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A Haiku Anthology

life without love was how nature planned it instinct was the way instinct was the way was how nature planned it life without love symbiosis when two become partners instinctive for one instinctive for one when two become partners symbiosis the mighty oak tree supports many life forms inadvertently inadvertently supports many life forms the mighty oak tree winds... mass destructors for some life dependant pollinating breeze pollinating breeze for some life dependant winds... mass destructors the early bird dies fickle spring... substrate frozen instinct to migrate instinct to migrate fickle spring... substrate frozen the early bird dies who gave life knowledge nature... okay... who taught it self-preservation self-preservation nature... okay... who taught it who gave life knowledge who gave life knowledge nature... okay... who taught it an open question an open question nature... okay... who taught it who gave life knowledge black and blue hate or an accident on reflection on reflection hate or an accident black and blue life's poetry look out of your window no cities bare no cities bare look out of your window life's poetry the babbling brook it's banks alive with beauty rocks giving shelter rocks giving shelter it's banks alive with beauty the babbling brook oceans swell... seeking waves rushing to distant shores raving... ripples blush raving... ripples blush waves rushing to distant shores oceans swell... seeking their probing beaks waders on the low tide flats mud their larder mud their larder waders on the low tide flats their probing beaks the curlew calling otters on a lake's shoreline the moors... life thriving the moors... life thriving otters on a lake's shoreline the curlew calling my muse she leads my hand to paper it scribes for nature it scribes for nature she leads my hand to paper my muse sand blasting pebbles waves eroding shorelines fossils exposed fossils exposed waves eroding shorelines sand blasting pebbles

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/28/2018 2:50:00 PM

Mick, I like the way you took each last line and used it in first line of the next verse. I can't recall the name for doing that!!

Mick Talbot
Date: 3/28/2018 4:50:00 PM

Hi Andrea, According to some, "experts", that is the way all haiku should be, capable of being inverted and still stand alone. I entered one contest where that was one of the stipulations. It works for Basho's classic.................................................................................... old pond... frog leaps in... water's sound..................................................................................water's sound... frog leaps in... old pond................................................................................. It doesn't work for all translations, but are all correctly translated? Please do let me know your thoughts... Happy Easter Mick

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/28/2018 3:47:00 AM

Well done Mick, you've proved it. You do not sleep. Lol. Happy Easter. Tom

Mick Talbot
Date: 3/28/2018 9:22:00 AM

Haha! I have a very active muse. It's a big day for us, been married 48years 3hrs 11 mins. Happy Easter Tom... Mick

Arthur Vaso

Date: 3/28/2018 3:44:00 AM

I really enjoyed this collection of fine Haiku's!! :)

Mick Talbot
Date: 3/28/2018 9:24:00 AM

Hi Arthur, My heartfelt thanks for showing your appreciation. Mick