Haiku

[Lingland]

The silent killer
Swooping talons pierce the flesh
Little bird no more

[Lingland]

Autumn sunny morn
Harvest fields all harvested
Mellow yellow hills

[Sporran]

Rivers in full spate
Caithness waters rise again
Overflow their banks

[Lingland]

Quick weather changes
Lochs where grazing livestock stood
Changing constantly

[Sporran]

Soggy September
Time to get the wellies out
Have a splash about!

[Sporran]

Rods of rain lash down
Ponds of puddles are pooling
Autumn's wild wind wails!

[Lingland]

Bouquets of flowers
Fragrant fresh and beautiful
For the living too

[Sporran]

Today's nine, nine, nine
Is it an emergency
Or Apocalypse? :eek:

[Lingland]

9 09 09
Adds up twenty seven
Now its history

[Lingland]

Autumn colours glow
Rich warm jewel colours Wow
Wind will blow away

[Sporran]

It's Veterans Day
A wild weathered Wednesday
As we remember

[Sporran]

The storm continues
And reminds me of Caithness
High winds, heavy rain!

[trinkie]

High winds and heavy rain
Will ye no come back again?
We will remember them

[Rheghead]

Speaking from the heart
honoring yourself to all
needs no explaining

[canuck]

Wonders never cease.
Rheghead posts haiku with flair.
You can do this pal!

[Rheghead]

Two hearts sadly drift
my friends just needed to talk
hoping they read this.

[Rheghead]

Gaelic runs amok
Orgers in a kerfuffle
How will it finish?

[Sporran]

Way to go Rheghead!
I do like your haiku style
Keep up the good work! :)

[David Banks]

Nova Scotian fogs
bring back Caithness memories
but inside I know

[adasco69]

Haikus are fairly easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator.

[Sporran]

Haikus are fairly easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator.

Don't forget the rule!
Five, seven, five syllables
First, second, third line

(If you omit "fairly" in your first line, adasco69, that would meet with the five required syllables (or beats). Your second and third lines are correct, though, with seven and five syllables respectively.)

[Sporran]

December beckons
As November nudges on
Yearning for Yuletide

[canuck]

Haiku is a blast
But what needs remembering
Is seasonal bits.

[Sporran]

That's correct, Canuck
The special ingredient
Is the "seasoning"! :)

[Sporran]

It's Saint Andrew's Day
Our patron saint of Scotland
Sees November out

[Tubthumper]

Happy Birthday you
Andy, wir auld patron saint
Try not to get cross

[Sporran]

December has dawned
Festive season upon us
Time to send cards out!

[Sporran]

This year slips away
Father time marches onwards
The future beckons...

[Tubthumper]

Two Thousand and Ten
New decade resolutions
Better than noughties?

[Sporran]

A new year is born
The dawn of a new decade
What brings the next ten?

[Sporran]

Jealous Janu'ry
Envies the joy of springtime
And her warmer days

[David Banks]

Caithness sea and sky
be careful with daydreaming
you may get what's asked

[Lingland]

Freezing cold east wind
Winter so long and dreary
Longing for warm sun

[Sporran]

Fox strung up on fence
Some folk find it offensive
Some offer defence

[Mrs Bucket]

Now its wet and mild
Weather changes every day
I am forever moaning

[Lingland]

Calm peaceful morning
Birds are chirping merrily
Spring around corner

[Sporran]

Yearning for springtime
When nature renews herself
Colouring landscape

[David Banks]

Calm peaceful morning
Birds are chirping merrily
Spring around corner

Tell me you're kidding
Birds should be given mufflers
We've got months to go

[Mrs Bucket]

Snow is back again
Drifting showers freezing cold
Housebound I will be

[Lingland]

Tell me you're kidding
Birds should be given mufflers
We've got months to go

Seems I got it wrong
I should have known better
Silly silly me

[Sporran]

We have snow here too
Looks pretty as a picture
Like a Christmas card

[Sporran]

Snowflakes floating down
Dancing, swirling in the wind
Like feathers of frost

[Sporran]

Majestic oak tree
Winter bare in my garden
Bring her to life, Spring!

