drifting clouds
a damselfly rests
on a water lily
March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2
Showing posts with label Sketchbook haiku thread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sketchbook haiku thread. Show all posts
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Mallard Duck Haiku
overcast sky
two mallard ducks
splash colors in the pond
March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Sketchbook "Pond Life" Haiku Thread
talking to myself . . .
an eavesdropper
croaks from the pond
March/April 30, 2012:Vol 7, No. 2
Saturday, May 26, 2012
One of the Editor's Choices
Editor of Sketchbook, John Daleiden, selected this haiku for the "pond life" haiku thread.
Hunger is a connecting event between a human and a duck in Christine's haiku:
lunch date
she shares a sandwich
with a mallard duck
# 249. Christine L. Villa, US
This haiku is alive with implied sounds: imagine the sound of the sandwich being unwrapped—imagine the sound of the duck emerging from the water, then "quacking" as it snags food and hungrily consumes the shared sandwich—then perhaps begging for more, and attracting other creatures also...
See the rest of the "pond life" Editor's Choices here.
See the rest of the "pond life" Editor's Choices here.
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