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A Triad of Haiku II

We are as stiff wheat Stood waiting in dusty fields - Both to face the blade! ------------------------------------- We ran barefooted Throughout our young, carefree days Never caring why. ------------------------------------- Summers late Swallows Re-building their sticky nests Are mindful of time. -------------------------------------

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Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/2/2025 6:53:00 AM

amazing, soulful ku, john... i like them all!

John Fleming
Date: 8/2/2025 7:05:00 AM

Thank you very much, Nette. I really enjoy this form of poetry. :) john

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/1/2025 9:21:00 PM

I really enjoyed this set. So profound too

John Fleming
Date: 8/2/2025 4:44:00 AM

I am very happy to read that you consider the Haiku 'profound', Andrea - because they were intended to be! The first one concerns an oncoming battle. The time of year is August. The soldier realizes that, just like the crop that is about to face the sickle...so he is about to take part in a great slaughter. The second Haiku is trying to convey a sense of childhood being free of conventional restraint. Something that is more and more imposed uon us all as we age. And the final one is pretty straightforward: be mindful of what you start...the clock is ticking and we cannot always control adverse factors. I have seen Swallow chicks abandoned before. Once the great urge to return home pulls upon the swallows...they will even abandon their own chicks. Many thanks, Andrea. :) john