K. S. Shepherd

still pond
to the frog
no carping

#dailyhaikuprompt carp

morning forecast
before coffee
foggy

#dailyhaikuprompt foggy

tear stained
in a lingerie drawer
maudlin love letter

#dailyhaikuprompt maudlin

one leaf left hanging
content to be

desolate

#dailyhaikuprompt desolate

oops! should be 'groans' (more coffee, please!)

frog jumps
the still pound
groans

frog jumps
the still pound
groan

#dailyhaikuprompt groan

No worries and wishing you a better today 😊

NaHaiWriMo - Why “No 5-7-5”? Okay, this essay is long, but give it a read to better understand why it’s an urban myth to think of English-language haiku merely in terms of 5-7-5 syllables. National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo...

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restrained fire
revealed
by her coolness

#dailyhaikuprompt coolness

halting
stream of consciousness
beaver dam

#dailyhaikuprompt halt

waiting pear
on the counter
not quite ripe

#dailyhaikurompt ripe

to
be
the
last
to
fall
silly
leaf
endeavor

#dailyhaikuprompt endeavor

observed joy
my mother
pear tasting

#dailyhaikuprompt pear

democracy
under a haystack
fast asleep

#dailyhaikuprompt haystack

This is a picture of a lone Asclepias aka milkweed, a flowering plant.

days shortening &
milkweed close to dehiscence—
time to bundle up

#haiku #fall #nature

pavers
where the lawn had grown
displaced rose petals

#dailyhaikurompt grown

an offer
for a do over
I decline

#dailyhaikuprompt decline

storefront window
reflecting gray brushstrokes
her withered hair

#dailyhaikuprompt withered

between two book ends
a dusty singing bowl
and all of the songs
she was too afraid
to sing

#tanka #tankathursday
#haiku #TankaPoem
#micropoetry

broken latch-
the wind lets itself
back in
#haiku #poetry

warm cloudy day
mushrooms
come out to play

😂lacking inspiration today

#dailyhaikuprompt mushrooms

sun on the pond
thawing
crisp words

#dailyhaikuprompt crisp

between
gusts

an ease

#dailyhaikuprompt ease

orchard
in a mason jar
apple butter

#dailyhaikuprompt apple

fallen
maple leaves
curbside confetti

#dailyhaikuprompt fallen

orb weaver
spinning between stems
catching frost

#dailyhaikuprompt stem

the rain
pauses to listen
footsteps on gravel

#dailyhaikuprompt crunch

vivid light
beneath my boot
yellow leaf

#dailyhaikuprompt vivid

rooftop straw(wo)man
claiming terrorism
inflatable frogs 🐸

yeah, I live peacefully in a war zone with bubble blowing dancing protesters in frog and chicken costumes.

#dailyhaikuprompt straw

air show clamor
in rehearsed v formation
canada geese

#dailyhaikuprompt geese