I wanted to try out something different for a change. I used to write haiku in my journal all the time, but alas I turned from it a year ago due to other endeavors I was pursuing. These may be a little rusty, but I think I pulled off some great haikus. Enjoy!
 |
| "Four Seasons" by Guxi Liu |
Silently trembles
The shaking ground below sky
Water ripples on
Snow like ash becomes
A phoenix from the pyre
In winter's embrace
Soar over ocean
Like bird from Northern sky
To the land of green
Transform like a wolf
During a silver moon's glare
Hunting predator
Like a climbing vine
Slithering up an oak tree
Tangled broken limbs
Night falls on the stars
An aura waving green-blue
A color compass
Smile like the sun
And eat fruits of love embrace
Like the all maker said
Swallowing a stone
Is like swallowing the earth
Nigh unmovable
Empty buzzing mind
Of worker bees and the queen
Release the honey
Chasing your shadows
Is like running way upstream
Pointlessly empty
Kenn, I love your haiku - visually beautiful to envision as one reads.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sherry I'm glad that you liked them.
DeleteYou have nailed the haiku form, Kenn.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary, I was worried I was too rusty to pull them off like I used to.
DeleteLove the images here. My fav. 'Snow like ash becomes
ReplyDeleteA phoenix from the pyre
In winter's embrace ' ~ so fresh metaphor. ~ The whole story here, in your haiku!
All of these pieces of haiku were actually separate ideas from one another, but I guess they could be read together just the same. Such is the magnificence of poetry!
DeleteI admire the haiku style ~ I particularly like the snow like ash and chasing of shadows ~
ReplyDeleteI tried to pick words that worked well together and maintained the message each haiku was saying. Glad that you admired them.
DeleteI can't write Haiku, I don't have the necessary calmness in the eyes. Yours are lovely. Apparently everything you write sounds like music to me. o.O
ReplyDeleteI've been writing since I was thirteen. That probably helped considering how much experience is under my belt. I also have a keen eye for details that most people don't notice.
Delete