above the clouds

a crimson mountain sunrise --

ocean waves

By Ed Knepley

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah N.P.

#11

sunshine
the tops of waves melting
into hard metal

By Jane Reichhold

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park

#10

misty road
on a search for roots --
homeward bound
 
by Ed Knepley
Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains National Park

#9

summer beauty

this morning Big Meadows

covered by fog

Ed Knepley 1/29/10

Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park

#8

soft mist
envelopes the leafing trees --

mountain spring

Ed Knepley 1/28/10

Shenandoah National Park, Hog Camp Branch

#7

More upon me

Cherry petals shower --

A downhill slope

By Buson (1782, a Japanese haiku master)

Heritage Hunt, Gainesville, VA

#6

thunder

the swollen river cascades

into the gorge

Blackwater Falls State Park

My 1st original haiku; be kind. To my novice understanding I think this is a "Comparison" - the fragment portion of the haiku, thunder, is compared to the phrase portion (the 2nd & 3rd lines) - but what do I know. Also tried a play on words with the double meaning of "cascades" (n. & v.). Traditional haiku have a season word; my haiku originally read "swift river" but I changed swift to swollen to suggest spring.

#5

smoky mountain mist

blankets meadow and tree...

golden sunrise

1st rewrite - morning mist, etc, etc. ??better?? 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

mountain mist
twining 'round my legs...
sunset
(by Issa, 19th century Japan)

#4

in the misty day

not growing older...

grave stones

Kingston New Brunswick Canada

in the misty day

not growing older...

grave tablets

(by Issa, Japan 19th century)
I'm working on a revision (beyond stones for tablets - a wooden Japanese marker of the time) to eliminate the gerund (growing). My aim is to use present tense verbs.

#3

a mist settles

over a tiny isle of pines....

hide-and-seek

Lake Winnipesaukee, NH lakes region


(My adaptation of 3 haiku by Issa, 19th century Japan, below)

                                darkness settles                                      peeking in, peeking out
                                over a tiny isle of pines....                       of the mist....
                                a skylark singing                                     Mount Tsukuba

                                                               island of pines --
                                                               while mist turns dark
                                                               a skylark singing