With a nod to Yousei Hime who truly had an influence upon my haiku writing last winter … no, it was the winter before, when I was not able to do a whole lot else. I learned to truly enjoy one line haiku. So these four haiku are for the prompt at The Imaginary Garden With Real Toads . Kind of stupidly I wrote the haiku incorporating words from the list before I paid attention to kigo … something that I now must do. The wordlist is from Patricia McGoldrick whose blog can be found here. Her word list from which poems were meant to be written follows the 4 haiku. Thank you Patricia for your prompt and hard work.
I am adding these words 1:57 PM 10/03/13, sort of for accuracy, I guess. 1,2, and 4 are haiku because their subjects are related to nature. 3 really is a senryu because it is like a haiku in form but as it is about human beings it is called a senryu.
with the death of weeds – wildflowers spring to life
snow laden cherry tree branches – shelter a chickadee
share sake and borrow laughter – to quench your tears
leaves turning color – make a painted fall fence
Patricia’s Word List
Neighbor / Neighbours
Fences
Handshake
Barbecue Potluck
Borrow
Return
Garden
Weeds
Trees
Snow
Weather
Laughter
Tears
Children
Parents
Birth
Death
Teenagers
Stoop
Deck
noh where 
You have a gift of writing haiku, Liz. If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the one about the chickadee!
I like the chickadee one best too… you made the combinations of these words seem simple…
Lovely. Peaceful. Quite evocative. You have truly mastered this art, Liz. Quite wonderful.
i like the cycle you capture in the first one….and the interplay of nature and life in caring for itself, even death leading to life….
Liz, so thoughtful! 🙂
Just love all of these …they’re beautiful.
Wow, one-line haiku, gorgeous!
K
I’ve not seen one line haiku before but I like them. The borrowing laughter and sharing sake to quench tears seems true to life.
I like them all, but the “quench your tears” one is really cool. Very interesting one line poems! I like this.
I love the layering effect of your poem~
Beautiful
These are fabulous! I really like the third one.
Beautiful, Liz. I especially like the one about laughter to “quench your tears”. AbsoLUTEly!!!!
Okay, this is me and I dont know why it says anonymous! will try again.
Very enjoyable reading. I like these one line haiku
I LOOOOOOOOOVE your last two!! (the most) They are all very lovely but the last two pinched my heart. Thanks for sharing.
Each line contains a wealth of poetic imagery, Liz.
Thank you for the nod. 🙂 Hope to have another senryu up over the weekend.
I love the nature ones. Each a lovely discovery. 🙂
Hi Liz,
What I really fell in love with was this spectacular One-liner of yours.
“share sake and borrow laughter – to quench your tears”
What is the need to quench the tears if we need to borrow the antidote from elsewhere? Would such ‘borrowed laughter’ really serve? If tears exist in our core, they serve a purpose. So methinks we remain with our tears and the ‘teary’ perspective that they may offer.
Shakti
Beautiful