[canuck]

Sporran's heather sleeps.
Snow covers the mountain peaks.
The sun calls the larch.

[Sporran]

Cards, chocs or roses
All tokens of affection
Cupid cashes in!

[canuck]

Cupid stays away
Another season passes
Life finds other ways.

[Sporran]

Dancing Northern Lights
Celestial glow in Winter
Brightens Caithness skies!

[Gregor]

Here's a lunch haiku.
This sandwich is... delicious.
It's chicken caesar.

[Invisible]

I am nearly there
Just a few more to go now
A thousand orger!

[canuck]

One thousand seems high
When first the org bar you spy.
Two thousand flies by.

[Invisible]

Two thousand no chance
Me spying Rhegheads record
Well not this year lass

[canuck]

Rheghead writes with flare,
Has the looks of a Greek god.
Thus he rules orgland.

[Tubthumper]

One thousand posts nailed
You've made it to the finish
Of the beginning

[Tubthumper]

Rheghead no longer
Org pressure told at the end
Was he just a dream?

[Sporran]

Haiku heaven's here
I am cooing with delight
As more folk join in! :)

[David Banks]

Caithness does it best
horizontal rain and a'
that, spring says here too

[Sporran]

The year marches on
Soon it will be Spring again
Nature will renew! :)

[Tubthumper]

Snowdrops, Crocus, Daffs
All trying so hard to be
Uncle snow says no

[Sporran]

Dismal, sleeting day
Woeful Winter won't let go
Pushes Spring away! :(

[Sporran]

Spring pushing through now
Sunny, warmer days are here
Please be here to stay!

[David Banks]

It’s spring cleaning time
what stays, what goes, what just gets
covered up and why

[Sporran]

Blossoms on the trees
Such a lovely springtime sight
That brings much delight!

[David Banks]

Seasons are All Good
Effusive Sentiments seem
U n r e a l i s t i c

[Gregor]

Banana fritter,
Do haiku have to make sense?
Colostomy bag.

[Sporran]

Seasons are All Good
Effusive Sentiments seem
U n r e a l i s t i c

Do not bank on that
Sentiment is good for some
Perhaps not for you

[David Banks]

I love season of
mists and mellow fruitfulness
Cat's out of the bag

[Tubthumper]

Banana fritter,
Do haiku have to make sense?
Colostomy bag.
Colostomy bag
Effluvium in plastic?
Haiku should be nice!

[Invisible]

I love sweets I do
coffee makes me full of beans
Now I will go eat

[Raonaid]

primary colours,
protagonists get nasty,
pixels kill Peter.

[wifie]

The sun is out and
The sky is blue but it is
Raining in my heart

(soz Buddy - or should it be thanks?)

[Sporran]

Welcome back wifie
Spring has renewed your int'rest
A new beginning! :)

[ASKIT]

......................

[wifie]

My dearest ASKIT
Give us your haiku wisdom
Spelling we forgive

[wifie]

The music has gone
The last dying chords played out
Memories that's all

[ASKIT]

.................

[David Banks]

My dearest ASKIT
Give us your haiku wisdom
Spelling we forgive

ASKIT and its yours
we all know what it's like to
be in a bad spell

[wifie]

ASKIT dots today?
Sadly there are none to see
A haiku sometime?

