night colours...

night colours
electrify
new dreams


Linking to:
Carpe Diem

burrito...

saffron and chili
salad carriage empties
burrito season 


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - burrito

crooked...

social norms beg
to be manoeuvred into
the art of the soul


Linking to:
Haiku Heights - Crooked

Weekend Haiku #4 ~ Green

Display in the vestibule of the small Treasury Theatre in Melbourne


in a green hued light
touched with Nature's mystery
cleansing the clutter


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU
Today's prompt is

GREEN

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Stone

foundation of stone
frantic shufflings circle by
a cold unmoved heart


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Stone


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme HERE each Sunday!

Next Prompt: YELLOW

Weekend Haiku #2 - Blue

when blue is measured
levelled by a gentle soul
the music is sweet


WELCOME TO WEEKEND HAIKU

Today's prompt is

BLUE

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health...

health is all about
good foods for body and soul
and nature's fine wines


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Health


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme HERE each Sunday!

Next Prompt: BLUE

betrayal...

A colourful Melbourne tram travelling Swanston Street

If ever there were a 19th-century opera to have stood the test of time it is Verdi’s soaringly romantic and dramatic Aida. Its exotic, golden images of Egypt, spine-tingling arias, potent choruses, conflicting allegiances and cruel twists of fate make it one of the pillars of the grand opera repertoire.
- Aida is being performed now at the Arts Centre, Melbourne by Opera Australia


not a betrayal 
just conflicting loyalties
tragic Aida


Linking to:
Haiku Heights ~ Betrayal


NOTE

Weekend Haiku meme started HERE last Sunday!

Prompt : RED

Next Prompt: BLUE

Bamboo

View of Melbourne across the Yarra River


It's bamboo city 
And the sugar cane grows tall
Seasonal harvest


NOTE
Are bamboo and sugar cane related?
Yes. They're about as close as humans are to orangutans, or domestic cats to leopards: same family, different subfamilies. Both are members of the grass family (Poaceae). Bamboos comprise the tribe Bambuseae in the subfamily Bambusoideae; sugar cane makes up the genus Saccharum in the subfamily Andropogoneae.
- Ref: HERE
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The Baby Panda Bamboo (Pogonatherum paniceum) is an interesting grass from the rainforests of south-east Asia. It is like a dwarf bamboo but is not a true bamboo and is more closely related to sugar cane. It can be used as a pot plant inside well-lit houses, balconies or as an interesting feature plant around ponds, steps or bordering gardens. It likes lots of moisture and will take filtered light to full sun.
- Ref: HERE

MORE NOTES
The poem, on the surface, is about the bamboo and sugar cane connection.
But behind the idyllic description lurks the expression "bamboo city".
For me, the city is like alluring bamboo pan pipes, like sweet opportunities to make a fortune.
The sugar cane = skyscrapers growing tall, like reaching for that elusive wealth.
The last line is a final, wry comment.
Fortunes may be made, but like the fickle stockmarket, like the changing seasons, fortunes change and fall.
But these are just my thoughts behind the reason for the haiku.
(Like an extended metaphor perhaps!)
If they are not there for you, they are not there.

Linking to:
Carpe Diem ~ A Daily Haiku Meme ~ Bamboo