Friday, April 15, 2011

fooneral mornin  -
maws wauken me
wi thair greitin




funeral morning  -
gulls waken me
with their keening

9 comments:

  1. Effective juxtaposition of life and death, John -- Good haiku,

    wishes,
    devika

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  2. Anonymous1:56 PM

    Wow, that works so well. I really like this one.

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  3. Great juxtaposition, John.

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  4. gratefully awakening no doubt to say goodbye to those passed on; much love...

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  5. Gulls, funeral bells flying.

    Fine one John. +m

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  6. A bitter-sweet moment, John. A nice haiku...

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  7. again 6 a.m.
    and the crows waken me
    with their joy

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  8. "keening" is a great choice, acccurate and evocative.

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