Daily Haiku

[ChocolateButtonsOfShame]

Hello!

Anyone else fancy a thread where we write and share a haiku daily?

I used to write a lot of haikus. I find they're a good mindfulness exercise 🙂

I've just started writing them again about my baby son but will try to branch out into other topics.

Here is one from last night. Distracting the boy with a toy boat while putting him in pajamas (he's a wriggler). Title in bold.

Tug Boat
A toy boat sailing
The blue ocean of your sheets
Night night tiny boy

Too far from the kerb,
Hill start, bright sun, busy road
And smug men smirking.

DD has covid.
Is it wrong to be so pleased
To have her at home?

sighs another mon
Day morning begins. Half term
Just around corner
🎊

Aw @MrsWooster how old is your daughter?

@weemouse what's 'coorie'? I used to live in Sutherland and Argyll, loved hearing Scottish words although took a while for my English ears to work them out sometimes 🙂don't think I came across coorie. Er I'm assuming it's Scottish apologies if I'm wrong!

@NotInMyFrontGardenYouDont bloody smug men. What do they know, anyway?

Lovely@weemouse!

I've never heard of Haiku but I think I get the idea!

It's raining again
But the fires lit and cosy
Snuggle up with tea.

Have I got it right? Such a lovely thread.

@Honourofgrayskull yes you've got it 🙂 evocative.

I was thinking, I will post an example of a published haiku every day too. But I'll start tomorrow.

I went to a mini zoo place this morning. The gibbon was cheerful, but I wasn't so sure about the birds of prey. And the flamingoes looked pretty odd against the drab Cumbrian backdrop.

The Hawk
Late January sun
The hawk tethered to a stump
Dreaming of mountains

Building myself up
To put the recycling out
On the path outside.

It’s too cold by far
To put the recycling out
I’d rather stay in.

Just changed dental check
For kids as isolating
April! Bloody hell!!

It's too bloody cold
I'm not going out tonight
Stay in with the cats

My kids caught Covid
Always told them they should share
So they did - thanks boys!

Boris is a cunt!
Why isn't he resigning?
I feel full of rage.

@SpicyTinkle a haiku for the nation

@SpicyTinkle yes!
You are absolutely right
Surely he must go

Can't decide what to
Watch on the television
On mumsnet instead

Toddler eating cheese
The greatest ever joy, yes
But no sharing, no

Need to do laundry
Or maybe just check what's clean?
Not doing either

Not doing so well
Feel worried, stressed, tired
Life is relentless

Child playing iPad
Time to come off now, sorry
'Please, five more minutes'

Five minutes later
Really, its time to come off
'You are so mean, Mum'

In honour of the upcoming cherry blossom season in Japan:

Cherry scents the air
Fallen blossoms cloak the ground
Crushed blooms like my heart

Loving all your brilliant haikus 👏👏

Pillow spray, wool socks,
Soothing valerian tea,
Hope swift sleep follows...

ChocolateButtonsOfShame

to "coorie" means to snuggle in/cuddle in. It is a Scottish word - I love it. I've always said that to my boy, come and have a coorie, and he knows that's a safe, warm place in my arms.

Can be said as "coorie doon wi' me" which is snuggle down with me - lovely

Today I am tired.
The sky feels low and heavy
But this too will pass.

Today I will dig
A large hole in claggy clay
For the cherry tree

@weemouse ah that's lovely! How old is your son? Mine is 6 months. Still a very little guy.

@MsNorth 👏

@Peachandpearl is prolific. I'm looking forward to today's edition 😊

@PsychoSyd I like the juxtaposition 🙂

Really enjoying reading all of these, thank you!

Today's published haiku, a classic:

Autumn moonlight-
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.

Matsuo Basho (17th C)

Ironically (or not) it is actually National Haiku writing month in February!

I'm doing some daily prompts for Haiku this month and today's is through a window

Frosted wide panes frame
Curling round a courtyard
Withered in winter.

Chinese New Year starts
today - year of the tiger -
chicken chow mein tea.

Can I join you all?
A month of haikus stretch out
Like a pleasant view

All is as normal
I smile. But his death was ten
Years ago today

🥀