Thunder lightning rain
furious abrupt cleansing
the feelings of grief…

Rain falling softly
golden leaves drifting downward
autumn stealing in …

Walking on gravel
encompassed by bright colors
awakening life…

Scarlet bird flies by
paints life with colored light
under cloudy skies…

Rose petals drifting
down covering grey gravel
softly with colors…

These three haikus illustrate how I develop an idea. They were written over a few days. The first is my initial thought on how a relationship breaks and then recovers. The other two are more allegorical and more traditional haiku, relating to nature with 5-7-5 syllabification.…