(another old one set free from its font prison)

getting left behind
is sometimes necessary
– cocoons understand

unlucky in love,
the Black Widow’s beau resigns
to nature’s design

Comments

• August 11, 2009, PJ writes: Are you trying to say something about male/female relationships in general? (I'm not trying to be argumentative, just wondering)
• August 11, 2009, howard writes: yes indeed, though i'm not necessarily implicating every woman as a "Black Widow" ;)
  
  i actually submitted an earlier form of this haiku to haikubreakup.com. if it gets posted there, i'll link to it so others can see the earlier version too (which is written in more of a first person voice).
• August 13, 2009, apreziosi writes: Maybe I misinterpret ... but I think along those same lines.
  
  I've resigned myself to a life of solitude, regardless of nature's inklings. I feel that the link would kill me faster than I would kill myself.
• August 13, 2009, howard writes: no, I think you caught the general flavor of it, Anthony ;)

restless twilight storm
surrenders peacefully to
the cool evening calm

rain pelts the puddles,
sets stray petals adrift on
radiant ripples

the white tree blossoms -
- a symbol of life’s promise
and its brevity

Comments

• April 18, 2009, PJ writes: Ah, spring. We start and we end. Each seasonal cycle is a lifetime to itself, right?
• April 18, 2009, howard writes: Yep. Pretty much.