Traditionally Haiku have three lines with the first being 5 syllables, the second 7 and the last 5 again. Some of us did try this but the primary goal was to focus on capturing a moment in time using the least amount of words and simple, direct language. So if you're a stickler for rules these break a few. Still we are in good company as the NZ Poetry Society are on our side!
Coffee in one hand
Hand in hand together
Snuggling by the fire
Cold and raining
Attaching working limbs
Slow climb up the hill
- Katie-Rose McRobbie
The ghost of a tree
Stacked
At my back door
Cobwebs dangle
In the glasshouse
Over winter
He reads
As he walks
Into a bus
- Paul Smith
Monday, 18 September 2017
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