I've started exploring one-line haiku and senryu, under the influence of the wonderful HAIKU NOTEBOOK by W. F. Owen. Here is the whole month's output for January, as I started this exploration only late in the month.
old fifth birthday photo fancy dress and all his hair
scared cat bites my thumb not too hard the hand that feeds
summer storm my cat hisses at the vet
hot afternoon unseen kookaburra's harsh laugh
summer night loud crickets neighbour's heavy metal
long hot night my cat comes to bed briefly
hot cocoa to help me sleep I sit up later drinking
heatwave survival the right setting on the electric fan
heatwave chocolate biscuits hard from the fridge
Conditioning is a strange and wondrous thing. I'm so used to writing and reading haiku in three lines, that my brain breaks your one liners into three in my head.
ReplyDeleteThey are yummy, I particularly love the first and the second. They read like full stories of a moment.
Thank you, Magaly.
DeleteW. F. Owen says that with one-liners it is up to the reader to work out breaks and syntax, so I think you are doing it right. :-)
It must be so delightful to hear a kookaburra's laugh. I loved these, Rosemary. We had one spring like day here but now snow is coming again, so I am enjoying your summer along with you.
ReplyDeleteSome of us are not enjoying it all that much! (I can escape the worst of it most of the time, but it has been intense.)
DeleteKookaburras don't always laugh harshly; often they sound genuinely amused, chortling away for all they're worth.
I liked the kookaburra's harsh laugh. Could feel the heat.
ReplyDeleteI like these oneliners very much and how it all adds up to the scenery
Thank you for sharing this collection of thoughts
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