Nature's Hues (Haiku)

by Italian Stallion   Feb 5, 2011


Mustard rays grazing
reflecting against Earth's limbs,
casting dingy clouds.

© Copyright 2011 By: Italian Stallion

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Haiku is a Japanese style.
They consist of 3 lines.
Haiku has a strict syllable count of 5, 7, 5.
They are based on nature.
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  • 6 years ago

    by mossgirl19

    I love haikus and I have written some. I love the color description of 'mustard' and for me earth's limbs is fine. I can see the picture very well.

    I understand TS125's comment and it does make sense also, except that he can't leave a suggestion, hehe. He termed it incomplete but I say the appropriate word to describe it is "open".

    You can simply change "casting dingy clouds" to "dingy clouds casted" to leave a strong impression. It appears "closed" with that.

    Yay, here I am giving suggestions. Hehe. Thanks, Joe.

  • 12 years ago

    by Cinnamonspice

    Mustard rays what a different description , liked it made this very original
    Haiku's are one of the hardest to write and paint a picture of natures beauty. You did a great job
    Connie

  • 12 years ago

    by Acoustic Odyssey

    Beautiful! How you opened up with "mstard rays" rays" was brilliant! Such a powerful metaphor, and truly original. I apreciate all formed poetry, especially the haiku form, I have much respect for. Much enjoyed.
    Take care

  • 13 years ago

    by TSI25

    Mustard rays grazing
    reflecting against Earth's limbs,
    casting dingy clouds.

    i dont have a huge stomach for haikus, there are a select few that i really like. i agree with some of the other comments, the images conveyed are... 'gross' but not necessarily in a bad way, this quality seems to be what youre getting at, the earth is gross at the same time as it is beautiful perhaps?i could easily be mistaken.

    it seemed... incomplete? thats not the right word, i saw, heard, felt many images in this haiku, but none of them seemed complete persay, i dont know if that makes sense. as if i were looking at the whole story through a series of view master images, the images (metaphorically speaking) arent bad by any means, they simply are not the whole story.

    i cant write haikus to save my life, so i dont know what advice to give, but this concept certainly has potential.

    5/5 for experimentation's sake

  • 13 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    A truly unique haiku, the color and atmosphere of "earth's limb" was well-used and played into the imagery of those mustard rays...carefully picked words/verbs that gave an intense description. Such brightness!

    God bless :)
    ~MaryAnne

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