[wifie]

Inbox emptiness
Silence shouts at me loudly
Deafening my world

[wifie]

Question just ASKIT
Poetry is free and fun
Share your words with us

[Sporran]

Lottery winners
Thurso has a *lot* today
Big smiles all around! :D

[wifie]

Song on radio
Familiar chords they play
Found them through a friend

[wifie]

Joy in music gone
Guitar sits sad in corner
I should not give up

[Sporran]

Joy in music gone
Guitar sits sad in corner
I should not give up

Pluck up the courage
To strum away at those strings
Strike a happy chord! :cool:

[wifie]

Pluck up the courage
To strum away at those strings
Strike a happy chord! :cool:

Courage it will take
I will find such in heartache
Yep, for old time's sake

[wifie]

Mojo returning
Sadness prevails but must help
Music in my blood

[Sporran]

Mojo returning
Sadness prevails but must help
Music in my blood

Wifie gets groove back
I am glad to hear it, girl
Play a happy tune! :cool:

[ASKIT]

.................

[Invisible]

Askit must be drunk
lets shake them from their slumber
Ill sing a few songs

[wifie]

Sing Invisible
Yer music could wake the dead
Guitar too you twang

[Invisible]

Waking dead how fun
Writing song bout you and jox
and of course sporran

[wifie]

Old age, I hope not
Is this why no Shelley there?
Our lyricist man

[Invisible]

Shelley gets own song
or own verse in an org song
cant fit all them in

[wifie]

Mr lyricist man
Can't fit them in his Org song
Talent dilemma

[Invisible]

What does a dairy
farmer say to animals
Haiku get it maam?

[Invisible]

Mr lyricist man
Can't fit them in his Org song
Talent dilemma

Dilemma not here
Just pick up guitar and sing
big country perhaps

[wifie]

Look away then in
A big country be found by
Chance in fields of fire

[Invisible]

Save Me, One Great Thing
Your one in a million chap
Jox gods great mistake

[Invisible]

The sun it out now
Lets hope it becomes brighter
summer coming soon

[wifie]

Walking on sunshine
Let it be oh happy day
How deep is your love

[Invisible]

deeper than you think
Not as deep as the bee gess
and voice not as high

[wifie]

Soprano he's not
Invis is a real good guy
Not one of the mob

[Invisible]

shucks says he to her
will you be my manager
you can bring guitar

[wifie]

In the band for me
Please, I can pick a bit now
Aging rock chick here!

[Sporran]

Invisible Man
Song on Frampton's new album
Have you heard it yet?

Pete's just turned sixty
But he still can rock 'n' roll
Hasn't lost his touch!

[Invisible]

I have not heard that
Im a bit out of touch spor
with the music now

[Invisible]

what you doing now
on this bank holiday day
I am at work weh

[wifie]

I walked some ten miles
This holiday day, just me
Fit as flea, maybe?

[Moira]

Spring is Sprung my friend
Without you it means not much
My heart is frozen.

[canuck]

Moira I hear you.
Here's hoping that the new sun
Will bring some healing.

[wifie]

Hey Invisible
May the fourth be with you mate
Be a star don't war

[Invisible]

May the 4th it is
Watched Doomsday it was rubbish
Jimmy Carrs funny

[Invisible]

What a depressed day
Where did the sun go ya ken?
I want to go home

[wifie]

Does the sun reside
In invisible hometide
Nah choost his backside

(you may take that whichever way you wish and I don't think I have ever done a rhyming haiku before :confused)

[Invisible]

Does the sun reside
In invisible hometide
Nah choost his backside

(you may take that whichever way you wish and I don't think I have ever done a rhyming haiku before :confused)

Oh such an insult
I will now go home and cry
Goodbye cruel Mistress

EDIT: Wifie isn't a mistress, she's just a very naughty lady

[wifie]

Ah wrong way taken
Haiku Mistress title - NICE
Haiku wifie best

;)

[Invisible]

Phew crisis over
I was calling Chuck Norris
Roundhouse kick no more.

[Sporran]

Joxy-Adonis
Is the birthday boy today
Hope it's a good one! :)

[Invisible]

Yes jox a young man
or old depending on view
or middle aged aye?

[Invisible]

I thought it be fun:lol:
To re-arrange my bedroom
was better before:mad:

[wifie]

Stringy music box
Don't regard me with sadness
I am so sad too

[Sporran]

Year's half way over
As they say, tempus fugit
Time flies by so fast!

