Quiet Lives

brown cows mow the dell
  stalky egrets pick up ticks
     busily quiet

animalappreciationnaturehaiku

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Andrea Dietrich

May 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Utterly creative this one is. Never would have thought up cows mowing!! Just mooing. Haha. Congrats in my contest. The last line is awesome

Trina Layne

May 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Appreciated, Andrea. I grew up with cows and egrets. I always meant to write about them. They seem so peaceful in the fields.

CayCay Godwin

May 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM

I realized a long time ago that the last line should be a kicker, but it was just today that I learned Haikus are meant to be about nature. What I'm saying is I have tripped over my keyboard all day when trying to comment on them. I like yours. Seems to me you got it ALL right. To know that you know you do not know is the beginning of true wisdom ... CayCay

Trina Layne

May 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Lol, CayCay. I am still kind of new to Haikus. Yes! There are primarily about nature. Andrea introduced me to the idea of more modern haikus as well - less than the typical 17 syllables. I would say mine is pretty traditional. We get a lot of brown cows and egrets in the countryside. It's nice how they interact - quiet, businesslike, no fuss.

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