haibun

REALLY

in my mind i dance with nature, accompanyed by gliding swallows, returning on the back of that master aviator, the dragonfly, the tempo increases, it now rocks n rolls with a babbling pond waterfall, a grasshopper stridulating, like a snare drum brushed with wired sticks, day dreaming my eyes agree, now seeing life for real, on my own i sit, well not true a flowerfly sunning on my wrist, i blink it flies away, a foot, it hovers, its buzz telling me at last summer has arrived.

as the days still stretch

the more wildlife they offer

hedgehogs check the lawn

© Mick Talbot 2018

What to Submit?

An original haibun, please write in the first person, and present tense. Please date it. haiku with punctuation, capital letters,* not following the 5, 7, 5** syllable format or no kigo will not be shortlisted. Make sure your haiku is just that, for senryu, or any other type of verse will not be accepted! Have fun... Mick

* Proper nouns the exception.

** Or less