Avocado
sun kissed calloused skin
voluptuous body basks
au naturel life
Note: And this haiku marks the 7th and final haiku of this week’s dosage of food related haiku. Time again did go by quickly and I enjoyed writing everyone of them. Although, I did find them more challenging to write compared to the free verse poems of the previous week. The haiku each took over an hour, on and off, sometimes more, to reach a level that I was happy with. Following the typical haiku 5-7-5 syllable structure was easy enough, but creating a juxtaposition in the poems proved mind boggling at times. Returning to a normal state of thinking after writing the haiku was also a challenge! I thought about changing to a different poetry style for next week’s set of poems, but I’ve enjoyed writing haiku so much that I’ve decided to continue writing them for another week – lucky you! Hope you’re enjoying my food poems/haiku experiment/exercise – if not, please bear with me. It might simply be just another one of my passing phase that I need to get out of my system. Anyhow, at least haiku are short and quick to read. Why don’t you give writing haiku a try? I think you’ll most likely enjoy it, like I have. Best wishes!
I’ve never been successful at haiku but you make it look easy. :)
Hi Maureen,
Thanks very much for your kind comment. I appreciate it. I’m new to haiku so I’m not even sure if what I’m writing is correct or fits the true/typical haiku definition but I do enjoy writing and reading them. They do sometimes look easy but I find them difficult and they take a lot of time to write. Hopefully, I’ll be more fluent at them with practice. Best wishes! :)
Haiku are definitely as case of harder than it looks!
Hi Helen!
Yes, I think so, and a lot of fun too. Best wishes! :)