Tag: Haiku

Haiku–Traditional
3 lines–17 syllables
Line 1–5 syllables
Line 2–7 syllables
Line 3–5 syllables

Posted in February 2018, Haiku

Inkling of Sprinkling

Posted on by Leonas Lines

Red Rose in snow

Winter’s Breakfast Treat

Nighttime dusting of snow

Powdered Sugar

Haiku

Winter just keeps showing up overnight and leaves us with traces of snow to wake up to. Poor blooming plants are not appreciating the nighttime visits. Thankfully it melts quickly at morning light.

Posted in February 2018, Haiku, Haiku Horizons Weekly Prompt

Winter Surprise

Posted on by Leonas Lines

Daffodils in Snow

Spring hopes vanish

Morning snowflakes falling

Daffodils snow dance

Haiku

Haiku Horizons Weekly Challenge Week#208 Prompt: Vanish

Our Pacific Northwest has been enjoying an unseasonably mild February this year causing flowers to bloom early and folks to feel as though Spring has come. However this morning Winter decided to let us all know that it was still hanging around by sending us a flurry of big heavy wet snowflakes. causing our lovely early bloomers to get covered in white. Thankfully the snow didn’t last long and the sun came out to melt it all away.

Posted in February 2018, Haiku

Prussian Blue

Posted on by Leonas Lines

Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting

A human error

A timely happenstance

Created a masterpiece

Haiku

The Accidental Creation of Prussian Blue Pigment

(Image is “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh painted using the color Prussian Blue)

I recently read an article stating how the beautiful color of Prussian Blue was created. This beautiful color was the result of an accident! A great reminder that sometimes mistakes we make can be for good.