Saturday Haiku: Morning Rain

 

morning rain
telling the village
“Let’s just wait”

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Saturday Haiku: Rainwater

 

rainwater gathered
in a flower pot saucer
becomes a birdbath

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Photo by Charles Kinnaird

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Saturday Haiku: Spring Rains

 

every springtime rain
is a bright song to the world
of another chance

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Photo: Spring Rain (Getty Images)

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Saturday Haiku: Rain

Since the proper haiku is set in nature and speaks to the season, I have written many with rain as a subject. here is one from February of 2015.

cold and wet

on pre-Easter ground

raindrops fall

                 ~ CK

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Photo by Dorann Weber
Gettty Images photo


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Saturday Haiku: Forest Rain

rains falling

fresh winds bending trees

earth renewed

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Photo: Drops on Spruce
Stock Photo (Getty Images)



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Saturday Haiku: Evening Rain

steady bridge

secures safe passage

sudden rain

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Image: Evening Rain at Atake on the Great Bridge (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), no. 52
            from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: Ninth month of 1857 (series published 1856-1858)
Media: Color Woodcut With Mica

Location: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Saturday Haiku: Summer Rains

not in haste

soothing summer rains

bring forth life

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Photo: "Summer Rain," by Mark Smith

Courtesy of Flickr

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Saturday Haiku: Midday Rain

when rains come

life continues with

slower pace

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Photo: Amish horse-drawn buggy by Peggy Farmer



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Saturday Haiku: Gentle Rain

 

                                  softly the raindrops

change the rhythm of the day

bringing soulful rest

                        ~ CK

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Photo: Rain collecting on a forest leaf
Credit: Jon Sullivan
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons


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Saturday Haiku: Summer Rain

   

   Rain on stone pavement

         On a summer afternoon

         Sings a joyous song.

                                                                                                 ~ CK

[The picture, depicting a rainy day in Paris, is from an oil painting by French artist Henri Royer (1861-1938). 
Public Domain, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons]



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