Soap bubbles drift up
and over the haiku train
derailled by surplus syllables.
Haiku Train
(Excellent reply Nar!)
'And' gets back on track
where 'Ampersand' had faltered
being overlong.
'And' gets back on track
where 'Ampersand' had faltered
being overlong.
)I had to take it
'though prefer to be alone.
Ahh, the price of love!
'though prefer to be alone.
Ahh, the price of love!
Hoping the Twain meet
his loyal readers they held
a Huck Finn party
his loyal readers they held
a Huck Finn party
"Old ones are the best"
i once told my grandmother.
"Not nowdays" she said.
i once told my grandmother.
"Not nowdays" she said.
"Not nowdays" she said.
Grandfather clock
echoed
Grandfather clock
echoed
Echoed.Tick, tock, tick,
Tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock,
Bong! bong! Two o'clock.
Tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock,
Bong! bong! Two o'clock.
Bong! bong! Two o'clock.
Newton's cat watches
an apple fall
Newton's cat watches
an apple fall
an apple falls
Adam gets ready
with his knife
Adam gets ready
with his knife
with his knife he cut,
scything the torpid vapour,
revealing bodies.
scything the torpid vapour,
revealing bodies.
revealing bodies
of Maritime Pines
fog retreats
of Maritime Pines
fog retreats
in the morning sun
dove-feather
rises
dove-feather
rises
red moon
burns copper leaves
fiery autumn
burns copper leaves
fiery autumn
cooling trees
forward missives of Winter
loosened lives
forward missives of Winter
loosened lives
frozen fish
hungry
for water
hungry
for water
she'll sleep well tonight
beside her twinkling dreams
floating crescent
beside her twinkling dreams
floating crescent