December Haiku Share
Red-tailed hawks are a common sight around these parts, although I actually wrote this haiku when I was visiting Arizona two summers ago. This haiku combines two of my favorite subjects: hawks and clouds. It is also a hay(na)ku– a poetry form having three lines, consisting of one, two, and three words respectively. So share a haiku about hawks, other raptors, air currents, clouds, and/or try your hand at a hay(na)ku.
hawks
catching thermals
slow moving clouds
1st place, WD Poetic Form Challenge: Hay(na)ku, Aug. 2011
Writer’s Digest, January 2012
If you missed the initial post, click here to read about the month long haiku challenge I am holding right here on my blog this December.
Prose Posies 
roads not taken
the shifting shapes
of clouds
a version of this appeared in Daily Haiku, Cycle 13, Summer 2012
I just “stumbled” onto this! what fun!! I’m looking forward to going back and catching up on what I’ve missed. this is a wonderful idea, cara! here’s my contribution for today — if an owl can be considered a raptor. 🙂
cold moon
even the owl
has flown
Owls are raptors (doubly so from the trembling perspectives of mice).
Haha, Seánan. That’s so true– I doubt mice would quibble over the semantics of the word “raptor”, particularly when one was descending straight towards them.
I’m so glad you’re joining us, Angie! 🙂
Interestingly, I just googled “are owls raptors” and it turns out there is a difference of opinions amongst biologists about whether they are or not. Some say no, because they’re not diurnal. So I will expand my prompt to include all “birds of prey”: hawks, owls, falcons, eagles, kites, harriers, buzzards, and vultures. And here I thought “raptor” and “birds of prey” were synonymous. You learn something new every day!
Isn’t that exciting?
If I could spend the rest of my life learning . . .
Ah, you should take up the New York Times crossword puzzles. I learn interesting new factoids every day. 😉
oh, thanks for the welcome, cara! I’m excited to join in!
(thanks for expanding the prompt…) 😉
The New York Times follows me across oceans.
Right now, I’m learning from an(other) MA. Next up, all going well, a PhD.
May there be mercy upon my mind.
waiting for the moon . .
a hawk weaves
a handful of clouds
Great to see you here, Sandi. Beautiful!
Turns out I have a hay(na)ku amongst my poems:
shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
Moonset 6:1 2010
Who knew? Thanks for showing me a new poetic form, Cara! 🙂
Now you make me want to go back and look at all my old haiku, Kirsten, to see if I wrote any hay(na)ku “by accident”. 😉
What’s a hay(na)ku? 🙂
Moonset– was that an’ya’s journal?
Yes, and this was in, what turned out to be, the final issue.
I didn’t meet an’ya until after Moonset was discontinued, Kirsten. Now you have another Oregon connection. 😉
passing clouds
the scent of honeysuckle
in a crow’s wings
3rd prize, Svetlana Mirasova Memorial Kukai, September 2012
Oops! I mean, 3rd place.
I meant, 3rd place. I’m still waking up! hahaha
In answer to your question above, Chrissi, here’s the link to Robert Lee Brewer’s original post about the hay(na)ku form, from the WD Poetic Asides blog: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poets/haynaku-counting-up-a-new-poetic-form
Thanks, Cara. I thought I’d leave it to you!
Thanks for the link, Cara. I’d like to write my own one of these days. It’s wonderful to learn something new! 🙂
phew, i have a published hay(na)ku, too 🙂
eclipse
a mother
bares her breast
A Hundred Gourds 1:3
I remember reading this, Polona! 🙂 Hay(na)ku are so much fun to write. 🙂
a hawk’s wingspan
between wire and sky
teacup moon
tree-topper
the red-tailed hawk, a lone
winged angel
With the hawk theme here today, I just had to share this link: http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/haiku-hawk.html
It’s to a painting that was inspired by my hawk haiku. I was lucky enough today to have the painting gifted to me; it having been purchased from the artist by my parents. It is breathtaking!
Beautiful combination, Kirsten! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
How delightful, to know that one’s an inspiration.
That’s so cool, Kirsten! And how nice of your parents. 🙂
Yep! 🙂 I’m one lucky little haiku poet.
The only hawk haiku i remember having written is this:
sun down the wake of a red-tailed hawk
Again from Things with Wings, edited by Aubrie Cox.
You can see the doodle by Aubrie that inspired it here: http://ssanjuktaa.blogspot.in/2012/06/things-with-wingspoem-1.html