Jone has the roundup over at Check it Out . She invites us to participate in a New Year Post Card Exchange!
Our local daily newspaper features a haiku poem inspired by current news. Sometimes I succumb to the challenge. Ordinarily, I write haiku with the "less is more" attitude and don't count out syllables totaling seventeen. But I adhere to the "rule" for these newspaper submissions. Perhaps the editor won't count it as a haiku if it doesn't fit the formula, I reason.
Here are some I have submitted, the last just this week. The first haiku was accepted last year.
life vests flung
on shore
they step into
Europe’s arms -
perilous journey
wave-tossed to Lesbos
blistered steps through Vienna -
flight to a future
America's bridge
to be closed to immigrants
exit lane open
On a different note, these haiku reflect our current New England landscape.
moon on snow
branches in silhouette
lacemaker
genuflect to winter–
dormant green power
And one for the Christmas season paired with a painting by artist Harold Copping.
angels speak
stars quiver, mortals quake
hope births
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