February 5th, 2010
Here’s my haiku for today, on the topic of Youth:
make way for us now!
crowds of naked hyacinths
poke and shove and thrust
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.
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February 5th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Arising slowly,
cursing every ache and pain;
I long for my youth.
February 5th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
scabby knees, flip flops,
roller skates, lightning bug nights…
memories of youth
February 6th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
No haiku (haven’t written one in umpteen years), but did want to say how great yours was!
Helen
Straight From Hel
February 6th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Thanks, Helen! I am constantly blown away by how wonderful and often surprising the haiku contributions to “Haiku Friday” are. Creativity is contagious.