TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Wing

his little chap obliging sat for a photo on a recent trip to the local swamp.

PROMPT WORD: Wing

Caress the breezes

With your feathered wings, gently

Find uplifting love

Never participated before? Or maybe you have never written a haiku? Why not join in this week. It is simple….just create a post on your own blog with your haiku and add a link to it in the comment section at the end of this post (just hit the black speech bubble to open comments) I will be sure to feature your contribution next week. You are also welcome just to write a haiku in the comments. Use either the word prompt or photo (or both) as an inspiration for your haiku this week. New prompts every Saturday!

Not sure how to write a haiku? No one else is either! So don’t worry.

If you want to use a formula then try and keep to this guide (but as Japanese haiku regularly breaks all the rules so should you!)

Line 1 – 5 syllables

Line 2 – 7 syllables

Line 3 – 5 syllables

Usually the haiku refers in some way to nature and tries to make you see something in a slightly different light. A haiku containing humour is called something else but if you want to write a fun haiku then all the better I say! It is all about spending a moment or two looking at something in a slightly different way.

Last week the prompt was “dry” with a picture of a cactus

It inspired some great haiku responses.

ISM’s first in take on the prompt is an excellent example of a novel approach to the prompt. Stunning use of vocabulary too!

https://mychoice360.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/dry-lips/

Freya has given use two new takes on “dry”. Both are intoxicating.

https://freyawrites.com/2016/06/18/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-dry/

Ritu has found beauty in the desert. Lovely pic too!

https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/tjs-household-haiku-dry-cactus/

Kia’s cactus is overflowing with festive cheer this week.

https://recoveringknowitall.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/for-tjs-household-haiku-challenge-dry-cacti/

Shadeau has poured water on parched earth and created a stream of delightful imagery with a biblical twist before finishing with a clever take on the photo prompt!

https://linesofshadeau.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/dry-dreams-rekindled/

Judy Martin has given us the irony of the sunflower’s reaction to the sun. A great take indeed.

http://www.edwinasepisodes.com/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-dry/

The penultimate post of Kat Myrman’s encourages us to consider the curative properties of the prickly pear. Do not go outside and try eating mommy’s cactus kiddies!

https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/cactus-haiku/

And lastly, Life Home and Away gives us the potential of the seed pod. Lovely!

https://livehomeandaway.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/dry-petals/