ARTS: Tricycle monthly haiku challenge

[Kokuu]

Hi all

Each month, Clark Strand, a former Soto Zen monk and haiku writer, posts a haiku challenge at Tricycle. Anyone is free to submit entries and I think there is a Facebook group around this also.

Clark is one of the few English Language Haiku (ELH) poets who stick to the 5-7-5 syllable format but that is good news for those of you who also do that.

The season word challenge for this month (March 2023) is 'roof leak'

https://tricycle.org/haiku/

Below a roof leak
the early spring grasses grow
a little more green


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Bion]

Thanks for this! Loved the idea. Submitted one! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] Sat Today

[Kokuu]

Good luck!

Another roof leak
the memory of grandpa
with his old hammer

[Seijin]

Fun. I posted one there now. Have to admit I like challenges
gassho2 Seijin
Sat/lah

[Kokuu]

That's great!

Just to say that Clark (who is a former Zen monk) is very strict on 5-7-5 syllables. In western haiku in general this is less the case, since Japanese sound units (on or morae) do not correspond exactly to western syllables, often being shorter.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-