Haiku : Word Picture Poetry

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry with strict restrictions on the number of syllables. In English, haiku are usually written in three lines that consist of five, seven, and five syllables to resemble the three metrical phrases of a Japanese haiku.

My attempts at haiku :


On the monsoon:

Raindrops drum on glass,
Runnels form patterns in dirt,
Nature’s play unfolds.

Wet roads, slick pavements,
Signals blinking blearily,
Traffic swirls and pools.

Lightning rips the skies,
Clouds rumble ominously,
The heavens weep tears.

Newly washed blue skies,
Rainbow on the horizon,
Where are you, my heart?

On work:

Ties that bind and choke,
Salaries do not feed souls,
But wolves snarl at doors.

A four walled prison,
Desiccated lives and hopes,
Power play and games.