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Monday, July 17, 2006

Assorted Haiku

posted by Fred MacKenzie at 7/17/2006 06:05:00 PM

The road to nowhere
Is easy to get onto
harder to get off

Snow is falling hard
Even more than yesterday
Snowman is drowning

Ice covered forest
Caught by bright morning sunrise
Crying tears of joy

The death of winter
Is just the circle of life
The rebirth of spring

Under bridge tonight
One man shivers in the cold
Solitude and death

The intersection
Of life and death is only
A new beginning

When I turn from God
Will He still be there waiting
If I turn again?

Love licking myself
But hairball is annoying
Dogs have it easy

Heavy golden rain
Driving down the mountainside
Autumn wind blowing

How far can I go
And still feel your love with me?
The ends of the earth

Today may look hard
It might seem unbearable
Tomorrow will come

Flowing downstream
River settles into creek
Caressing the stones

Creature of ancient
Sits atop hoarded treasure
Eating crispy dwarf

Forty days of rain
God's judgment on all mankind
Rainbow, God's promise

Bright summer morning
Dirt road leads to mountain lake
Barefoot and skipping

The pain is too much
How long must this go on Lord?
You have heard my cry
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7 Comments:

  • Fred, very nice haiku. My favorite is

    Ice covered forest
    Caught by bright morning sunrise
    Crying tears of joy

    Hoarfrost - I've seen it several times and never cease to wonder at the beauty of it... and it's destructive powers.

    I haven't figured out though why a forest covered in cold, heavy ice would be crying tears of joy.... except maybe for the blessing of the sun to melt it all away! Okay, now I get it. I'm just a little slow sometimes.

    By Blogger Ruth, at 7/17/2006 07:56:00 PM  

  • Fred... wow... that road to nowhere drew me right in... I liked the ice covered forest too -- and a couple more... under bridge tonight -- such a tragic sight -- I see it a lot here in San Francisco -- though fortunately, our weather doesn't kill people.

    I'd like to revise the order... for e.g. that spot under the bridge -- I think it's definitely on the road to nowhere.

    On the other hand, I like the mixing of the cultural and the natural.

    I also liked the thinking cat -- nice surprise after that opening line... I really wondered where that was going.

    By Blogger Peter, at 7/18/2006 10:09:00 AM  

  • Thanks Ruth (mom) and Peter. I just went back and re-read the cat one and realized to my dismay it has 6 syllables in the first line. Will need to redo it now.

    By Blogger Fred MacKenzie, at 7/19/2006 03:28:00 PM  

  • Peter, I didn't make any effort to put them in any particular order. I probably should have.

    By Blogger Fred MacKenzie, at 7/19/2006 03:29:00 PM  

  • Mom, I had to lookup hoarfrost after your comment. "Frozen dew that forms a white coating on a surface"

    I will explain to you what I was thinking when i did this one. There was an ice storm the night before, coating all the trees in ice (not dew, sorry) but by the next morning the weather was clear, and the ice was melting in the sunlight. It looked liked the trees we were crying, but they were happy to be rid of the ice.

    By Blogger Fred MacKenzie, at 7/19/2006 03:39:00 PM  

  • OK I fixed the cat haiku. Just changed "enjoy" to "love".

    By Blogger Fred MacKenzie, at 7/19/2006 04:46:00 PM  

  • Well,sorry, maybe hoarfrost wasn't the correct word, but I knew exactly what you meant. Hoarfrost is what I've always called that morning after an ice storm effect. I don't know where I learned that word, just know it's what I've always used and the beauty of the scene has always left me in awe of this one of God's wonders.

    By Blogger Ruth, at 7/19/2006 05:13:00 PM  

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