In the golden reeds
Suddenly a withered tree
Has cranes for blossoms
It happened at last! Ronovan had two prompt words that forced me to take a new picture. “Cranes and Gold” are the prompts this week and I had to take a trip to Lake Monger, a reed infested swamp a stones throw from my workplace teeming with wildlife (mostly birds, turtles and deadly tiger snakes.) It is actually quite a lovely place. These cranes roost in the center of the reeds on a big dead tree and the effect is quite surreal.
Weekly Haiku for Ronovan Writes prompts “Crane and Gold”
Life is too short to drink bad wine 
Wow!
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Thanks! ☺
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Your haiku are always splendid (I think mine need serious work)!!
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You are very kind but you should not short sell yourself. I really enjoy your haiku. I love the capacity of a few words to give a glimpse into a writer’s mind.
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Thank you so much–you are, as always, a lovely gentleman. Haiku is definitely a different poetic creature than other forms–I constantly marvel, and attempt to improve mine.
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You are most kind (again!) Keep up the micro-poetry!
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I will–some days I need a break from the long-winded ones 😉
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Wonderful!
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I feel inspired by your wonderful haiku, that lovely photograph and all the metaphors it suggests.
Rest here then take flight
Life seems gone, yet flowering still
Death is part of life
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Thanks so much! I love your response. This is a truly masterly haiku.
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Wonderful haiku, the combination of withered and blossom, cranes as blossoms. The pic just adds to the beauty of the poem, while being great in its own right.
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Thanks so much! It is actually a huge lake covered in reeds with just this one tree in the centre. So atmospheric.
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Sounds awesome.
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It’s amazing how Ron inspires one into creating a new visual to match a haiku. I was put in a similar position that turned out to be a unique experience into cut and paste that I haven’t done since I was a kid. Loved your post, TJ. The cranes really do look like blossoms.
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Thanks Olga! ☺ I never thought I would be regularly writing poetry just over a year ago. Blogging has been a great chance to be creative.
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I have a similar sentiment. I never thought I’d be drawn to the art of haiku with photography as its mate. How things change in a short period of time. For me it’s been less than a year. Just came naturally.
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Spectacular, TJ!
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Thanks so much!
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That was a great haiku that perfectly fitted the image – or vice versa! 🙂
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Thanks so much. It was an amazing sight.
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The picture did have me fooled–and then I saw them: cranes and more cranes –haiku captures it perfectly 🙂
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Thanks so much! So delighted you enjoyed the picture.
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Many thanks Ronovan for the fantastic challenge as always. You have made my day.
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Wow. I just love your work.
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I am very grateful. I love thinking up haiku. It is great mental exersise. (gives me a cheap excuse to revisit my photos too! )
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