Hope you’re enjoying this ride through the haiku alphabet – if you feel inspired to make your own alphabet, please share the link in the Comments section.
D
初夢や金も拾はず死にもせず
hatsu-yume ya kane mo hirowazu shini mo sezu
first dream of the year
not finding money on the road
not dying either
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), tr Susumu Takiguchi
debate night
one dog barks
then another
Bill Cooper, A Hundred Gourds 5.2, 2016
E
the everywhere
of wild carrot
wayside moon
Michele Root-Bernstein, The Heron’s Nest 19.1, 2017
glowing embers
I start my story
from the end
Debbi Antebi, Presence 60, 2018
F
forsythia –
misspelled twice in the poet’s
yellowed notes
Ron Evans, Haiku Odyssey blog, 2014
clearing storm
a ewe flicks a fly
from her ear
Pamela Brown, Presence 52, 2015
G
old pond
green moss blankets
the blues
(Akitsu Quarterly) Winter 2016
*
gene test
she inherits the short end
of the straw
(Cattails) Sept.2016
*
her memoir
glimpses
of my life too
(Blithe Spirit) Vol 27 No.3
*
H
fading sun
still humming the hymn
night mosquitoes
(Herons’s Nest) June 2016
*
heatwave
the tired shirt
of the pedestal fan
(Blithe Spirit) Feb 2017
*
I
insomnia
in the dark hours
a kettle’s tune
(Stardust Haiku Blogspot.Com)
June 2017
Thanks for playing Madhuri, those haiku of yours make a nice read. Best wishes, Sandra
Thank you Sandra😊
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