late night
street sweeper rumbles by
dust cloud, streetlight lit
glows like midnight fog
Sohbet – Late Night Street Sweeper
Sohbet – Headcold Haiku Tree
It’s time for another haiku tree! And in keeping with the season, a virus laden themed one.
Here’s how it works:
You can add a branch to the “trunk” of my haiku by filling in the Leave a Reply box at the bottom of the page with you own haiku, pulling from a word, phrase, or idea, in my original poem.
OR
You can branch off from someone else’s haiku by clicking on Reply by their name, and building your haiku around a word, phrase, or idea THEIR haiku inspires.
Have fun with it, and feel free to diverge from the flu-addled theme, this is just where it starts, who knows where it will go…
Oh, and a primer for haiku newbies – its a poem in 3 lines:
5 syllables / 7 syllables / 5 syllables
It’s that easy, not even any rhyming!
Here we go!
the bustle of life
halted. curled up, fuzzy socks.
snot-filled solitude.
Sohbet – six inches of snow
The sparrows are having a party
in the poplar across the street.
Six inches of snow last night,
but this morning sun
has them singing of Spring.
Sohbet – The Sharp Edge of Shears
Garden at twilight.
Everything pruned back
cleared out.
No barren wasteland.
There’s fecundity
in this emptiness.
Seemingly harsh cuts
make room to grow.
Resting
in a space
of gratitude
for the sharp edge
of shears.
Sohbet – Dance Already!
Dance Already!
I see you standing there
knee bobbing
fingers twitching
to imaginary guitar riffs
your body wants to move
so…
Dance Already!
I see the dichotomy in you
like a timid puppy
eager to play
but uncertain in strange territory
Dance Already!
have you seen this crowd?
a guy in a dress
a couple wearing nothing
but g-strings and body paint
no one would even notice
if you just let go
and joined in with the
thrumming
hopping
sweating
bodies all around you
okay, I’d notice
but that’s just because
I see you standing there
knee bobbing
fingers twitching
and I want to shout
Dance Already!
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