Showing posts with label modern haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modern haiku. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Troiku Challenge 2019: Day 13: Fireflies


steamy night
fireflies
out in the rain

steamy night
near marsh or swamp or wet field
dank, cloying odor

fireflies
once upon a time I thought
they were fairy steeds

out in the rain
sometimes I can remember
belief in magic

Jim & Cie


Notes:
The "sleigh" of this Troiku was created by modern Haiku poet Jim Kacian. The Three Horses of the Apocalypse are to be blamed on me.
I don't believe in magic or much of anything else these days. But sometimes when it rains I can remember how it felt to believe.

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Tan Renga Challenge 2019 #14 + Poetry Pantry #481: Hibiscus Red

Image by Josch13 from Pixabay

unable
to get hibiscus red
the artist eats the flower
flower becomes the artist
artist becomes the flower

Fr. Raymond & Cie



Notes:
The Hokku (Haiku) stanza was created by Father Raymond Roselip (1917 - 1983), a Catholic priest who has been rightfully recognized as a twentieth-century master of English Haiku.
The Akegu (two-line closing stanza) was created by yours truly.