First Haiga of NPM

Backyard, yesterday afternoon (3/31/12).

Under fragile pine,
shrewd rabbit nibbles damp grass
one blade at a time.

It's National Poetry Month, so it's as good a time as nay to get back on the haiga (haiku + image, in my case, photographs). The wonderful thing about haiku is that whether what you generate is "good" or "bad" there is always something (a moment) "around" one to offer worthy inspiration. Take, for example, the rabbit my wife and (mostly) I have been keeping an eye on for the past day.

While it has been entertaining the past few days watching the rabbit lay about our backyard avoiding the dog, my wife reminds me that it might not be quite so "fun" when the rabbit and his pals are eating away at our small vegetable garden in a few months.

At worst, though, the experience and frustration of warding off hungry bunnies it will supply fodder for a series of haiga/haiku. At best, they'll (the poems) actually be "good."

Random Haiku

Anxious toe slyly works
against a worn sock seam
seeking sole release.

Stay Poetic!

Garden Haiga

browned grass stalks in Spring
cleared at base from stirring stems
goldfinch says--wake up!

Stay Poetic!

Diner Haiga

ghosts of home fries past
hitch rides on clothes for days--
impossible to shake.

Stay Poetic!

Haiga: First

Haiga is a style of Japanese painting based on the aesthetics of haikai, and usually including a haiku. Today, haiga artists combine haiku with paintings, photographs and other art.

erstwhile robin's nest,
usurped by the mourning dove--
squatters rights invoked.

Stay Poetic!