a good joke ripples
along every balcony
party line
our calico cat’s
new batch of kittens
licorice allsorts
wolf, wolf, wolf!
the boy cries and folks stop, stop, stop
listening
huckster’s free pens
for the listening crowd
sign here
Category: Haiku
Braver
holding to his post against invading winds a braver raven
Songs on the Trail
Waskesiu Lake trail
northern lights sizzle
across the heavens
Waskesiu Lake is located in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada. The word means red deer or elk, in the Cree language.
wild wind thrashes the tree limbs above our sore necks
woodland notes
a screaming jay
protests our intrusion
Not every sound you hear in the woods is welcoming and soothing.
Nefarious
The Ragtag Daily Prompt this morning is NEFARIOUS.
Nefarious, flagrantly wicked or evil, has its origins in the Latin nefas, meaning crime, from ne (without) and fas (right, or divine law). Synonyms being wicked, iniquitous, evil, wrong, villainous, and vicious.
Years ago the heroes were the good guys, standing for the right. Editors went for good role models. Villains were nefarious. Driven by greed or on a power trip, these vicious types wanted to dodge the law in order to control, steal, kill, destroy. Times have changed: today’s “flawed heroes” may dodge the law, thwart justice, control, steal, and kill. Think Philip Marlowe. They may be liars, drunks and brawlers; still, we should root for them because they have some ultimate good in mind. But forget the role model angle.
Now for a haiku that has nothing to do with literature, but all to do with a villain. Dedicated to those in my family who lost the battle to smoking-related cancers.
lung cancer
nefarious villain
the ashtray overflows
Muted
Another MOUNTAIN thought…
mountain silence the slap slap slaps of man swallowed
An Eternal Rain
The Ragtag Daily Prompt this morning is MOUNTAIN
I chose an image posted by ahnkhac on Pixabay, but two different haiku verses came to mind. One’s more for artists; the other for photo buffs. I can’t decide which I like better, so here are both. Which do you like?
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