Simply Summer (Six Haiku and a Tanka)

Framed by a white cloud

Crows over the field sketching

A charcoal drawing

 

Shadows of flowers

Written on the old stone wall

Morning sun's poem

 

A dove's white feather

Fluttering on a rose thorn

Lifts in flight again

 

The sun’s last embers

Flickering in the clouds like

Rice-paper lanterns

 

Full moon falling west

An oak tree spreading its limbs

Ready to catch it

 

Where lake fog flows in

Two beacons blink on and off

A yellow cat’s eyes

 

The last geese lifting

And calling over the lake

Dark clouds take them in

The air and water and I

Listening to the silence





Haiku by countryfog
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Written on 2011-07-27 at 19:29

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The feather haiku did it for me.
How I long for flight, again....
The haiku suite is thematically consistent and progressive.
2011-07-29


Minhocao
loved them all, but I have to admit I have a weakness for a well written tanka - its so hard to pull off the subtle shift in subject that the form requires, and yet you did it effortlessly.

Amazing.
2011-07-28


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
I'm with Jim. The cool quiet of these vignettes is very refreshing.
2011-07-28


shells
Simply beautiful, I tried to choose a favourite, but could not. I found this very restful and calm.
2011-07-27


melanie sue
I wish I could lose myself within this beautiful setting, painted with words. Excellent writing, my friend. I enjoyed this immensely.
2011-07-27



This is manna. My eyes are weary of heat and dust, my thoughts are drained by hours slow to pass, these are blessedly cool and refreshing.
2011-07-27