Originally, haikus usually focused on nature and the seasons, but in recent years there seems to have developed a sense that any subject matter can apply. Red Sox fans spent weeks, a few years ago, sending in baseball haikus to the TV announcers. It was a slow season and everyone had fun writing about it.
In Sensory Haiku ( In the Cat's Eye, 2009) I chose four haikus that dealt with our senses. Although they deal primarily with sight and sound, they also provide a small message for that "sixth" sense that makes poetry so much fun.
Glenn K. Currie
Sensory Haiku
A lonely bell buoy
Searches in the
silent fog
Tolling for lost
souls.
Flags fly everywhere,
Burning the air with
color,
Red, white and blue
fire.
In the morning mist
Everything is
beautiful.
Misterious light.
The clap of thunder.
Applause for
lightning’s flashes
Of striking
brilliance.
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