dark and yellow skies

future to be determined

let it come I say

I hope all are safe and secure this eventful day on the Eastern shores and in New England.  Be well.  Be safe.

I saw this on the internet today :-))

come to me said she

prromises untold, and more

only, you must fall

welcome  to  BB

    a new member to haiku

         write on new sister

Hi BB! Thanks for joining us.

As you will see, this is a place to express yourself without much restriction. If you're a haiku purist, I'm afraid we transgress almost all the guidelines. But we certainly do enjoy ourselves!

So jump on in and get those creative juices flowing in 5/7/5!

i apologize

noble tradition altered...

bastardized haiku

HAHAHAHAH!!!

NOPE...nothing at all. I was lying.

yes lonely in here

stalwart strong but now gone on

nothing ever lasts

I do

not dead quite yet, D.

wind gutters the flame at times

but embers still burn

I, for one, am very grateful to hear that...allows me to hold on to beliefs I find essential.  Thanks, A.  I hope you are well...and loved.

I longed for summer

the breezy maestro of heat

the cool of the nights

Greetings, Risha! 

summer invades me
rose sweet mysteries blossom
in warm fertile soil

Welcome back, Bruton! I'm thrilled to see your wonderful words.

rain soft on windshield

travel weary but grateful

for returning home

has been awhile Scott

nice that your musings return

write on brother

wonderful saykath

thank you for joining us here

enriching our world

hey beatnik baby

long time no see your bongos

so glad that you're back

Oh!  I hope Sophie is doing better now, SayKath! 

If you want to write haiku about Sophie, and other pets, that are easily accessible, there's a discussion called "Animal Companions."

I just wrote a quick haiku in it so that it would come to the front page... 

:>), SK!

I'm such a glutton for everybody's haiku! I hate it when they disappear from the comment wall so quickly.

the richest person =

not one who has most, needs least

life is like coffee

http://www.flickspire.com/_videos/flash/LILC/LILC.swf

well for sure  SayKath

links are in public domain

what I write's for all

Love is a snowmobile...

racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath.

At night, the ice weasels come.

SCOTT!

Happy to see you--at least, whatever's left after the ice weasels... <3

Their stormy drama.

Swirling monsoons scream at me.

Retreat to shelter.

hello BellaG

nice to see your posting here

hope there's more to come

Welcome, BellaG! As metub4 said, it's wonderful to see you here!

evocative words
creating sharp images...
please keep it coming!

hi Doga Seven

welcome to our haiku group

write on my brother

grateful for new blood

our lifelines become stronger

more the merrier

Greetings BellaG.  check out some of the discussions above............

I agree, BellaG!

If you post in one of the discussions, your haiku won't eventually disappear from the front page, and we can write and comment directly to it. Be sure to click on "view all" because there are MANY more discussions than show on this page. And, if you don't see one you like, please start a new one. That would be exciting!

XOXOXOXOXOX

Welcome Doga Seven48!

Jump right in and have fun. There are a gazillion discussion topics as prompts (be sure to click "view all"), and if you don't see a discussion you like, start a new one!

exotic turkey...
I look forward to reading
istanbul haiku

Thank you, mutb4 for the welcome, 2 days ago, my wife & I came back home to Istanbul, after six weeks of long visit to India, such great country full of culture and history, diffrent places and colorful people with many many believes, such warm sunny there , wow Goa, and Cochin 30-35C.

Now it is cold and snowing, below zero celsius. 

Thank you Angharad for the welcome.

Martin Luther King

champion of civil rights

equal one and all

Yes, today's Pi Day

That is 3.14.16  (3.1459 rounded)

numbers are fun too !

Dawn creeping thru oaks

Cardinals courting their mates

Oh look a squirrel

Ah, PTB! I didn't see you here. 

Thank you for your evocative haiku!

It's too good to be overlooked. Next time you post (and PLEASE post more), would you click on "view all" and find (or create) a discussion that fits and post it there? (Like, the discussion "Summer" would have been good for this one.) Haiku posted on the comment wall are easy to overlook and eventually scroll away to oblivion. 

I just haven't taken the time yet to go thru all the discussions

I really find it odd and ironic that I am writing in the genre of poetry. Reading poetry usually leaves me frustrated and feeling "why don't they just come out and say what they mean" Any effort to write it comes out like a science treatise set to rhyme and metre. And I'm cranky that the form prevents me from saying what I mean in a direct fashion. I really think it's a sign of mild Asbergers.

However Haikus may be different. The form seems to force a simple directness with a sensory experience. Just what I am trying to achieve with mindfulness.

I TOTALLY agree, PTB!  That's exactly why we broke all the rules here, except the most basic (Western) requirement of 5/7/5. It's also why I created what I call the "serial" haiku, which is a series of related haiku which allow you to tell a fuller story.

Haiku does force you to distill a thought/feeling. It's direct, quick, spontaneous, and allows one to "get it out" without belaboring the product. It really made writing poetry accessible to a lot of folks here who otherwise wouldn't have been interested--or so many said.

Although I and Metub4 have essentially been alone here since the exodus away from TBD, if you look at the first pages of any discussion, you'll see work from many members. It was really fun and lively.

And, sorry, but I've been using the haiku group in these "empty" years as a way to work out a huge loss in my life--so, if you read any of my more recent haiku, you'll see mostly depressing themes from me. Before then, I wrote a lot of odes to my love, who was really the focus of any social media page I had anyway.  

Anyway, please write on, and use this place to express anything you wish.  

greetings PTB

great to have you with us here

enjoy and write on

Welcome, Lip Service!

fresh blood to savor
dip your pen in and feed us--
LS runs screaming

HAHAHA! Couldn't help myself. Halloween is coming...

MIND GIRL - Haiku

That's wonderful and evocative, Steven--glad to see you back! As we get older, those lost in the "Land of Memory" become more numerous, don't they? 

the sun at your back
your silhouette beckons me
i can't see your face

"A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment in which we see into the life of things."  ~  R. H. Blyth

Here is today's news

In the form of a haiku

The ship is still stuck