I mask my alarm.
Pain eats away within me.
Blood drips down my arm.
Was that better than the last one? I’m really enjoying this Haiku thing.
Blood – An Improved Haiku?
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I mask my alarm.
Pain eats away within me.
Blood drips down my arm.
Was that better than the last one? I’m really enjoying this Haiku thing.
Am enjoying your contemporary haiku. Traditional haiku typically contain a word or phrase that represents a season (called a kigo) and contain no human elements nor do they have any figurative language.
birds stand in puddles
flowers sprout along pathways
warm vernal showers
Not great but more traditional
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Thank you. Back to the drawing board!
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You’re welcome. I always found writing traditional haiku more difficult. So, I turned to senryu – the cousin of the haiku. Same syllable and line count but anything goes. Another blogger simply calls them 5-7-5 poems.
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I did not know about senryu! I guess I’m on a new journey now. Exciting. Every day writing is another day to create.
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I was late learning about it, too. There are dozens of beautiful poetic forms out there and I look forward to your creations.
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My haiku on blood
Runs through bod from head to toe
Can be red or blue
My mummy told me this……
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