Haiku

Often the best plans
Fallen to life's obstacles 
Can begin again

Anyway, I had planned to stick to regular posting of the A-Z. However, a combination of life and a total lack of idea for what to do for H, has resulted in a several day gap. I won’t be able to complete the whole thing before the end of April if I stick to one per day. But I will try to stick to daily from here until I reach the end.

You can see some of my previous efforts with Haiku here.

You can find the full list of 2024 A-Z here.

Kitten

tiny kitty prowl
padding softly in the hall
what are you to pounce

Written for the 2020 April A to Z Challenge – by Laith. Check out all our posts.

Water – Poem

Water

Oceans of water,
covering the whole of earth
are teaming with life.

The sun strikes the seas,
the water liquid no more.
High above the ground,
clouds like cotton float around.
Blown on the wind, far and wide.

From the sky it falls.
Soft as feathers, hard as stone.
Bringing life to earth.

This is my first entry in the Writing 201: Poetry series. Today’s prompt is water, using the haiku poetry form.

I decided to stretch my muscles a bit by going for a more complex piece. A standard haiku (5/7/5) followed by a tanka (5/7/5/7/7) and finished up with a third stanza back in haiku from.

So what do you think?

Groundhog Haiku

Poor sleepy rodent,
to forecast seasons we wake.
Winter is ending?

The Two Towers Haiku: The Passage of the Marshes

Onward the three go,
marshes in front and behind.
Dead warriors wait.

The Two Towers Haiku: The Palantír

The foolish hobbit,
into the black stone did look.
So Sauron did see.

The Two Towers Haiku: The Departure Of Boromir

Orcs the hobbits took,
the dying Boromir tells.
The three race to save.

Fellowship Of The Ring Haiku: Breaking Of The Fellowship

The Ring corrupts and
Boromir falls, party splits.
Two hobbits alone.

And so we reach the end of “The Fellowship of the Ring“.

You can check out all the other entries

Romance Haiku

Teacher and mother,
my support in all life’s trials.
The love of my life.

I wrote this for my wife Sally in response to Rob’s Genre Haiku Challenge this month “Romance”.

Fellowship Of The Ring Haiku: Flight to the Ford

Stone trolls the group pass.
To Rivendell they run.
Riders washed away.

This haiku is part of the Lord Of The Rings group project I am hosting. Thus far we have the following entries. Check them out and let us know of you would like to take an unclaimed chapter, or join us on the next book.