Shadow Wrought's Journal: Daily Haiku

One of the attorneys in our office posts on his door a daily thought, reflection, or quote. They are usually pretty deep and very, very cool. Since I have, on occasion, written a haiku on the fly in response to some of our team's group e-mails; one of co-workers urged me (well, "dared" is probably a better word;-) to post a daily haiku on my door. So I did. I only had two last week, and only four for this week, so what follows is a combination of the first two weeks. From here on out I will post a Friday compilation of the week's work. If I start to slack off, by all means feel free to flame my sorry tuckus and give whatever additional grief you feel I deserve;-)

I should also go ahead and let you know, much to my chagrin and I'm sure everyone's dissappointment, that not all of my Haikus have a Kigo . While this annoys one of my more pedantic co-workers*, I prefer to think of it as mixing Haiku and Senryu . For those of you who read the weekly football posts, you'll also be relieved to know that Dice play no part poem composition process. But as soon as I figure out how...

So without further disgression, such as saying how I hope you all had a great Turkey Day, non-sequitors, like letting you know that ours was a lot of fun and that we celebrated it with my stepson's father and his family, or or other tangents, such as mentioning that I know it sounds weird, but aince we all get along very well together there really is no awkwardness, I give you the Haiku...

Sunny days of cold,
Like your neighbor's burning leaves,
Brief light without heat.

Brittle crystals fall,
Where mountain nibs paint the dawn,
Crenulating Sky.

Spread wings catch the void,
Supporting their weight alone,
A nest now quiet.

Avatars guided
Down digital paths of light,
A circle of games.

Turkey and trimmings,
Friends, family, and laughter,
A warm Holiday.

Pie tins filled with crumbs,
A carved carcass by the sink,
Food coma torpor.

*- I even wrote one just for him about this. It will likely debut either next week or the week after.

Succinct & Concise

[mercedo]

Hi, from the country where haiku is originally from. What's your writings going on? I hope you have already completed writing enough for the competition. Let me see your haikus..

See haiku is a way to say something succinct. We cannot mention something thoroughly in three lines. So a kigo plays an important role in explaining circumstances around the poetic expressions. Kigos are usually fixed, and in your haikus, some words like 'burning leaves' are thought to be so.

Any way I appreciated many concise exp

Re:Succinct & Concise

[Shadow Wrought]

Thank you very much for the kind words. I know how literary you are and am impressed with how well you write in a second language, so I greatly appreciate your thoughts.

The good news is that the writing is finished. I have a long road of reworking ahead of me, but I am actually looking forward to continuing to polish what I have accomplished. I'll likely be doing a JE on it soon;-)