Sunday, January 27, 2013

Wolf Moon



silent moon
wolves scale the night
a story unfolds

a story unfolds
vast anonymous stretches
blooming white

blooming white
land of magical wolves
skirted majesty

skirted majesty
royal throne guarded by prince
palace of mist

palace of mist
valley curved in horizon
moon bathes in lake

moon bathes in lake
a wolf drinks water
through plastic straw

through plastic straw
teeth too sharp
tattered edge

tattered edge
wolf joins the pack
shepherd chimes

shepherd chimes
scattered herd rushes home
time to sleep

time to sleep
she looks at the mirror
he looks at her

he looks at her
love raw and delicate
musical escapade

musical escapade
wolves sing the dawn
silent moon


This Haiku is shared with





56 comments:

  1. I like how you ended with the same starting line!

    ReplyDelete
  2. I can just see that wolf drinking through a plastic straw...!

    ReplyDelete
  3. well penned cascading haiku ~

    Carol of: A Creative Harbor

    ReplyDelete
  4. Well this was quite a story of musical escapade ~ Nice weaving of words ~

    ReplyDelete
  5. another wonderful set..i love the image of moon bathing in the lake...

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wow....such a btfl way with words...haiku king :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Absolutely beautiful. I was mesmerized by the moon last night...wow.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I feel as if you have lifted the main character out of the book "Wolf Moon",,, wonderful tension throughout this cascading haiku,,,the images seem very real,,,,loved it,,,

    ReplyDelete
  9. Awesome series on Wolf Moon ... a mysterious adventure caught in haiku. Really wonderful.

    ReplyDelete
  10. really cool verse chain...as the moon it makes me pine...really like the end...and how they bring out the animal in each other...smiles.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Love your mysterious cascades. Clever weave of two prompts in one.

    ReplyDelete
  12. I just amazes me the way you play around with words. Fantastic!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Lovely haiku story, and the use of the swirl words was a nice touch.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Wolves my natural enemy, so are coyotes as the hunt for my life every winter. They mate and have babies, when I have calves on the ground. If I don't offer them a dead calf, they take down a live one ... survival of the fittest ...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah ... perhaps that's the cruel rule of existence !!!

      Delete
  15. I love this form of haiku but haven't tried it yet. Wolves are endearing as they are pack animals like us!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Nice... I really like the echo-like style here.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Well done Green, lovely haiku-like poem. I love wolves. Got very close to having wolves, had malamutes. Nice job with the Sunday whirl words.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Veronica ... I have never encountered a real wolf :-)

      Delete
  18. Nicely done - carries the reader along beautifully.

    ReplyDelete
  19. #6 is my favorite. I like the idea of a moon bathing in a lake. and wolf drinking in a straw. Creative metaphors.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Wow! beautiful images in mind...Lovely series of haiku :)

    ReplyDelete
  21. its fascinating how you play with words!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Fantastic flow of words ..:)

    ReplyDelete
  23. This is hauntingly beautiful :-)

    ReplyDelete
  24. wonderfully woven words, magical cascade :)

    ReplyDelete
  25. This one is just too good to be true!

    ReplyDelete