Haiku Tribute

I sat listening to KUOW this years end. I smiled when ‘The Conversation’ was reading Haiku’s that listeners had submitted about their personal experiences in
2010. I smiled not only because there is something fun and intriguing about the short stanzas, but because it conjured pleasant memories of my own Haiku creating endeavours. It reminds me of my thirtieth birthday party when several haiku’s were created in my honour. I also vividly remember, on several occasions, sitting with friends at a party or in a bar creating haikus. I laugh out loud when I picture the sight: several of us sitting silently, visibly counting syllables on my fingers and squinting quizzically and raising a finger for each syllable iterated silently to ourselves. I’m sure it looked quite odd from the outside. I thought it a nice exercise to write some myself, so my year end haikus follow.

Salty air collides
With the weather worn mountains
A beautiful sight

Dark as the night’s sky
Encompassed by loneliness
Me, myself and I

Ndiyalithanda (I love it)
eMzantsi Afrika (South Africa)
Khululekile (freedom- [freedom of the soul])

I breathe in deeply
The air feeds my soul with joy
Today, I am me

OK, now I DARE you. What is your Haiku for the year 2010…? You can add yours to the comments section- I look forward to it!