Morning spreads mist quilts
When I saw this picture on pixabay it took me back to my childhood, and autumn walks in the woods on the other side of the river Mersey. Searching for conkers and playing poohsticks in streams swollen from autumn rainfall.
There is a deep nostalgia in this haiku, and I think it's something that is a universal experience; that yearning for the newness and exuberance of youth. For me, mist always makes me nostalgic without knowing why and this picture reminded me a lot of the English countryside in the waning of the year.
The haiku follows the model of the Mizu No Oto - Haiku Contest, where a picture is used to prompt a haiku. In this case I have taken my prompt from the image used as a thumbnail and the memory it inspired.
The Mizu No Oto - Haiku Contest (linked above) contains a fantastic tutorial on the traditional aesthetics and technique of haiku, I recommend checking it out for a master class in that form of poetry.
In this haiku I have tried to adhere to the 2nd iteration of the toriawase stylistic model - toriawase with nibutsu shōgeki to the third ku.
To read more about the aesthetics of true haiku, and the difference between haiku and senryu, please check out my recent post
Haiku Vs Senryu - The Aesthetics of Form
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