Hermit Crabs - Sparkling Stars - December 6, 2014

fast receding tides
hermit crab exposed - scuttles 

gull laughs overhead

© G.s.k. '14

Linked to Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #14, where haiku from Sara McNulty and Chèvrefeuille were our inspiration.  Sara is the winner of the first Sea Shell game!  Here is her haiku:

Ocean tide ebbs

Sand glistens with sea treasures

Lucent blue beach glass

© Sara McNulty

And our host's:

walking along the beach

following the tracks of a hermit crab -

Ah! That salty air

© Chèvrefeuille

For Sparkling Stars we write a "classical haiku":

- 5/7/5 syllables;

- Interchangeable 1st/ 3rd lines;

- Kigo (season word) [here, the plover];

- Kireji (cutting word or punctuation); and

- Deeper meaning