Haiku Challenge (March 1-7, 2016) ~ Haiku #16-22

The following haiku were written as a part of the #haikuchallenge on Twitter. I did some experimenting on some of these. I don't typically rhyme in my haiku (at least, not intentionally), but I made every line rhyme in Sol. In The Regular, Determined and Lost Sight, I experimented with the idea of dialogue in haiku, which is something I have not personally seen or tried before. Feel free to comment/critique down below and let me know which was your favorite!

Storytime
(#haikuchallenge 3/1/16)(fable)

The Little One's snug
Beside the bed I take seat
A fable in hand

Sol
(#haikuchallenge 3/2/16)(summer)

A great ball of blaze
Shimmering, shining through haze
Summer Sun's long days

The Regular
(#haikuchallenge 3/3/16)(regular)

Eyes up, "Who's this guy?"
Bumbling, stumbling through the door
"He's the Regular"

Determined
(#haikuchalleng 3/4/16)(weak)

"Weak." He told himself,
Rising up from off the ground,
"I'll never be weak."

Lost Sight
(#haikuchallenge 3/5/16)(prospect)

"They're all terrible."
"Have you seen the new prospect?"
"No, and why bother?"

Sleepy
(#haikuchallenge 3/6/16)(long)

Wide, gaping mouth-hole
Long, airy exhalation
Truly, a great yawn

Curious
(#haikuchallenge 3/7/16)(ask)

"Why?" the child might ask.
An answer time and again.
Inexhaustible.



You can participate in the #haikuchallenge by following @baffled on Twitter.
You can follow me @WestonHasty.

Haiku Challenge (Jan. 14-17, 2016) ~ Haiku #12-15

I wrote the following haiku as part of the #haikuchallenge on Twitter from a while back. I only made it four days in, but I thought I'd put up what I wrote, anyway.

Ruthless Jack
(#haikuchallenge 1/14/16) (fumble)

Frosty's frozen hands
Fumble for and grip my throat
Tightly on this night

Violent Winds
(#haikuchallenge 1/15/16) (bent)

The howling torrents
The bent trees and darkened skies
And the Earth turns still

Bribe

(#haikuchallenge 1/16/16) (bribe)

Bitter, icy cold

Could I only bribe Summer

Bribe with my shivers

Faith

(#haikuchallenge 1/17/16) (faith)

The Sun dips below

But the Children need not fear

Have faith in a dawn



You can participate in the #haikuchallenge by following @baffled on Twitter.
You can follow me @WestonHasty.

Low Battery ~ Haiku #11

Light growing dimmer
Panic levels rising fast
All comes to an end

Good-Bye

It was a long ride
Silence
And the need to hide

It was a dark day
Quiet
And skies of grey

It was a still hand
Cold
And... and...

He was gone.

Busing ~ Haiku #10

Shoulder to shoulder
The smell of complete strangers
A tube of warm bods