The Night -"Haiku-Noir" - December 3, 2014

Haiku

rain in the darkness
city lights shimmer like ghosts -
a lonely dog howls

trying to sleep
midnight traffic rumbles
belching exhaust fumes

American Sentences

walking the streets at midnight without a goal only fog as my wrap.

tick ticking at dawn, cold rain falling as the old lady goes walking.

unholy screams rend the fabric of night - two alley cats fighting.

(c) G.s.k. '14

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This week's Ghost Writer is Jen from Blog it or Lose it ... and she'd got us reflecting upon the film genre "noir" ... and the darker side of nature:

Even if you’re not familiar with the term “film noir” you’ll know film noir when you see it.  Think of a 1940s black-and-white detective movie.  Here are some common film noir scenes:

·         Driving at night … in the rain;

·         Dark, shadowy, smoky rooms with venetian blind shadows;

·         People in trench coats standing alone in the fog … or on a pier … or in an alley … or a street corner … or in some sort of awkward, lonely, vulnerable position.

Here are an example of her great ability:

A haiku:

a dim street lamp

in a pale orange fog – 

almost bleeding 

 And a tanka:

the city is curled

around a tossed cigarette 

hissing in slush

and even the lamp light

recoils from its strike

(c)  Jen R. 

Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai .. where you can read the full post ... 

Little Creatures - Lizards ... 5-7-5 - September 26, 2014

I only realized that today's Little Creature post ... as probably all of the Little Creature posts is supposed to be a 5-7-5 haiku challenge ... I wrote my first post extemperaneously without reading the post through ... yes, I guess I do that rather often :-/ ... so for you ... 5-7-5 lizards ;-)

the white gecko sat
on my sunlit kitchen wall
catching wayward flies

fast the lizard runs
across the once empty street
incautious voyage

walking through the park
the lizard stands statue still
in the baking sun

(c)  G.s.k. '14