Fireworks
above the floodlit castle -
fuzzy moon
New Years Day
after the fireworks -
rabbit dead on path*
Hogmanay concert
cancelled by gale force winds -
New Year still blue sky.
* there are around 30 rabbits living in the hill below Edinburgh Castle. Our rabbit was safely in our flat, like all pets should be, kept well away from fireworks!
Your first one is terrific. I can just see it. In fact, in my mind, it resembles my current computer wallpaper picture. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThey just don't do New Year that well in New Zealand - or maybe I don't seek it out. Your haiku capture it nicely (sorry about the rabbit though, even if it was a wild one)
ReplyDeleteYes, I hate that about fireworks!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to you too Juliet (well, a day late!) Cheers and best wishes for a wonderful, happy New Year filled with peace and good health. Cheers, JP
ReplyDeleteAlso, look forward to more of your writing -- here's to nurturing the creative spirit within!!
ReplyDeleteMuch peace, JP
HI there and thanks for your comments. Catherine, oh it was so sad to see the poor dead rabbit. We can relate to the wild ones so much more now we have our own.
ReplyDeleteElspeth - I hate that about fireworks too. Actually I don't much like fireworks at all, though we get a good (and quiet) view of Edinburgh's big firework displays from our flat...).
Oh, poor bunny! But nice haiku.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
I love fireworks, the problem is that you have to stay up late to see.
ReplyDeleteLovely descriptive poems.
I would love to have seen the first, quite a sight! Fine haiku to begin a brand new year.
ReplyDeletePoor little bunnies! I love watching fireworks and your poems are terrific.
ReplyDeleteThat is the saddest thing about the rabbits--I was on the subway platform this morning, and I saw what seemed like a mother and baby rat on the tracks. It was the first time that I have seen rats together like that. Then the '6' train came. Momma got away--I got on the train and I am not sure what happened to the baby...
ReplyDeleteGlad your rabbit was safe--and that you could write such a cool poem to share!
Yes, the first one caught me in a fun way. Love the imagery!
ReplyDeleteI am impressed. Writing about castles in your everyday life. Good poems, although, I am sorry to hear about the rabbit.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandy, Edinburgh is lucky to have a castle right on the main street! Impressive indeed!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday! I could just see that fuzzy moon above that amazing castle. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love the first one. Great contrast of images: the crisp sudden illumination of the fireworks and the steady distant misty moon. We had a fuzzy almost-full moon here as well on the big night.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI liked these!
ReplyDeleteI like the contrasts: celebration, grandeur, smallness, death and nature. It's amazing they all fit so eloquently in the short haiku form.
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