Rock dry cold barren
Wind bellowing north howling
Flames lick nylon dry
Jungle still as leopards listen,
Old car hissing only one piston,
Hope we don't get stuck,
Day would run amuck,
Felines pounce life will soon glisten
The form of the Haiku sets a serious tone in this example. The poem reads in a stealy, deliberate way. The rock is barren, period. My previous thoughts, that Haiku's are light hearted have been reformed. It is clearly a simple form that can assume many faces.
Nice insight. Many faces of the same form sounds just right.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if you're game, but there's a haiku competition as part of a literary festival at Memorial. It just so happens that the rules say they're looking for haiku with fire imagery. Here's the url for the contest rules if you're interested:
http://www.mun.ca/arts/events/sparks/GuidelinesHaiku.pdf