Wednesday, 21 October 2009

a nod to silly haiku wednesday

before its season
this frost
where blossoms used to be
bare stalks

(we actually had an extraordinary cold spell with some frosty mornings in the last 10 days or so)

and yes, contemporary haiku not only do not have to be in the 5-7-5 syllable format (the total number of syllables should preferably be less than 17), the number of lines is not fixed either

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful my friend. I love it :) Nice about the seasons :)

quilly said...

Real Haiku is too great a talent for my silly frame of mind.

juliana said...

much appreciated, thom!

ah, but you are a girl of many talents, quilly!