A belated Happy New Year.
This is my first post of 2015. (Not including my last post which was a reblog.)
I started following a blog by Ashi Akira and he’s inspired me to get my haiku quill out. (It’s a fascinating blog – particularly the story about the Japanese and American WWII fighter pilots – well worth a visit.)
Rabbit carcass rots,
Heather bends its purple head,
Wuthering Heights call.
Listen to the song
Of the sparrows in the hedge,
Feeding time for chicks.
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David Milligan-Croft
Great haiku and great picture, David 🙂 If I’m right, one or more linked verses make this a haikai, but do check me out before quoting me here!
I love Ashi Akira’s blog and have been following it for some time. He’s certainly a most prolific writer of haiku, which he uses to paint such a colourful picture of Japanese nature and the seasons.
Thank you Sarah. They’re actually meant to be two separate haiku. Maybe I should have put a line between them or something.
Oooo, whoops! Trust me to put my foot in it. No lines needed. They’re great as they are 🙂
Happy New Year, David. Love this post.
Happy New Year to you too, Jean. Thank you! 🙂
Happy New Year – nice to reconnect. I love a good haiku, as you have here. I’ll go visit Ashi Akira’s blog now. Thanks for inspiring me to haiku more often. 🙂
Happy New Year to you too! And thank you for your kind words! 🙂
wonderful haiku and photo. They both merge.
Thank you. I loved your post on Irish fairy tales/folklore. I read a lot of them about 25 years ago and they were magical. Yours rekindled that feeling.
thank you so much- I’m not a true writer but I have fun and I love story telling!! I’m pleased when others enjoy them along with my photography!!
If you write, you’re a true writer! That, coupled with taking great photos, makes you a polymath!
aww thank you David!!! 🙂 I try!!