April Haiku
by Gary Hardaway
Tonight
A sardonic moon
surveys our plight and cackles.
Stars wink and agree.
04.07.2022
Easter
The tree I feared dead
at last buds-- an abundant
and ecstatic green.
04.17.2022
My Easter Bunny
twitches its cotton
tail and chews a bit of grass
then eyes me, wary.
04.17.2022
Wasp
Just by flying by,
the wasp has chased me from my
tiny patio.
04.21.2022
Nice! Great start to my morning.
Thank you, Dianne.
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Plenty of animation there, Gary. Love it, particularly the stars winking and agreeing with the moon...
Thank you, Jenny.
Thank you, Erika.
Great Haiku, Gary!*
Thank you, Tim.
These seem to embody the virtues of Haiku, Gary, concision, compressed emotion, the grace of small things; beautifully done, really. I loved the last one.
Thank you, David.
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Good pieces, Gary.
Thank you , Sam.
Thank you, John.
Haiku welcoming us to spring, and vice versa. Good work, Gary.
Thank you, Edward.
My Easter Bunny...thank you, Gary!
Thank you, Kitty.
I do like a well written haiku. Too many people think the only thing that makes a haiku is that it's seventeen syllables spread across three lines. It can be two lines if it wants to be, even one, or be out by one or two syllables, as Japanese ones sometimes are, so long as they have an approximate feel of seventeen syllables. The important thing is a certain seasonal feel on top of a certyain subtle quality of metre. Out of these, I think the first and fourth are best.
Thank you, Iain.
An experience!
Thank you, Agnes.