Filling the senses with heavenThen fades. You can see the pattern above is as follows… 5 Lines with each a given number of syllables as 2 4 6 8 2 The word new is our inspiration. New life Old…

    Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1 | New
  • Read more: Ol’ Dolly

    This haiku was originally written for Haiku Horizons in 2018. Now it’s being recycled for Fandango’s Flashback Friday.   A strange, old dolly made of clay, sticks, moss, and straw. Hat pins make her go          …

    Ol’ Dolly
  • Read more: Bringing It

    Whenever you bring something new to the table it stinks up the room.

    Bringing It
  • Read more: The ‘pause

    Slow, sweat-nasty burn. Nothin’ sexy here, Bozo. It’s Menopause, yeah? Back away real slow. Don’t make no sudden movements — nobody’ll get hurt.

    The ‘pause
  • Read more: Nobody

      Darkness fell like sin Sultry N’awlins summer night. Nobody seen us. 

    Nobody
  • Read more: Twilight Moon

    The theme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is twilight.  *** Cool, melting sunset evening star; fireflies blinking it’s almost moonlight    

  • Read more: Perpetual Sunshine

    Today’s theme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is ‘sunflowers.’ Their cheerful faces! Sunflowers can make us smile — even through the rain.    

    Perpetual Sunshine