Haiku study continues

Seriously. What does make a haiku good? I know it when I read it. I know it when I write it. I’m still trying to get to the point where I feel I can do it consistently, though. Here’s an idea:

#40 (eh)

Pretty pink roses

What secrets do you keep there

Beneath your petals?

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#41 (not bad)

Dragonfly swoops low

Lands on water’s smooth surface

To meet Reflection

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#42 (s’okay)

Lie here beside me

Look at the clouds and dream

What do you see there?

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#43 (maybe?)

It rustles the brush

Stalking the moonlit midnight

Fearful manifest

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#44 (not bad)

Hard to remember

Winter in mid summer heat

Ice when all is fire

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#45 (love this one, but I made it a full poem)

why would you think all

the fire in the world is yours

you are left with ash

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#46 (eh)

Light shines in the rain

Love awaits us in those walls

Home sweet home again

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#47 (not bad)

Smell of fresh death floats

On hot wind with crackly leaves

Fallen trees are mourned

[image error]Photo by Michelle Garren Flye