darkness settles in
harvest moon fills autumn sky
night turns into day
wind yowls through bare trees
stealth moon skitters across sky
winter on its tail
silken web disguised
unwitting victim awaits
venom destiny
venom destiny
© Copyright Ginny Brannan 2010
*Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables (5,7,5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in present tense and focuses on nature.
beautiful.
ReplyDeletelove the autumn night imagery your words paint.
Wow, these are terrific, Ginny! I love haiku, it's how I started writing poetry. Thanks for sharing such lovely gems!
ReplyDeleteAll three are exceptional- love the way you put them together- especially the last two-thanks
ReplyDeleteWow, they're all captivating but the final one gave me the chills! No venom destiny for me tonight please :).
ReplyDeletevenom destiny... vivid and all inclusive. These are beautiful. I love the word yowls.
ReplyDeleteBeth
Vivid and very classic in feel. Nice work--the stealth moon was perfect.
ReplyDeleteOne of the characteristics of an above-average poet is the ability to observe carefully and your haiku show that you do. Exquisite.
ReplyDeletenice...really like the second...made me think of a cat stealing across the night....
ReplyDeleteginny - esp. liked the second one...the wind yowling and winter on its tail is a great image
ReplyDeleteI also liked the second one...especially vivid...and I was drawn to the short-i and the “t” sounds here: “skitters across sky / winter on its tail” -- and now you've got me shivering!
ReplyDeleteA great set of haiku.
ReplyDeleteI especially liked the last one.
ooo. very Autumnal this Haiku.
ReplyDeletethe harvest moon and the quick turn to day
the yowling of the wind (my mind flashes to Ginsberg LOL) thru the '''bare''' trees ....winter on the tail of the moon.
then........the silken web...therein lie something's destiny (and it tain't nice).
Nice set of Haikus....I can see them, I can visualize them.
thanks for posting.