Andrea Dietrich Poet Haiku

A Day In the Life

in India’s heat
the spoors of a lone creature. . . 
leading to water

in a shallow pool
the solitary beast bathes. . . 
sun pours down golden

a lame gaur wanders
near the tall yellow grasses. . . 
the crouching tiger

around the carcass
two females join in to feed. . . 
benevolence reigns

racing with shadows
as dusk steaks the orange sky. . . 
the Bengal tiger


Written 7/29 for Shadow Hamilton's New Contest Tigers Living Free

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Skat A May 16, 2015 at 11:43 AM amazing imagery * Forever ~SKAT~

Abdulhafeez Oyewole December 8, 2013 at 7:47 PM Lovely woven Haikus. Congrats!

Jon A Cavanaugh September 24, 2013 at 9:58 PM Another wonderful write and wonderful win. Congratulations!

Phyllis Babcock September 20, 2013 at 10:17 PM nice series of haiku's. love phyl

Joseph May August 23, 2013 at 8:44 AM congrats on a great win Andrea

Richard Lamoureux August 23, 2013 at 7:25 AM Fantastic piece. Congrats.

Danesh Morgan August 23, 2013 at 2:02 AM Congrats on your win. Morgan

Seren Roberts August 22, 2013 at 9:23 PM Congrats ....Seren

Skat A August 22, 2013 at 8:54 PM Andrea, thank you for setting the Tigers Free in the world.. LOL, i feel as if i should run. Just kidding. congrats.... SKAT

Shadow Hamilton August 22, 2013 at 8:41 PM Hi Andrea ty for supporting contest and congrats on your win Shadow x smile

Richard D Seal August 17, 2013 at 4:19 AM You're going in for the kill with this one Petal lol. Isn't it a shame that these magnificent creatures are being hunted out of existance. Take care, Richard

Jack Horne August 7, 2013 at 4:30 PM love these haiku, Andrea

Wilma Neels August 7, 2013 at 7:52 AM oooh got to say that I love this Andrea :) beautiful stuff :) luv Wilma

Suzanne Delaney August 5, 2013 at 4:43 PM Fantastic images especially the concluding haiku. Looks like a definite winner, SuZ

Robert Johnson August 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM A picturesque portrayel of the beastly side of life. It's a jungle out there, said the husband to his wife. :)

Erich Goller August 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM a beautiful Haiku Suite, I enjoyed reading it,God bless you.Hugs!Erich

Harry Horsman August 5, 2013 at 9:31 AM unique and amazing these are...

Sara Kendrick August 4, 2013 at 1:23 PM Enjoyed reading this one today...Very creative Haiku for the contest..Reads like a winner to me..Thanks for the visit..Sara

Charmaine Chircop August 4, 2013 at 12:33 AM I loved reading each haiku..step by step as if i was in the wildlife watching from a distance with binoculars..I love the ending haiku..Exceptional..and tnks for explaining what gaur is dear : )

Andrea Dietrich August 3, 2013 at 11:47 PM for those who wondered. I looked up gaur, and it looks kind of like a cross between an ox and a moose.

Duke Beaufort August 3, 2013 at 8:02 PM You have described a scene in such a wonderful way. The streaks in the orange sky are just like the stripes on the beast. We live in a wild world. We've only tamed it temporarily.

Kash Poet August 3, 2013 at 1:43 PM Yeah..Bengal tiger!Actually that is Royal Bengal Tiger.I am from that Bengal of India.Very nice approach here by you Andrea.Enjoyed the haiku series.

Jack Jordan August 3, 2013 at 9:45 AM Good luck with the contest. I couldn't come up with anything related to tigers, but you've done it nicely. Jack

Mustapha Mohammed August 3, 2013 at 9:43 AM Very lovely Andrea.I like the way you penned this.

Constance La France August 3, 2013 at 7:41 AM Andrea, just beautiful in every way, best of luck in the contest, I am working on one for that contest also, Constance

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