Haiku Challenge!

[Dan Jones]

A bit of fun, then.

To while away the endless dirge of November, the stop-gap between late summer and Advent, @Glen and I have decided that a wee Haiku challenge is in order.

So, let's say standard Challenge rules; one entry per member, and entries must stick to the traditional Haiku format:

1st line (5 syllables)
2nd line (7 syllables)
3rd line (5 syllables).

Just to confirm - a Haiku is a three-line poem consisting of 17 syllables.

Let's keep it open for a week and I'll whack up a poll afterwards. Just as a disclaimer: this is NOT an official Chrons Writing Challenge (which is why it's in Workshop) and there are no prizes; it's a just a bit of fun to while away the hours

As I'm kicking things off, I'm choosing the theme (no genre, as I think the "genre" is sort of the format, although happy to be told otherwise).

So the theme for this week is (you folks in Australia will have to use your imagination ):

COLD

Closing Date: 11:59 GMT, Monday 30th November 2015.

I'll then whack up a poll to choose the winner for a couple of days, which will end at 11:59 GMT, Wednesday 2nd December 2015.

I've set up a little discussion thread here.

Enjoy!
Have at ye!​

 

[Hex]

I thought this was meant to be autumn...

My nose is frozen.
Oh! I long for summer and
complaints about heat.

 

[Mr Orange]

Love unrequited,
Cold as a highland winter...
Seduced by a droid.

 

[The Judge]

Patience


Fish gape beneath ice,
Encased life holds crystal breath.
The cat waits for spring.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

Snotty grotty nose
Makes me ponder if schools should
Be banned in Winter.

 

[LittleStar]

Watch Over Me

Winter battlefields.
My sanctuary, my Snow
Angel, Valkyrie.

 

[Brian G Turner]

November

Grey clouds and green sea.
Hills and mountains grow whiter.
Land before the storm.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

From A Flower Bed

Croci bend nightly
To rabbit yoga poses;
Strong cores rebuff frost.

 

[Ashleyne]

Frostbitten

The frost burns your skin.
I laugh as you squeal in pain.
I watch you shiver.

 

[Luiglin]

No bunny ears here

Floor cold as the grave
The Dark Lord seeks solace in
Furred slippers of doom

 

[tinkerdan]

Voyage north

Shiver me timber
Quiver quake rattle and shake
Tip of the iceberg

 

[holland]

Frozen

Frozen at home, please
Test the damn heater again
Icicles forming

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Forgotten

Wind whispers through pines
Needles shed snow like secrets
Tomorrow breeds ghosts

 

[Dan Jones]

Halfway Up

Frostbitten, I wait,
The Sun not rising on this
Mountainous tombstone.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Her heart is as stone
Icier than a Brass Bra
Please just go away

 

[hopewrites]

Shivering, I remember

Spider-killer mine,
how you torment my feelings!
Foes death, over priced?

 

[Phyrebrat]

Faith's Widow

Into black we fall,
Broken, failed and weak from life;
To the darkness, all.

 

[johnnyjet]

Advent of the New Ice Age

Making snow angels
On the face of the glacier
Bearing down on us

 

[Gonk the Insane]

The Death Rattle of Autumn

Icicles stain my heart,

My soul frozen deep inside.

I await the dark.

 

[Glen]

G'day!

Forty two degrees
warrants opening a fine,
fresh, frosty, cold one.