diff --git a/writing/poetry/haiku.md b/writing/poetry/haiku.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..db80323d --- /dev/null +++ b/writing/poetry/haiku.md @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +%title Haiku + +## In *Eigengrau* + +''' +Arctic fox's den +adorned with flowers and snow +garden in winter +''' + +----- + +''' +A measure of grain +and a measure of water — +spring's own time and heat + +Air carries the scent +of myriads of lives spent +on summer's warm breath + +Crumb and density, +warmth buried beneath crisp crust — +autumn's crackling leaves. + +Loves and loaves and loaves +baked for comfort in the cold — +winter calls for stores. +''' + +----- + +''' +Leaves fall, grass withers, +and I step back to witness +winter's frozen form. + +Half an hour's silence, +body relaxing slowly, +letting springtime in. + +A season to stretch, +then one to learn everything — +summer's exploring. + +What will autumn bring? +Maturity? Strength? Wisdom? +Dry heat and cool nights? +''' + +----- + +''' +Seven flies circle, +Trimmers chatter down the block: +The hum of summer. + + I listen, silent, waiting, + Breathing in sun and out shade. + +Fig leaves like fingers +paw feebly through still hot air +and come up with naught. + + Too early for fruit to droop, + we must wait past midsummer. + +And I walk until +all I can hear is the wind +among the fir trees. + + Summer breezes bear away + all the choices of years past. + +Drink deep of death-thoughts +as the day dies with a yawn — +the year starts to fade. +''' + +## Unpublished diff --git a/writing/poetry/index.md b/writing/poetry/index.md index 06f768c0..220e0c11 100644 --- a/writing/poetry/index.md +++ b/writing/poetry/index.md @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ adorned with flowers and snow garden in winter ''' +## Categories + * [Haiku](haiku) * [Unimportant verse about important people](uvaip) * [Mental health](mental-health)