The origins of the haiku (pronounced "high-coo" with equal emphasis on each syllable) go back to the 12th century in Japan, where poets, often in groups, would improvise verses which would eventually create very long poems. It wasn’t till the 16th century that ordinary Japanese folk became interested in the arts, and it was Matsuo Basho who is credited with developing and making popular the little poems which later became known as haiku.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

No.3

bitter cold dawn
four young deer on the golf course
synchronised leaping

on the clothes line
feathers fluffed up in the wind
a line of sparrows

in the gutter
a bouquet of flowers
still in wrapping paper

letting the cat out
we welcome a visitor -
a little robin

early morning mist
across the loch trees take shape
the promise of sun

another birthday
old age crept up on me
when I wasn't looking

at the refuse dump
an escort of seagulls
for the cleansing truck

floating on the pond
the leaf with a passenger
a tiny frog

market day
at sunrise long shadows
fill the empty stalls

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a blank page waiting
for my next masterpiece -
the perfect haiku

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