bitter tannins

the sparrow rests on the road

too long

these haiku

these haiku…
falling almond blossoms
in a spring breeze

rolling thunder
empty grain trucks
in the summer heat

taiko drumbeat
the underpass at
Shin-Osaka

step-by-step
shuffling the stone
in my shoe

tipping my hat
in the morning heat
a slow trickle

The above haiku was written in response to the NaHaiWriMo prompt for December 2, 2022. The picture below was generated using Nightcafe and Dall-E Ai

in silence –
the rise and fall
of the cat’s purr

沈黙猫のゴロゴロ上下
(chinmoku neko no gorogoro jōge)

©️Sbwright 2022

through the fog

   the disembodied call

of the crow

cracked teapot

   we sit and mend

   Our differences