Last month did not give me the opportunity to keep up with the haiku a day challenge. However, my uncle seemed to be getting better when I went to visit him with my mother. We saw another of her brothers and other various family members along the way. Due to this, we did not have to have as many hotel rooms as we might have had to.
We also got a good reminder of what happens when I push too far at driving, and of what exhaustion can induce. I was not allowed to drive as much as I would have shouldered otherwise.
With that out of the way, it is time to at least catch up and post enough haiku to make up for last month's derailed attempt. I will not partake in March of Robots this year though. I have too many other things on my plate, including a very exciting prospective one.
15
The rushing winter
Fingers, combs a stony face.
Wind carving time out
16
Expand, contract, wait
Thaw, freeze, stretch, crack, chip, crumble
Fall, Tumble, Change, Grow
17
Bittersweet darkness
Languid in a mobile pool
Embraces daydreams
18
Constantly rolling
Miles fall away swift behind
Yet more always loom
19
Floating high above
Shining mantles spread across
A cobalt steel sky
20
Steel lace froths across
Satin smooth waters deep and dark
Where dreams lay rest
21
One leaf, then the next
Turns and falls away upon
The spine once tight bound
22
Drop by steady drop
Her fringe grows long, clear, and pure
Above empty eyes
23
A path winding down
Never knows until the day
The drop from the end
24
Frost sparkle skin lays
Glowing below sun fingers
Waiting to be marred
25
A blanket of green
Drowses beneath the empty boles
Spring slowly waking
26
Lights dance within the
Gash of the eager cavern
Moss hiding the path
27
A Mountain Maiden
Presides above the valley
Granting her water
28
A claw rakes paper
Watching as the ink spreads out
And a month ends dark
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I fell behind and won't have haiku lined up to auto publish, so I will have to publish in spits and spats the rest of the month. For now, catching back up here.
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Here are the haiku for this month so far. I have a bit of a late start so I have done all three today. I plan to do one a day for the whole month of February for Haiku Month.
#1
The rain falls singing
Winter softly cries again
But few care to hear
#2
Fire lances hotly
Stubborn breath still flows through, surge
But eyes fade and dim
#3
Below, white shifting
Peaks form and fade out beneath
The shadow of wings
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Ten haiku for each of the days so far of Haiku Month #NaHaiWriMo. I'm now caught up! Well... I still need to get them up on my DeviantArt. They are at least here and on my Patreon though.
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