Haiku Friday: Alone

August 28th, 2009

It’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: your choice of Haiku for the Seasons I, or Haiku for the Seasons II.

Today’s topic is “alone.” Here is my haiku:

at nearly midnight
if you’re alone in your bed
make friends with the dark


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2 Responses to “Haiku Friday: Alone”

  1. Samantha, Suki's MoM Says:

    Good morning Kim, Happy Friday to you….

    Held captive by day
    being pulled this way and that
    time alone brings peace

  2. Suki Says:

    I dedicate this today to Goody…….
    (Hi buddy!)

    The house is quiet
    watched the door close and car leave
    no wags, I’m alone.

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