Haiku + Senryu

Haiku is a seasonal, reverent celebration of a subject (nature or people) trying to make a feeling.
Senryu tends to have a victim and may be humorous or irreverant trying to make a point.
- paraphrased from Michael Dylan Welch's Graceguts

Sunday 27 January 2013

Wolf Moon




Midsummer moonlight
Like a heart beat on night winds
A perfect round pearl

And the wolf moon calls
Save your soul from frozen lands
Unchain your music


NOTE
The January full moon is a midsummer moon in Australia


Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ Wolf Moon
Haiku Heights ~ Rescue

23 comments:

Tarang Sinha said...

Nice set of haiku! And amazing picture!!:)

anthonynorth said...

Beautiful and deep words.

Judith Westerfield said...

These haiku are spot on in imagery, words, expression of feeling. REALLY NICE!

Fallingladies said...

I stupidly am always surprised every time someone from australia reminds me they are in summer when i am cold and frozen here in NY, as if i have forgotten each time i don't live at the centerof the universe! Love your hailku this week!

Reading Pleasure said...

These are finely crafted

PirateGunn said...

Pure passion leashed here today! A powerful style, 2 excellent haiku!

Unknown said...

unchain your music~ great line!

joanne said...

love the simile with the moon and the pearl - perfect

Wabi Sabi said...

Ah....so it is summer somewhere!! I need to save my soul from frozen lands, indeed! Terrific take on the prompt.

Chèvrefeuille said...

Nice set composed on todays prompt ... awesome because you've written a summer haiku on this full moon. Thank you for sharing Gemma.

carol l mckenna said...

Love the message ~ ...unchain your music ~ lovely!

Carol of: (A Creative Harbor)

alice keys said...

Lovely. I like the "wolf moon". Nice pairing.

kaykuala said...

A perfect round pearl
And the wolf moon calls
Unchain your music

It appears to be a rounding up of friends upon a signal and off to paint the town red. That's how I read it Gemma! Nice thoughts!

Hank

Anonymous said...

Perfect haiku for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Thank you :)

Lovable Derek said...

A wonderful blend of image and words. Thanks for this.

Woman'n'Beyond said...

Lovely haiku, especially the second one! The picture is nice as well.

Lord’s Play

Tigerbrite said...

Great haiku. Like the first best :)

Anonymous said...

i love every single word of that first haiku... a beautiful blend...

brudberg said...

The likeness between the moon and a pearl is just brilliant :-(

Ese said...

Like a heart beat on night winds... this line is a pearl itself! Evocative and a touch mysterious.

Susan said...

heart beat-->round pearl-->voice unchained. Love it!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. There's always something magical about the full moon.

Eliz Frank said...

Anything with the moon gets me interested. I love this haiku.
Eliz

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