The Sudden Storm

the sudden storm 
baby quail in the gutter
dying slowly


for Charles' Henderson's
"Haiku Your Way" Contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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A  Avatar
May 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM
good one
Brown Avatar
February 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Congratulations on your win Andrea in Charles's contest "Haiku Your Way". Love, Carol
Horsman Avatar
January 31, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Here we go again a week behind everyone else as usual. Love this Andrea top of the Hot 100 and deservingly so. I may be behind the pack, but i'll never forget you. Harry
Calhoun Avatar
January 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Hi Andrea - You're on a ROLL this week with wonderfully winning poems! Congratulations on your BIG WIN in the haiku contest. Best wishes, KC
Poet Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Andrea! Congratulations on your well deserved win in this contest!---kashinath
Freeman Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 4:51 PM
Congratulations Andrea on your worthy poem's Hionor. Agape, Moses
Kendrick Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sad..Sara
Omaidin Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM
really great haiku, if a bit tragic. quite uniqueCongrats. Déirdre
Sweetheart Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Congrats Andrea on your winning poem in the Haiku your way contest.. way to go my friend .. enjoy with luv.. am on stadium hotel computer here as forgot my phone charger and Ron's won't work for my phone... am so lost without my 'gadget' ..right now..luv..
K. Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 11:20 AM
here I am again with this heart stirrer-- so happy this placed high, Andrea :) -- congrats! hugs to you -- nikko :)
Richards Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Congratulatons, Andrea....I expected to see this do very well...and it did!!!
Fraser Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 7:51 AM
Sad, but nature takes and nature gives. Heartfelt in a way....:)
Mannan Avatar
January 29, 2011 at 4:32 AM
This is one terrific Haiku. Simply beautiful. Many congratulations dear friend.
Brumley Avatar
January 28, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Nature seems so harsh at times, but it is her way to ensure that only the best and the strongest inherit the future.
Lopez Avatar
January 28, 2011 at 8:10 AM
What a tragedy..... nature can sometimes be cruel..... Thanks for stopping by!
Pettit Avatar
January 27, 2011 at 6:32 PM
When you have the time, take a look at my haiku "Baby Quail Got Free". You might consider it "The Sudden Storm II".
Poet Avatar
January 27, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Very sad!Goodluck in the contest--kashinath
Pettit Avatar
January 27, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Is there any way you can save that quail? Do your good deed for the day.
Babcock Avatar
January 27, 2011 at 6:27 AM
sad to see a small baby animal die. soup mail phyl
George   Avatar
January 27, 2011 at 4:32 AM
So sad! Lainie
Freeman Avatar
January 26, 2011 at 5:59 PM
Ha! Looks like we both had a simular idea. you wrote about a storm also. Blue refers to a bitter winter blast of cold air. My haiku is meant to imply a blue northerner. Thats a bitter cold winter storm blast of air that brings snow, that swips down into the states from the arctic. Horses react with great bursts of energy to these approching storms just before they reach them, sometimes days before anyone knows they are coming. Agape, Moses
Kopp Avatar
January 26, 2011 at 7:44 AM
sad little thing...pretty though
Knop Avatar
January 26, 2011 at 6:28 AM
Well writte and sorry for the baby quail! Was this a true story? Wish you best of luck in the contest, Andrea! Love, Gert
M V Avatar
January 26, 2011 at 12:55 AM
It is pathetic,Andrea.Well written.One place sure.Thanks for cograts
Sweetheart Avatar
January 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM
oh how sad for the baby quail.. but oh how beautiful the thought conveyed in your Haiku of the storm and it's destructive behavior luv.. u are certain to be a top winner my friend.. my good friend..u are to me.. luv.. good luck..
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