Haiku Friday: Crying
June 12th, 2009It’s Haiku Friday again. For the past twenty years or so, it has been my practice to write one haiku every day. Every Friday I share a haiku here, about whatever topic I happen to choose. I invite you to write a haiku on this topic too, and share it with me and the readers of this blog. Just write it in the Comments below. The only rules are: 1) your haiku must be about the named topic; 2) you must follow the 5-7-5 syllable format; 3) no obscenities or hate (I will delete those). That’s it.
At the end of each month I’ll gather up the haikus in the “Haiku Comments” that meet the criteria and pick one at random in a drawing, and send the winner of the drawing one of my e-books (link): your choice of “Haiku for the Seasons I”, or “Haiku for the Seasons II.”
Today’s topic is “CRYING.” Here is my haiku:
grieve for your fast passing life
you won’t be here long
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June 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Good Morning Kim. Here is my friday haiku or senryu, as the case may be…
Emotions run wild….a welling emits a sob….tears flow for hours.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Saw this on Twitter. I like it and will have to check it out from time to time. Here’s my haiku:
Tears stream down my face
as I remember her name
from so long ago.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I’m out of practice but here goes:
Why is it each month
overwhelming longing
to release the flood?
June 13th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Another one. This was when Fiona was born…..
A beautiful face
is all I could see of her
my child with red eyes.
Thanks KIm.
June 14th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Wow. Great haiku this Friday. Nostalgia for a lost love, the moment of birth, the recurring need to cry, wow again. Thanks everyone for sharing.