This is a place for posting haiku.
A haiku is a 17 syllable poem, generally consisting of three lines with 5-7-5 syllables respectively. Normally the final line gives a twist or "turn" to the meaning or makes a reference to the season of the year. Traditionally, in Japan, haiku were often about the moon, clouds, cherry blossom, the wonders of nature, especially anything beautiful yet transient, which could also be symbolic reference to some spiritual experience. Modern haiku can be about almost anything, but the brief, succinct form does work better for some things than others and the "turn" can be the all important element.
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Hot and humid air
forms tallest cloud never seen
pours refreshing water drops
Like a secret love,
scent that defies location
- hidden night flower.
New grass is joyful
Mist cloud decending to earth
Rainy grey dawn day
Frogs splash, glide, swim
No detachment in nature
Wind pond dragonfly
Waterfall rainbow,
turning rocks to paradise,
lend me your bright wand.
As I saw the wood
nembutsu prayers ascend
and sweet saw dust falls.
I walk in the woods,
Deep, deep in nature's refuge.
Autumn is coming.
On my to-do list,
only: revise the old list
and make a new one
Vicissitudes rule
Fools dance on tiny objects
Poking, picking, gone
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Counted syllables this time. . . 5.7.5
Slipping through the high branches
With tail of silver
Mischievous moonlight
- what an old fox it can be:
counterfeit silver.
Sounds making words
Evoke more than mere meaning
Fox in soft moonlight
Did I get it wrong
- the syllabic conundrum?
Five's never enough!
The last line's a twist.
After the hint of a theme,
already, it's lost.
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