Collection of Six Haiku
Collection of Six Haiku - form Summary
Haiku's Spare Seasonal Snapshots
These six haiku use haiku's extreme brevity to compress sensory moments into vivid seasonal snapshots. Each short poem pairs a concrete image (lamplight, cold oil, winter rain, leeks, dark sea, withered moor) with an understated human presence or mood. The form's economy invites pause and inference, so the poems imply loneliness, cold, and travel without explicit statement, relying on juxtaposition and image to produce emotional resonance.
Read Complete AnalysesI Waking in the night; the lamp is low, the oil freezing. II It has rained enough to turn the stubble on the field black. III Winter rain falls on the cow-shed; a cock crows. IV The leeks newly washed white,- how cold it is! V The sea darkens; the voices of the wild ducks are faintly white. VI Ill on a journey; my dreams wander over a withered moor.
Feel free to be first to leave comment.