Haiku

Haiku

(or hokku, meaning "starting verse")

A Japanese poetic form, three lines containing seventeen syllables,

usually 5-7-5. Haiku grew out of two earlier Japanese forms, the

Tanka (or waka), a five line stanza arranged 5-7-5-7-7, and the renga

("linked verse"), a collaborative form in which two or more poets

would take turns, the first using the three lines of a tanka, the second

using the last two lines, and then continuing for some time. That

opening was called a haiku, or "starting verse."

Here are a few of mine~~~~

peaceful evening sounds:

cats, cars and crickets humming

under soundless moon

swirling the spectrum

hummingbirds feed on nectar -

one love-lies-bleeding

the sounding of spring

trumpet vine and hollyhock -

grimalkin geishas

the dragonfly glides

across stillness of ponds

as the sunlight winks

frost settles on leaves

with kaleidoscope hues

lacking pure color

black tiger dances

tall grass billows around him

in perfect rhythm

under hazy sky

a cat nabs a slow gopher

defining her speed

sway of the dusk dance

waltzing branches silhouette

cobalt fading skies

tender fingers trace

aging lines on the face of

wrinkled wood: oak smiles

the first born sun rays

stretching out with warm embrace -

an infant sky cries

knife-edged dawn slices

life awakes near sallow pond

with a sharp stirring

liquid sky runs smooth

across the table of clouds -

spring in a bucket