Short days, snowflakes fall,
Camellia's bloom, a fleeting grace,
Hunters seek their prey,
Sparrows gather 'round the bonfire's glow,
Mountain's peak, a beacon bright.
A weekly tanka whilsts I wait for timezones to catch up!
The San Francisco International Competition sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Northern California for haiku, senryu and tanka, is open until 31st October.
Rengay: January 31, 2024
Haibun: May 1, 2024
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Having finished my first month of haiku's I wanted to do something special. So I've taken every word and tried to make a September poem using them all. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit in one post. So it's threaded after this one.
Autumn leaves swirl down,
Dappled sunbeams dance on vines.
Seeds fall to the ground,
Spices warm the autumn air,
New life waits beneath the eaves.
Due to timezones differences (probably) the prompts for daily haikus come out late on Saturday for me, so I took all the words from last week and put them into a tanka.
@kingriverpress welcomes submissions of haiku 俳句, senryu 川柳 and tanka 短歌 for their second edition of their 'Folk-Ku Journal' until October 15. For more information check the submission guidelines and their inaugural edition (free PDF-download). #haiku#senryu#tanka