December Haiku Share- Day 9

December Haiku Share

hawks
catching thermals
slow moving clouds
— Cara Holman

1st place, WD Poetic Form Challenge: Hay(na)ku, Aug. 2011
Writer’s Digest, January 2012

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roads not taken
the shifting shapes
of clouds
— Seánan Forbes

a version of this appeared in Daily Haiku, Cycle 13, Summer 2012

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cold moon
even the owl
has flown
— angie werren

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waiting for the moon . .
a hawk weaves
a handful of clouds
— Sandi Pray

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shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
— Kirsten Cliff

Moonset 6:1 2010

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passing clouds
the scent of honeysuckle
in a crow’s wings
— Christine L. Villa

3rd place, Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai, September 2012

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eclipse
a mother
bares her breast
— Polona Oblak

A Hundred Gourds 1:3

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a hawk’s wingspan
between wire and sky
teacup moon
—Kathy Uyen Nguyen

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tree-topper
the red-tailed hawk, a lone
winged angel
— Margaret Dornaus

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sun down the wake of a red-tailed hawk
— sanjuktaa

From Things with Wings, edited by Aubrie Cox
You can see the doodle by Aubrie that inspired it here.

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autumn wind …
sparrow riding
my car antenna
— Pamela A. Babusci

Heron Quarterly 1:4 (October 1997)

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hummingbird
dive bombs
her quivering lip
— Jone MacCulloch

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hawks

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.