[Gleber2]

It has been a time
Since I wrote a daft wee verse
On this haiku thread.

[Sporran]

It's high time you did!
Welcome back here, Gleber2
Hope you'll come back soon :)

[Gleber2]

I may not write much
But thoughts roll around my head
Like seaborn driftwood.

[Bobinovich]

We're off tomorrow
On Legoland adventure
Catch you all Sunday :Razz

[Gleber2]

Is this our summer
As the cold wind blows and rain
Falls so heavilly

[Moira]

Yes, it would seem so
When the long, "Summer" days fade
Let Autumn be kind

[Gleber2]

Cauld winters keen bite
Will soon enough be with us
Pray we live to spring.

[Moira]

I hope for some warmth
Before Winter's jowl's engulf
Each of us once more.

[Margaret M.]

Cool would be welcome
Here in the land of the brave
Summer smothers us

[wifie]

Embrace the weather
Love nature you can't change it
Be at one with it

[Sporran]

Hot and humid here
Suffocating air outside
Sun is beating down

[Gleber2]

Six degrees last night
July not yet past and gone
Winter lasts all year.

[Invisible]

I am awake still
It is late and I am tired
Oh Insomnia

[wifie]

Try toothache for size
Great for keepin one awake
Whisky I have tried

:(

[Blarney]

Snuggle down, stay warm,
Dawn breaks soon before your eyes,
Only then sleep comes.

[Tubthumper]

Beasted on the mill
Sweat stains my pants and my chair
But smiley once more! :cool:

[Metalattakk]

'E cowld comes too queek,
Summer choost a memory,
Wife in gluff 'til May.

[David Banks]

Caithness sea and sky
be careful with daydreaming
you may get what’s asked

[Blarney]

Blues of many hues
Meet steel, moss and heather shades
Wishing you were here?

[Sporran]

Blues of many hues
Meet steel, moss and heather shades
Wishing you were here?

Wishing, yes I am
A visit next year, perhaps
Caithness still beckons!

[Bazeye]

There was a young man from St Bees
Who got stung on the leg by a wasp
When asked if it hurt
He replied "No it didnt
Its a good job it wasnt a hornet

(I know but I dont care).

[Sporran]

There was a young man from St Bees
Who got stung on the leg by a wasp
When asked if it hurt
He replied "No it didnt
Its a good job it wasnt a hornet

(I know but I dont care).

Bazeye, that was not a Haiku, but more along the lines of a Limerick. We already have a thread for that!
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=29351&highlight=Limerick

[Tubthumper]

Five and Sev'n and Five
Lim'rick with a sting in tail
Bazeye missed Haiku!

[Bazeye]

Bazeye, that was not a Haiku, but more along the lines of a Limerick. We already have a thread for that!
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=29351&highlight=Limerick

(Read between the brackets.) ;)

[Sporran]

Bazeye doesn't care
But does like to use brackets
In Haiku hijack! ;)

[Bazeye]

Bazeye doesn't care
But does like to use brackets
In Haiku hijack! ;)

.....:).....

[Sporran]

Fallen remembered
Their ultimate sacrifice
Never forgotten!

[Sporran]

Save the Dounreay Dome!
Iconic Caithness landmark
Do not meet your doom!

[Big N Rich]

Oi Invisible
Come back my friend, some miss you
Some folk immature

[canuck]

The road has too much
Snow. My car cannot get out.
I'm stuck here forever!

[canuck]

First the snow was nice.
I felt less homesick each day.
Cured now - snow please leave.

[Invisible]

Well Im back in black
love me or hate me, hello
your nightmare came true

[Moira]

Winter Solstice looms
The Darkest day of the year
Springtime where are you?

[Blarney]

New year creeps in white
Crisp but quiet underfoot
Snowdrops buried still.

[Sporran]

Homeland Hogmanay
Edinburgh's street party
Happy time for me!

[Sporran]

Nippy new year day
Wishing for warmer weather
There's a happy "thaw"t!

