Friday, July 01, 2022

 

Haiku Friday: The Sea

 


It's there all year, but we usually think of the sea in the summer (unless you are a pirate). Let's haiku about that this week (though poems about lakes, rivers, and streams are also allowed). Here, I will go first:

I love the gray birds
That dash from a wave then turn,
Digging for sand bugs.

Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 syllable pattern and have some fun.

Comments:
The beach has a light
that comes just before sunset.
Gold, like no other.

 
Gulls call overhead.
They swoop and spin seeking food.
We shoo them away.

 
Mama’s beach house: My
Crystal Beach home. Pot’s always
on: Crabs, crawfish, shrimp.

 
“Let’s ride the beach!” Joe
says. We pile in the Scout. Greet
friends, strangers alike.


 
The sea doesn't want
me now — wait until winter,
right after Christmas

 
Whoooosh the peaceful Whoooosh
of the waves Whoooosh lulls us Whooosh
to sleep Whoooosh Whooosh Whooosh

 
Sunburns and jelly
fish stings. Tar balls wash up from
the Gulf rigs. So what?

You see, my weekends
always had a pot over
a propane burner.

Somethin’ good cookin’.
Fam’ly and friends. Shorts, flip flops,
swimsuit. Nothing more

needed. Our beach house
was the center of the world.
It drew us all in.

 
Their home is the sea,
but in summer they emerge
to lay turtle eggs.
 
Clad in pink she wades
Waves nip her ankles, she laughs
She yells “Daddy, come!”
 
Each wave has a life
aided by a breeze it makes
it across the lake

'Til its journey ends
at my feet too exhausted
to tell its story
 
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