Haiku invitation
This week’s haiku invitation is to write a haiku or senryu referencing winter
solitude or winter isolation.
Share your haiku in the comments below, or post on your own page and link
back to this post. I can’t wait to read what you write!
snow falls steadily over the loosened soil I refill my cup Alluding to being alone because if the narrator had company, they’d refill each other’s sake cups (like we do here in Japan). * chinook wind and rain pound the maple tree bare my footpath teems over We got gusts of warm air interfere with our pleasantly chilly days that finally turned my maple tree spectacular—and then we got a good downpour. The tree went bare overnight and the ground got flooded in a gorgeous splash of color. *
A SONNET The well-nigh noon sun, brimful on my back Vies for regard against dark, blue-gray sky Wind tousles my hair, cartwheels on the walk Lilts golden leaves, whispers to them a rhyme Flaming on sidewalk, gold & reds necks crane Rising to the blue--high they levitate In their cavalcade, gusts of sticky rain Soon dispeople streets, beg them not be late Swiftly as they rose, leaves come tumbling down Gray sky turns azure, dazzling orange sun. Surfing mountain peaks--Papagayo clown? Or Chinook winds with mercurial horn? Flowing through stern-wild then turning gentle-- Oriental clime. Is it coincidental? © 2023 selma
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And then I had the sense to create a reel for Instagram. Added all three poems for your
enjoyment. One image inadvertently “paid for” on Canva–900 yen for the moving
image of the maple tree practically broke my wallet–but it made one creator happy
and so I invite you to admire it too.
(there are plenty of free images on Canva, I need
to be more careful/less hasty)
Thanks for reading.
May your days be merry and bright…
I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.
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Very nice recommend nature words
written in haiku! ” lilts golden leaves, whispers to them a rhyme”!
Thanks you share nice haiku. I like.
Lovely words and maple leaves create magic and special “Selma” miracles.
Aww. Thanks for this. Hope you receive a special miracle today. Know that I’m thinking fondly of you. Xoxo
Beautiful winter writing, Selma!
I’m so pleased you think so, dear friend. Happy Winter and celebrating. 🎉 bless you.
Lovely poems Selma.
Thank you dear lady. Xoxo 🤗
Always my pleasure
Love this poem!
Happy you do, Bella. Stay sweet
Lovely post, Selma! The sonnet is gorgeous! Vivid imagry, eloquent expression!
Your comment is heart warming.
These are beautiful, Selma! ✨️❤️
I appreciate you saying, dear friend. Happy Sunday.
Good job, Selma.
Happy you enjoyed, B 💕. Hope you watched the short video created on Canva too 🙏
Xoxo Happy weekend.
Dear Selma your link didn’t work over at Nat Weelky so I made a link for you and put it in as a reply to your comment.
We’ve had another ‘nice’ day here. But as I was leaving my last stop on my errands the woman I met told me our rain will turn to snow Tuesday.
Lovely haiku and verses. ~Jules
You’re the absolute sweetest Jules.
You’d do the same 🙂 (((Hugs)))
Yes, I would. Thanks for all you do. Xoxo
💟
So colourful leaves falling from tree and resting in earth mother laps 🍁🍂
So grace wishes and happy weekend dear friend 🌹🙏💖🌹
Exactly as you say. The leaves kiss Mother and thank her.
Blessings.
Yes, so true imagination dear friend, and thank you so much 😊
This lovely comment and so well wishes 🌹🙏🥰🌹
Beautifully composed, Selma – and I love your photo! 🍁
Beautiful you. Thanks
Such a musical poem, like a dance performance! 🙂
Thanks so much, Sunra. Glad you enjoyed. Happy holidays. Xoxo
You’re welcome, Selma. Happy Holidays to you too, my chick ❤️🌺
😉
You are too good, Selma. Wonderful poems… I particularly love your sonnet!
<3
David
So pleased you liked that sonnet. Bless your kind heart.
🤗 😘
Gorgeous, Selma.
🙇🏽♀️ I value you.
Hi Selma, I really like your first haiku! And then I liked it even more when I read your commentary. Wonderful!
I’m so pleased to know this, dear Mark. So happy the commentary worked. Some subtleties are hard to make sense. I thought this was one time when I needed to point that out.
Bless you. Happy Holidays. Xoxo
Hello Selma – thank you for sharing your lovely words. The first haiku takes on so much meaning with your comment on the refilling of the sake cups.
Aww. You liked that, Terrye. So pleased you did. It’s my joy 🥹 to know you liked that subtlety best. Xoxo merry Christmas. Xoxo
These are wonderful, Selma. Thank-you for the lovely images. The maple trees are beautiful, especially the many colored tree!
You’re sweet. Thanks so very much, Mandy. Happy holidays.
Simply beautiful, Selma…thanks for sharing. I wish you JOY!
I wish you same. Merry Christmas 🎄
Beautiful poems and photos and the reel too.
Tremendously happy you liked my offering, sweet Maria. Merry Christmas. 🎄
Merry Christmas, Selma! 💖
Selma,
How wonderful your haiku are. I like your commentary explaining why you refill your own cup. Happy Christmas to you and yours! ~Nan
Beautifully written
Thanks 💗 Happy Holidays
Nicely written. The ground couldn’t have been covered with colours in a way that was any better.
Right?! I think so too. The ground was flooded. 👏🏽
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Most blessed. Thanks so much for passing (repeating) this one along. I bless you. Xoxo
Enjoyed reading!