Haiku Thread

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

A haiku is a miniature Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables - five syllables in first line, seven in second and five in the last. No rhyme or meter scheme is employed when writing haiku.

The aim of the haiku is to create something greater than the sum of the parts e.g.
Reflections
Today your surface
Is a mirror where the sky
Bends to see itself.

They're also traditionally supposed to be reflections on nature, though you don't have to follow that if you don't want to.

Just post your attempts here, just for fun. See what you can come up with.

I'll start:

Yesterday I saw
That life was so much more than
Cutting yourself up.

They're fun to write and read, so join in.

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

I wonder how the
Birds sleep while perched on thin
Branches in the snow.

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

My tea gets cold far
Too quickly. I think I should not
Forget to drink it.

 

[elf_lady_9]

here's one i wrote last year in Creative Writing:

from a crack in the
cobalt sky, as the clouds drift
by; the pale moon gleams

 

[openup4christ]

I often look up
And see nothing but black skies
This storm will not pass