Sunday, December 27, 2020

Three Bird Haikus Comments

Rating: 4.8

The falcon stoops straight
down and in a death grip hooks
an unwary seagull.
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Clyde King
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Clyde King 28 December 2020

Thank you Geeta. I appreciate your comments.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 28 December 2020

An amazing combination of three bird haikus.- a falcon, a crow and a mocking bird. A bird watcher's interesting poem.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 28 December 2020

Very impressing poems, I read birds but see no haiku, but still I enjoyed your marvelous words, dear poet.

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Clyde King 29 December 2020

A haiku is harder to construct in the 5/7/5 syllable Japanese way. It's not chiseled in stone but it's ok to come close to that. It should use concrete imagery, nature, and allude to a season, ideally. I disagree with you. Have you read the great Basho?

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Clyde King 27 December 2020

Thank you Robert. I'm an avid bird watcher too.

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