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.
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!!