I’ve joined the haiku group on Twitter and it has revived a former passion for the form.
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form that traditionally is written in three lines of 5 / 7 / 5 syllables, though not all people adhere to that rule. Twitter, with it’s 140 character limit is the ideal delivery medium for this art form. Below are my haikus from the last two months. I’d love to see you on Twitter where you can add your 17 syllables to the flow. (My latest tweets–as NatureSpirits–are in my sidebar.)
Pink, red ruffled stars
compete with the midday sun—
rhododendrons glow.Chartreuse April woods
suddenly woven with pink—
currants have flowered.Magnolia scent
wafts through lace curtains;
I’m drunk by morning.Five seagulls sail by
clinging to a driftwood log—
tide does all the work.Spring’s first lawnmower:
chipmunk scurries back and forth—
how do I escape?Tender green leaves are
really more yellow than green—
glowing with sunlight.Twin suns rise behind
the ancient madrona tree:
in the sky and bay.Sun fades in gray haze—
sunset at the beach today
found in a clam shell.
I hope that as we move into summer this weekend, that you’ll ease your pace and find little moments throughout your days to pause and reflect on the beauty all around you. Please share any delights you notice below.
Get your Zen on; see earlier group of haikus here.
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