Thunder lightning rain
furious abrupt cleansing
the feelings of grief…
HAIKU :: 2 :: AUTUMN
Rain falling softly
golden leaves drifting downward
autumn stealing in …
HAIKU :: 3 :: LIFE
Walking on gravel
encompassed by bright colors
awakening life…
HAIKU :: 4 :: SCARLET
Scarlet bird flies by
paints life with colored light
under cloudy skies…
HAIKU :: 5 :: COLORS
Rose petals drifting
down covering grey gravel
softly with colors…
HAIKU :: 6 :: TRILOGY
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.…