Hiroshima First: A haiku:

[billy]

planes fly through dry wind
Ships destroyed at their moorings-
atom bombs end war

[heslopian]

"Dry wind" skirts dangerously close to metaphor for me, but the concise image and that cynical third line are great. Thanks for the read.

[billy]

dry wind is a kigo word used to represent winter. (pearl happened early december)
thanks for the feedback jack

[heslopian]

Thanks for the info Billy. Learn something new everyday I'll try and use it next time I write a haiku.

[billy]

here's a list of kigo, you can make your own kigo words up as well of course, but they should have a reason for being the the season they represent.

heres a good list to look at ;

[heslopian]

Thanks Bilbo

[addy]

An interesting subject for a haiku... but hell. I liked it (I loved the first line especially)

[billy]

while it wasn't really about nature i suppose it could have been classes as such as it concerns animals at war.

[addy]

True, combat is a primal thing. For humans, peace and war are like seasons all their own

[billy]

very zen

[Aish]

Thanks for the kigo list, Billy. I'm enjoying your little tutorials.

Oh yeah - I really like the haiku as well. Your use of the art from proves that it is multifaceted and not as simplistic as I once thought it was,

[billy]

seriously Aish, i'm learning as little/much as anyone else about the form and i'm finding it has (for me) unplumbed depths

[Aish]

I've become truly fascinated with the art form, which is nice, because I had written it off years ago.