Have a Haiku 11

The 11th collection of 10 Haiku series, inspired by those lovely winged creatures. One can surely learn a thing or two from them.

Play, pure dainty doves

Let no vulture be a threat

Let all fears fly

Cuckoo caresses

My battered soul is revived

Dulcet tunes delight

 

Eagle’s sublime voyage

Beyond the scope of our wings

Endlessly it flies

 

Gravid birds chirrup

Promising a cheerful world

To once bereft trees

 

Whatever your breed

I love how your feathers fan

My world-weary being

 

Calmly flapping wings

Erasing time, good and bad

Unperturbed, you soar

 

Morning to evening

Puffing up, preening, pecking

Incessant tableau

 

Peacock’s feathers shine

My puffy eyes, foggy mind

Open and light up

Vibrant butterflies

Your buoyancy makes me laugh

Toying with each bud

 

A whizz on the branch

Confirms someone left someone

Lonesome dangly arm

Reviews

[Suzy Hazelwood]

Calmly flapping wings
Erasing time, good and bad
Unperturbed, you soar

Ooooh yes, soaring now!!!

I really love that one Blossom, it calms the inner storms!! ;o) And Vibrant butterflies, brings visions of summer, and all that wondering I do about what it must be like to be small enough to sit on a flower. :oD

Wonderful collection Blossom! I've been learning to write some haiku myself, but I've abandoned the rule on syllables. Me and rules - they don't mix well!!

[Blossom]

Thanks, Suzy. I am happy that you and Roland are upholding the tradition (from old HQ) of picking favourite(s) among my Haiku collection.

And now that my Haiku has calmed your inner storm ;-) let me give you fair warning that if you won’t write on ‘what it must be like to be small enough to sit on a flower’, I might. What an inspiring thought for a poem!

And yes, I do recall that Suzy and rules don’t go together. Whenever Roland and I or other jotty pals would give a pointer on grammar or punctuation (or other similar ‘life-threatening’ topics, we’d get that reply!;-)

But it’s great to know that you’d give Haiku a try. I’ll surely be one of your first readers.

[Suzy Hazelwood]

A fragrant flower hammock
for my tired little body
the view from here
is most divine

That's a kind of a haiku - no rules included!! ;o)

[Suzy Hazelwood]

Or perhaps it should just be....A fragrant hammock for my weary body

The minute I write, I start editing!! :oD

[Blossom]

This imagery too is divine!
Well, it should be the first one and the second one and whichever one you're finally happy with! :-)
By the way, you and rules could be a poem's title!;-)

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

Surely the Haiku gave us a very good insight through your beautiful words :)
Great work!

[Blossom]

Thanks again, for not missing my work and for liking it.

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

Most Welcome & always pleasure reading your work :)

[Roland Petrov]

What a nice idea to make it a bird theme (with a butterfly thrown in for good measure). The first nine are all my favorites in equal measure. The tenth one is open to interpretation; it seems to me to be about a bird suddenly leaving another one alone on a branch. If I'm right, though, it seems it would be more appropriate to use "off" or "from" rather than "on". The "whizz" line has me laughing about how else it could be interpreted. Good to see you back, Blossom!

[Blossom]

Thanks for liking. Yes, I threw in a butterfly, as it too is a winged creature. You may of course interpret the tenth one as you desire. The break up here is between a tree and its long-residing bird; hence, the whizz on the branch and lonesome dangly arm.
P.S. Thanks for calling me back, Roland! :-)

[Blossom]

If you have any idea where Sugs can be reached, I'd like to share it with her.

[Roland Petrov]

Sugs hasn't shown up here yet. What a good jotty friend she was!

[Blossom]

Yes, she was. You know, I was making a mental list of all the active jotters and wonder how many names would I remember after some time. Sad! :-(