[canuck]

crayola perplexed
stay or leave is her problem
give her poll a push

[David Banks]

Talk of Robert Burns
Then talk of Tam O'Shanter
Gone from bard to verse

[Blarney]

Soon...to Valentines
Massacre of emotions
Hearts then spring to life

[David Banks]

Family is dear
Learning and growing is dear
Alertness is dear

[Blarney]

Fiercely biting wind,
Belies the spring that beckons,
Keep faith, it will come.

[David Banks]

Average day high
now one degree celcius
it's getting warmer

[Sporran]

Haiku revival
Let's breathe life into this thread
Haiku's not dead yet!

[trinkie]

The changing colours
Sporran's Haiku revival
Welcome to old friends.

[Sporran]

Radiant reds, golds
Illuminate the dull grey
Of this Autumn day.

[Moira]

Red, gold and yellow
Brighten some days of Autumn
But Winter threatens.

[Rheghead]

Bright sun low in sky
we will see the new year yet
hoping better times.

[golach]

No feelings of grief
No crocodile tears wept
C'est la Vie'

[scotsboy]

Sad and bitter man
Displays nothing honorable
Festering old fool

[trinkie]

Storms are quieter now
Many happy days ahead
For You and Yours.

[Sporran]

Dawn of a new year
New hope and new challenges
Good wishes to all!

[scotsboy]

It is creation
Are you sure my friend? Of course
Followed by evolution

[scotsboy]

Is climate changing?
The hot air rises above
Someone do something

[scotsboy]

How stupid you are
You know nothing about it
I’ll talk to myself

[canuck]

It is creation
Are you sure my friend? Of course
Followed by evolution

Create means order.
Enough for evolution
to find its footing.

[Rheghead]

Councillor walks out
His anger largely contrived
Onward and upward.

[scotsboy]

Monday on Sunday?
It's always been on Monday!
Sunday ain't Monday!

[canuck]

The Particles of God
Bring mirth to orgers many
And sunshine in Spring.

[Moira]

Particles of God
Brings Spring to many folk here
Spring leads to Summer....

[canuck]

Haar: New word for me.
Living in a cold dense cloud
Sums it up quite well.

[squidge]

Sleep will not come
Despite exhaustion dragging
Im still wide awake

[canuck]

Spring becomes summer
The lawn is mowed yet again
Flowers on the way.

[Moira]

Autumn leaves fall fast
Summer too brief a promise
Winter chills the Soul

[secrets in symmetry]

Sunny June in Cal
Fall leaves mingin' 'n' mushy
Winter blows them back

[canuck]

Oxford seems to rock
With academic pride, but
Edi is cool too.

[Mrs Bucket]

Autumn marches on
winter round next corner
summer only a memory.

[canuck]

With bated breath we wait.
Will our world come to naught, or
Some fantasy die?

[Moira]

With Winter Solstice
Comes Christmas and longer days
Light beckons once more

[canuck]

After three weeks of fog
We had a welcome wee break
Chucked rain for hours.

[Moira]

Rain and mist here too
Nights getting darker and moths
I do not like moths

[Tubthumper]

Passing, stopped to say
Old friends are you well in heart -
Do lines flow freely?

[Moira]

Birthdays in Autumn
Music, cake and special friends
His legend lives on.

[secrets in symmetry]

It's not Autumn yet!
Yet I know of whom you speak
Smoke up the ganja!

[Lingland]

Gust of wind arose
First leaves came drifting down
Autumn edging in

[Moira]

Autumn was too brief
Now Winter approaches us
Too coarse and too soon

[Rheghead]

Mama pig is dead
Old feuds surface with vigour
Reay disnae need this.

[canuck]

The chat room is dark
The keys have been put away
Winter for many

[canuck]

A storm did rip thru
The sea was high, trees got shook
Ah, winter is here!

[Moira]

Winter is here now
Rain, sleet & snow, all normal
Real Caithness weather.