Stephen,
Thank you for hosting Lee Gurga on Distinguished Guest; I got my first real taste of Haiku when he visited in 06 and am very grateful for the experience.
Lee,
Here are some Haiku that I have put together in the recent past (some very recent, some in the last year or so.) Please dissect away and help me improve my hold on this most difficult art. Bad Haiku are easy to write, ok Haiku are a little more difficult, good Haiku very hard in deed and excellent Haiku…
mother’s lawn;
fallen apples
brown and red
long day…
the cat stretches
and ignores me
snowflakes
seen through the windshield
people in rags
winter night—
shadows shiver
around the barrel
green pears
mottled brown
lunch bags
early autumn…
the sound of leaves falling
in my office
Indian summer
a robin perches
on the headstone
Easter lilies—
the last trumpet falls
without a sound
night sky
it's just you and me
little bug
October rain
again this grey wet
phlegm on my chin
Thank You!
Fr. RP
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