
the waves kiss the shore
steam fog rises towards the dawn
as my prayers ascend
~
© Carol Campbell

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille this week offers this challenge:
“Okay … back to this week’s episode of Heeding Haiku With … This week it’s time again for haiku and I think I have a nice challenge for you all …
I love to challenge you to write a classical haiku, which means you have to follow a few classical rules:
1. Your haiku must be the “impression” of a short moment, as short as the sound of a pebble thrown into water;
2. Your haiku has a “kigo” (or seasonword) in it;
3. You also have to use a “kireji” (or cuttingword, like e.g. “;” or “!”);
4. You have to use the classical count 5-7-5 or 3-5-3;
5. Your first and last line have to be interchangeable;
6. Last, but not least, try to catch a deeper meaning in your haiku.
For sure not an easy task, but I think you all will succeed, because you are all wonderful poets and poetesses.
Here is my “classical” haiku:
blooming sunflowers
reaching for the early light of the sun –
birds praise their Creator
© Chèvrefeuille”
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I am reminded of this summer when I was at the shore and floating… in the ocean.
No fog then though…on night we did get caught in a downpour!
Odd rain clouds over the ocean then.
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”… steam fog rises towards the dawn as my prayers ascend” – wonderful!
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Thank you so much!
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I love that line too! What a gorgeous image!
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Grateful, dearheart!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Hey? Isn’t it just?
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yes it is! 🙂
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Love this!
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Thank you.
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rising steam is such a mystical image….beautiful!
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Thank you very much!
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Very nice. I haven’t tried one with the ocean yet. Rather intimidating.
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Thank you!
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A beautiful admixture of the 4 elements – earth, shoreline; air, the mist; water, the ocean; fire, the sun.
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