The Hush

Leaf 381 – Reflections

 

Janis Goodman - Heronry (2022)

Whenever I watch a heron, I can’t help feeling that they are creatures who somehow exist outside of time – or, at least, as we experience it. This haiku was written last autumn.

 

 

Adding to the hush

unmoving –

a heron’s eye.

 

 

 

 

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #haikufeels writing prompt: 'hush.'

Cutting the Clouds

Leaf 380 – Looking Back

 

Shiro Takagi - Kites Rising at Dawn (1985)

There’s something magical about kite flying ... It’s a long, long time since I last did it.

 

 

Keen to cut the clouds –

his fingers

let the line unspool.

 

 

 

 

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #haikufeels writing prompt: 'keen.'

Broken Shoji

Leaf 379 – Reflections

 

Toshi Yoshida - From the Ryogoku Bridge

When what was essentially fleeting gets fixed …

 

 

Time stilled –

broken shoji patched

with newsprint.

 

 

 

 Tetsuro Yoshida - Das Japanische Wohnhaus (1935)

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #haikufeels writing prompt: 'repair.'

Kurashiki's Canal

Leaf 378 – Looking Back

 

Katsuyuki Nishijima - Breeze (c.1990)

Whenever we use these cups, we always remember warmly the family trip we made there during a chilly, wet February a few years ago.

 

 

Kurashiki’s canal –

memories burnished

into two bizen-ware cups.

 

 

 

 

This haiku was first published in The Haiku Foundation's "Haiku Dialogue" (4 June 2025)

Carbon Copy

Leaf 377 – Reflections

 

Leonid Pasternak - Boris Pasternak Writing (1919)

White. Yellow. Pink. Green. [Indigo]

 

 

Carbon copy –

my name fading

in triplicate.

 

 

 

 

Silver Strand

Leaf 376 – Reflections

 

Sarah Ross Thompson - Tall Shadows

Beauty is (very definitely) in the eye of the beholder.

 

 

Keeping quiet –

a single silver strand

seen in your hair.

 

 

 

Rainbow Puddled

Leaf 375 – Reflections

 

Warning: Engines off. No naked lights.

 

 

Reflected in the sky –

rainbow puddled

beneath a petrol pump.

 

 

 

This haiku was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #dailyhaikuprompt: 'rainbow.'

Photograph Credit: Mathias Reding / Pexels