September Haiku Challenge – Week 3
by poetrydiary
Pear tree (any subject) – Sept 18
Pear tree bent double
in fatal fecundity;
her harvest too rich.
Winter – Sept 17
Couple in winter
squabbling over shopping;
once they were lovers.
Chime – Sept 16
Autumn city
towers wiser with each chime,
as their stones crumble.
Patience – Sept 15
Among patient trees,
I see partridge wandering,
and feel the world breathe.
Elixir – Sept 14
Financial crises;
I trust we’ll find elixirs
in humanity.
Liberty – Sept 13
Remembering days,
of liberty and sunlight;
still the roses bloom.
Flood – Sept 12
Condensing dewdrops
flooding this morning’s leaf cups;
each small world renewed.
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For haiku heights September challenge – nearly half way!
Beautiful….
The miracle of Alechemilla Mollis – every morning that glistening globe at the centre of each leaf.
The other miracle of A.Mollis is that it gets everywhere I find!
Nice one!! A nice steaming hot, well brewed cuppa of leaf tea is where it took me!! 🙂 Makes a refreshing start to the day!!
What a lovely and peaceful Haiku. Well done.
Melanie
What a beautiful haiku.
Such great imagery.
Loved it.
A beautiful description of nature often overlooked.
a warm cup of tea 🙂 yes, it’d be lovely early in the morning!
very nice images… like the nature slant in your haiku ~
Roses are steadfast flowers, no matter the human condition!
Liberty here and here and here
Your Elixir Haiku is hopeful but I doubt we will find help anytime soon. Nice write.
Melanie
I doubt this elixir too!! When something terrible or inhumane happens, personal advantages are first weighed, benefits discussed and returns calculated before extending a hand!! Human psychology has changed over the years, is just my firm opinion!! There is always hope though to cling on to!! 😮
Patience of perennial trees,…. lasting and existing for a longtime, enduring the pleasantness and harshness of nature.Well done!!
Loved the latest three…I wouldn’t put too much stock in a money crazed, phobic set of humanity.
Beautiful patience haiku.. i breathe ~
and I have faith in humanity ~
I hope you don’t get confuse but I am using my other blog for this haiku challenge ~
You Haiku for today was lovely. Great job but wish you would post them one at a time.
Melanie
Thanks for your comment Melanie – I’m sorry you don’t like the way I’m posting them. I felt they needed company and would clog up my blog otherwise, still being a bit English and self-conscious about the rate of production… A whole post for three lines, every day, seemed a bit too much and hard on my faithful subscribers (I know I’m being a bit silly, too, but I’m committed now!). I enjoy yours as well.
a little too little of sunlight nowadays i think too for them roses!
Another terrific set, Matthew. I especially like your Liberty and Flood poems.
The image of the wandering partridge sticks in my mind–a scene of loneliness and dejection…
Patience of the Ant
What I’m seeing in your chime selection is a stone bell tower, slowly crumbling to dust over the years because of the vibrations of the bells…
Chimes here and here and here
Another fine poem. I meant no harm. I am just a bit up tight about writing and reading Haiku. I sometimes get lost.
Melanie
Are these the Big Ben chimes, 🙂 people in parliament need to be wiser even here in our country, wish some chimes for them too 😀
unfortunate and regrettable that the couple is squabbling, effected by the winter blues?? Beautiful thought provoking Haiku both!!
your 18 Sept haiku: lovely – but do you need the apostrophe s in the third line?
I’ve just read back through most of the month, and have really enjoyed reading them again as a collection, justifying your decision to post them on a single page. I semi-copied your idea – individual posts but kept on file as a single document.
Thanks!
I’m not sure about that ‘s, no – so probably should take it out. It came in as a last moment addition….Now it’s going.
Loved your observation of the squabbling couple……
Lush imagination of a prolific writer, may it bear fruits always!!
I think the elixir for sorting out humanity is all locked up in an alchemist’s dream! Great variety of creative haikus here!
I like the image of the pear tree.. and the winter scene of the couple squabbling ~ nice ~
love your haiku on “Winter”.
it’s a little sad, but it happens.
Yeah, I like these very much, especially Flood!
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