Ahoy, Wolf here and I am here to howl out the news that a couple of my haiku have been selected for publication in the forthcoming World Haiku Anthology. Also, this post is to showcase a bunch of my previously published haiku.
For starters, haiku is an ancient form of Japanese poetry. It consists of three lines. Traditionally, each haiku deals with nature and must contain syllables in the order of 5,7,5 for each line. English language haiku poets do not adhere to this stringency.
In a way, a haiku is the prose form of a photograph, it is not extravagant imagination. The purpose of the haiku is simple – to show as it was seen. The document of a moment without adornments – there lies its beauty and philosophy.
chained dog
chases the bee
with its eyes
hair strand
divides her
divides her
smile
battle scarred dog
can’t lick its
bleeding ear
(First published in World Haiku Review, January 2011 Edition)
night shift
only the air-conditioner
is not mute