Daily Haiku

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 I like the Haiku as a poetic form, and the Creative Writing module of my degree course is encouraging me to write a daily Haiku. I am not finding it diffficult, I already post a photo a day on Blipfoto, and it is quite easy to combine the two disciplines. The difficult bit is to write a Haiku that matches the subject matter of the image posted.

Here are a few of my most recent ones:-

Kitchen Shadows
Shadows on the wall
Show the wine glass at its worst
State of emptiness.

Sea Shell
A little sea shell
Out of its natural habitat
It really knows its place

Moonset
The moon low in the sky
A big white ball descending
To let the sun rise

The Tree
Tree sits outside a
Wonky gate against grey sky
Lonely and forlorn.

Port na Ba
White sand with footprints
People sitting in the sunshine
Breathing fresh sea air.

Loch Na Keal
Rays of sun on rain
Falling from a leaden sky
Blocks a distant view.

Abandoned Boat
Derelict on rocks
Awaiting winter storms
Job is unfinished.


Port Haun
Clouds racing across
Sky, pregnant with raindrops
Portends a wet walk.

The Boys are Back
Bouys are back resting
From their labours awhile
Supportive but not.

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