toad in the path
pondering
my next move
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Oops. Should have mentioned this originally appeared in White Lotus.
Posted by:Bill Kenney | March 29, 2008 at 02:34 PM
Enjoyed.
Posted by:Robert | March 29, 2008 at 03:16 PM
Ha! I remember this one. Very nice, Bill.
Posted by:aurora | March 29, 2008 at 06:36 PM
:) :)
Posted by:janet | March 29, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Yes! Nature is always watching us. Nice haiku, Bill.
Posted by:Petar Tchouhov | March 30, 2008 at 04:18 AM
Thank you, Robert, aurora, Janet, Petar.
Posted by:Bill Kenney | March 30, 2008 at 08:42 AM
This is very good. Why is it haiku and not senyru if I can ask?
Posted by:Jennifer | March 30, 2008 at 06:02 PM
I'm pondering this poem. It gives you alot to think about.
Posted by:Bryan | March 30, 2008 at 07:33 PM
Jennifer and Bryan, you r comments are appreciated.
Jennifer, Bill Higginson lists "toad" as a summer kigo. By some definitions (not mine) the presence of a kigo in and of itself is what makes a haiku a haiku. Here, if you emphasize the human presence, you can argue that this is senryu. If, on the other hand, the look of the toad, its appearance of pondering, is emphasized, then it looks more like haiku. And if we regard the poem as balanced between the two . . . ? I confess that I am pleased to find myself often working along the blurred boundary that doesn't really separate haiku from senryu.
Posted by:Bill Kenney | March 31, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Wise and witty!
Posted by:Felicia | April 01, 2008 at 11:19 PM
I like this one very much
Posted by:Crafty Green Poet | April 12, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Thanks, Felicia and Juliet.
Posted by:Bill Kenney | April 12, 2008 at 11:33 PM