The Lighter Side of JzB

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku


"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Carpe Diem Special #57, Southard's "the cry of a loon"

Inspirational haiku by O. Mabson Southard (1911-2000)

across the still lake
through up curls of morning mist -
the cry of a loon

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My attempts


from across the lake
a white form breaks through the mist
now a swan appears

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tea party conclave
fog swirls in their hate-filled minds
nattering of loons

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in the morning mist
the mournful low of a moose
honking goose answers

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morning dewdrops form
on the orb weaver's taut web
she waits in silence

 
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Carpe Diem Special #57


6 comments:

  1. Wow, JzB. Laughing at second one...perfect. Very poignant moose and goose haiku.

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  2. Ha.. the second one made me giggle... certainly there are many kind of fogs. Poor moose...

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  3. I love the dew on the spiderweb :)

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  4. I can easily see and hear the nattering of loons, although I wish I couldn't! That image will stick in my mind for a long, long time.

    Frightened Loon

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  5. Your haiku worked so well on the senses there..

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