aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Haiku

  • On Bubba’s Roof

    On Bubba’s Roof

    Written for MLMM’s Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille The theme for this week is “raindrops shimmer.”   Shimmering raindrops Sputter then evaporate On Bubba’s tin roof.    

  • The Desert

    The Desert

        Date palms swish and sway; Bedouins’ smoking hookahs scent the desert breeze        

  • Cheating Love

    Cheating Love

    If you have to make someone fall in love with you… I call that cheating.        

  • The Willow

    The Willow

        Majestic willow weeping happy tears: couple weds ‘neath verdant leaves    

  • Echoes

    Echoes

    Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #53 Renga With Basho #10 “summer’s night” The goal is to add the two-lined stanza of approximately 14 syllables and make the renga complete. Your closing verse, the “ageku”, has to close the chain through association on the “hokku”. Here are the six (6) haiku to work with and create your…