Dancing

dancing on surface

sun rays play tag with the fish

light shimmers across

KJ

Light creates illusions. Sitting at the edge of a lake the images across the water changed so quickly. I find it peculiar how nature will spotlight events, and the perspective changes so quickly with one subtle movement of the sun's rays. In our daily lives, what our eyes focus upon is where we tend to exert our energy. Closing my eyes --- I wonder sometimes if that is when I see what is truth and how I know what is the illusion.

The Stick

a stick goes over the falls at sunset

Cor Van Den Heuvel

This poem is not formatted like the other haiku I've posted. Different ideas of the modern haiku are being discussed in poetry societies, I've learned.

I like this one because I immediately recall throwing twigs, leaves, and other natural objects into the streams. When I w was a child I was always drawn to the water when camping. Even now I love to stop at the pull-outs along the Idaho rivier highways and simply watch the water rushing along its path.

Perspective

subtle movement of

air across the water plane ---

life lives underneath

KJ

While sitting at the lake's edge I watched my family enjoy the cool mountain lake.  My position gave me a different perspective than what my children observed from their non-motorized boat. They jumped into the water sending ripples. Fifty yards from their location I notice differences in the water's movement. I find this experience as an example of how we can spotlight specific areas of life and miss what is happening somewhere else so close to us.

Ancient Pond

ancient pond ---

frog jumps in

sound of the water

Basho Matsuo

Frequently I have come upon this haiku as a known example by Basho. Something about the essential life source of water connects to readers. We have hopefully all heard the sound water makes when something like a frog jumps in. I think a key word here is actually "ancient." We so easily forget in our more developed, modern environment that water and other other essential elements existed before human life.