November Challenge 2: 'on the road'
'On the road' is the challenge topic for haiku, senryu, tanka. The meaning can be taken as physical or psychological.
April Challenge
In Australia in April we are deepening into autumn. In Adelaide it is still warm weather. The quinces are ripening on the trees, the shops full of the harvest of summer fruits. Autumn foliage is beginning to appear on the exotic European trees we have planted along our streets. Shops are filling with warm clothes for winter. The car race and the Fringe and Adelaide Festivals have finished bringing to an end the rush of Mad March. The blocked traffic is now flowing freely once more, interstate and international visitors have flown away. In Japan the cherry blossom season should have reached Kyoto. Challenge: customs of autumn or flowers of spring. Senryu, haiku, tanka. Please use your imagination.
flashes of color
ReplyDeletethrough the trees
the highway
disappointed
ReplyDeletetourists peer with hope
Fuji
autumn breeze
ReplyDeleteleaves scurry
across the highway
everyday
ReplyDeletethe work gloves on the road
getting less handy
Mum's chitchat
ReplyDeleteto keep Dad awake
the headlights
boring into darkness
boring into boring
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ReplyDeleteto Tambo
ReplyDeleteas if shadowing us
across the endless plain
far-away trees
the long straight road
under the massive sky
our tiny hurtling car
for speechless miles
the dip and sway
of telephone lines
teaching her kid
road savvy
the nanny goat
through the windscreen
broken onto our laps
the wedgetail eagle
first glimpse
of the next town
its wheat silos
singing in full throttle
ReplyDeleteno-one to disturb
on the road once again