this evening’s light pours
viscous, strengthening into
summer’s honeyed mead
Category Archives: Haiku
“clouds a flotilla” – A haiku on a Spring day
clouds a flotilla;
the sky a sea stretching down
to the horizon
“Crab apple – how sour” – Marginalia from a library conference – A haiku
crab apple – how sour
a name – its pink blossoms lilt
sweet as the cherry
the wind spitting snow – A haiku for the cold, flooding spring, with a nod to T.S. Eliot
the wind spitting snow,
the rivers spilling woe; this
april’s the cruellest
after guests, blown out – Christmas Haiku
after guests, blown out
candles curl smudged, berried smoke
into the dimness
Zamboni! – Some Haiku About Ice Skating
Rumbling on the ice,
The magical snow beast. Hail,
Mighty Zamboni!
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Shaved, sprayed, smoothed–the ice,
Soothed, waits once again for the
Violence of skating.
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-Skating on a warm day last year at Steinberg.
awake in the night – Late Night Haiku
awake in the night
my heart so long slumbering
awaiting the dawn
season’s first grapefruit – A haiku about citrus
as if a sun were
immanent beneath dim skies
season’s first grapefruit
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-Its antecedent haiku here
The “Autumn, Then Winter” Haiku Contest is Up – Some celebratory haiku of my own
We have fifteen haiku from 10 contestants for this contest. It is not too hard work to put on such contest, but even for a small one like this, it is tricky to keep track of email entries, so if I have forgotten your entry please let me know right away and I will get it up.
I thought about sneaking an entry of my own in, but I suspect that the judges, knowing me rather well, may have sniffed that out quite quickly. So here are my introductory haiku on the contest theme. If you wish to comment on these, do so here. If you wish to comment on the contestants’ haiku, please do so on the contest page. Enjoy!
the leaves translucent
stream glory upon glory;
trees like church windowsbranches like leaden
window frames, bereft of glass,
gilt by warm creche light
Haiku Contest Deadline Extension
Hello, all. I am very sorry to be posting the haiku contest late, but I would really rather wait until I have a few more entries, so I am extending the deadline to this coming Friday. I apologize to those who already have gotten me their haiku. I will still endeavor to post the results by Thanksgiving.
See the rules and enter here!
