The Burning Wood (Haiku)

by Mr. Darcy   Jan 28, 2009


Through sparse canopy
beams evaporate the smog,
silent steam smoulders.

M. Moran
28.01.09
15.35

Haiku - A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature.

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  • 15 years ago

    by The Prince

    Haikus are hard to do because quite simply you have to sum up something in no more than 15 words? It's difficult, and you've become a master of them.

    'Through sparse canopy'
    This is a great first line, eye catching and sparse is a great word to use, it's not often used actually, and it should be. And the rhythm of one one three adds great stress on the two first monosylabbic words.

    'beams evaporate the smog'
    Smog is such an evil word haha, and I like how you've juxtaposed it with 'beams', a word with more positive connotations, and I second what azzza said, how you've captured the essence of nature in few words. This middle line is my favourite.

    'silent steam smoulders.'

    Great sibilance! I admire that, right at the last line, lovely soft sounds, very echoed sounds too. Some people are lazy with haikus, you however are not. Amazing work.

  • 15 years ago

    by Faithless

    With so little words, you have captured the essence of nature. You have a beautiful imagery of how mother nature works.

    Well done

  • 15 years ago

    by Tom Swart

    I liked your Haiku but I have to admit that most in my opinion are quite bad. I'm sure you know what I mean. I don't know why I dislike them so much but just the word Haiku makes me cringe.

    here is one I wrote to describe most that I see.

    Horrible Haikus
    Exquisitely hideous
    Essentially bad

  • 15 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    I absolutely adored this piece, wow. I happened to stumble across it and while I was reading it, I was so impressed with how descriptive your words were. Haikus are very short poems, but the words you used not only made me invision this, but smell what burning would smell like..

    This piece was perfect.
    Well done.
    5/5.

  • 15 years ago

    by Lonely Rider

    Beautiful imagery...
    sparse canopy... burning wood... all so beautifully captures the scene ..

    just one doubt here:
    "Through a sparse canopy"
    will the syllable count of 'a' also counted because then the total syllable count will become 6 ...

    besides this ... awesome write ...