So here we are at the penultimate instalment of our 100 Days of Haiku challenge. The 100th day is Tuesday 8 October and I’ll post the final results in the middle of next week. Meanwhile here is this week’s offering.
Monday 30 September
Felines emitting
zonkons. No wonder I sleep
all the afternoon.
Tuesday 1 October
Autumn eastern sky;
only two stars, just visible.
Too much urban light.
Wednesday 2 October
Life is suffering
but filled with such wonders:
blue sky and lightning.
Thursday 3 October
Sink and ye shall find,
the tap it is a-dripping.
Plumber required.
Friday 4 October
2AM. She sleeps.
I enjoy a quiet wank.
Ah! So much better.
Saturday 5 October
Three eager felines
awaiting their bowls of cod.
No need to wash up.
Sunday 6 October
October tolls the knell
of distant summer days, and
winter soon to come.
Each month this year we’re bringing you a post under the general title “Things that Count in [Number]” where [Number] will be the month. And naturally each month’s post will contain the [Number] of items (so just one for January, up to 12 for December).
For our purposes the definition of counting includes things which either come in groups of [Number] (eg. four suits in a pack of playing cards) or things which count in [Number] (eg. decimal coinage counting in tens).
We’re nearing the end of my 100 Days of Haiku challenge; just over two weeks to go. I need to get out more to stimulate the inspiration; however I continue to write more than one haiku most days although many are not at all good. Anyway here’s this week’s selection.
Monday 16 September
September Sunday,
warm sunny garden weather.
Neighbours arguing.
Tuesday 17 September
Venerable bears think
haiku writing very odd.
Maybe we all do?
Wednesday 18 September
Hidden in the trees
corvids argue all morning.
Continual din.
Thursday 19 September
Locks looking shaggy.
Long overdue, today we
for the barber’s chop.
Friday 20 September
Feeding together:
jackdaw and rook, corvids both,
across the stubble field.
Saturday 21 September
Blood test and flu jab;
chance meet friend: she’s lost her son.
Life is such sadness.
Sunday 22 September
Boy cat sleeps hard in
dappled sun through chilli plants.
Study as greenhouse.
Here’s this week’s update on my 100 Days of Haiku challenge. Struggling for inspiration again some days this week, partly due to this f***ing cold which won’t go away.
Monday 9 September
Tandem, bike and trike,
penny-farthing, bone-shaker:
velocipedes all.
Tuesday 10 September
Absent mindedly
daily haiku forgotten.
Recovering now.
Wednesday 11 September
Sorting cutlery:
steel forks, and silver fish knives,
cake slice and crumb tray.
Thursday 12 September
Peach, grey, silver-gilt;
pale azure blue up beyond.
September sunset.
Friday 13 September
Doubt, lies and bullshit,
uncertainty, confusion.
All have gone cuckoo.
Saturday 14 September
Azure, semé of
cloudlets argent, a chief or.
Flyer’s escutcheon.
Sunday 15 September
Black and white Rosie
cat’s getting rather podgy;
much like the humans.
Each month this year we’re bringing you a post under the general title “Things that Count in [Number]” where [Number] will be the month. And naturally each month’s post will contain the [Number] of items (so just one for January, up to 12 for December).
For our purposes the definition of counting includes things which either come in groups of [Number] (eg. four suits in a pack of playing cards) or things which count in [Number] (eg. decimal coinage counting in tens).
For our purposes the definition of counting includes things which either come in groups of [Number] (eg. four suits in a pack of playing cards) or things which count in [Number] (eg. decimal coinage counting in tens).