April 28th Haiku Report
April 28, 2023
Streamside echoes of
waterthrush singing spring notes,
seeking company
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One of our earliest avian migrants in the spring is the Louisiana waterthrush, and like a Carolina wren, it's a tiny bird with a big voice. Seeing one last week inspired this haiku. I have written a haiku almost every day in April, and while I don't have a perfect record, I'm glad that I've continued through the month. Word choice, syllable count, and reining in silliness have all been challenges that I've enjoyed wrestling with.
The Poetry Friday roundup is at the blog There Is No Such Thing as a God-Forsaken Town.
I love all of the "s" sounds in this haiku!
Posted by: Anastasia Suen | April 29, 2023 at 01:59 PM
Anastasia, I didn't even realize it at the time I was writing it!
Posted by: Susan Thomsen | April 29, 2023 at 02:28 PM
Love this, Susan. I saw Anastasia's comment and chuckled, because for me, it's all the long |e| sounds. They make me think of chirping birds.
Posted by: Laura Purdie Salas | April 30, 2023 at 03:49 PM
Lovely to read your words about this bird, a new one to me. I like the idea of "echoes", Susan.
Posted by: Linda Baie | April 30, 2023 at 05:18 PM
I had to go listen to one sing -- definitely a little bird with a big voice!
I agree with BOTH Anastasia and Laura. The S sounds and the long Es really make the haiku sing!
Posted by: Mary Lee | April 30, 2023 at 06:23 PM
Laura, Linda, and Mary Lee, thank you for stopping by and reading! I'm just now noticing the e's as y'all point that out. I'm a fan of these little guys, who do tend to hang out by moving water.
Posted by: Susan | April 30, 2023 at 06:31 PM
I adore that last line -- it's like an old fashioned personal ad!
Posted by: Liz Garton Scanlon | May 03, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Ha, totally! I had fun with the April haiku challenge.
Posted by: Susan T. | May 03, 2023 at 08:09 PM