Haiku Heights #214

Fortitude

 
palms sweaty, mouth dry

my hearts pounds as I tell them
about the real me

 
In response to the Haiku Heights Contest #214 - Fortitude.
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1st Order of Zappai

When springtime comes here

It means summer is closer

Time just flies away

Looking closer now,

I see the depths of color.

Taking in the sight

The nectar of Life

fills my stomach to disgust

The aches are my Life

Blowing, blowing hard

The speed of prgress is quick

I hope I keep up

Dying winds cry out

of their lost of love unknown

Despair fills their soul

Before and After,

I start the same way I end

Each and everyday

All the people loom

Before a shy, nervous me

Walls are closing in

Quickening the pace,

I press forward much faster

Until I reach it

High above the trees

is the sun too bright for ye,

Overcast suits me

Zipping through your life

is the most unfortunate

Practice of living
 

My Zappai Intro

Zappai for the 21st Century

 

A Brief Preface: The purpose of this blog is to create a space for the poetic form of Haiku that simply expresses the thoughts of the poet without the concern of all the rules typically associated with Haiku and Senryu. In this blog, there will be mostly poems that would be considered Zappai, although there might be some Haiku and Senryu as well. For this blog, these Zappai will adhere to the 5-7-5 rule.

Unless noted or titled otherwise as a group, individual Haiku and Zappai are untitled. Everyone is free to comment and to compose Haiku themseves. So here are my Zappai....