looks like a flower (haiga)

We are asked to write a haiku with the same topic in 3 varied haiku

5-7-5
first dandelion
daring little bud stretches
basking in the sun

3-5-3
dandelion
knocks on spring’s door
beaming

free style
yellow weed
looks like a flower
gulps sun rays

CP Ghost Writer

Depression (haiga)

darkness falls
in silent communion,
a time to pray

CPHK Depression

flaunting willow (haiga)

standing guard,
the weeping willow flaunts
the floral garden

I breath in nature,
the weeping willow shows off
a crow caws

near brush of colour (haiga)

dormant nature
sun gently nudges
slumber stature

children’s toys alive, awaiting
chortling patiently in hope

Written for Justine’s challenge at Eclectic Corner – Splash of Colour

slow melts ( haiga)

pets shed their coats
cars still tucked in hydro plugs
thaws like a slow dance

sub-zero nights help the sap
fun filled days at sugar shacks

daylight lingers
lovers dine in dark cafés
after sunsets

lost seeds (haiga)

their feeder rocks
the river drinks their seeds
a worm wags its tail

paralyzed in pain (haibun)

Everyone had left for school. The hush in the house was deafening. Edwina lay in her bed, swimming in her tormented pain. Soon she would have to get up. Her eyes looked to her right on the bedside table at the clock. It was 7:45 and she had to be at work at noon. How would she make it on time? Would she even try this time? She closed her eyes tightly, annoyed that she had not improved over the months. All the weeks of therapy, medication…nothing seemed to get her out of this “bain de torture”.

(haiku)

annoyed with self
wades in blistering pain
still awaits the hush

If she did not move any part of her body, breathed lightly and slowly, she might not hear her heart pounding in her ears. It was all in her head, they all said. There was no reason to feel tormented with what no one can see. There is no evidence that she feels what she feels. No proof of the sounds she hears. If only someone could possess her whole being, for one split second, they would surely jump out of her skin, she thought.