fork lightning crackles
as we shelter from the rain
a cricket blows past
Kim M. Russell, 11th November 2018
My response to Carpe Diem #1542 Crickets (modern kigo)
This month we are celebrating the beauty of autumn with the theme ‘the leaves are falling’, using classical and non-classical kigo (season words) and haiku by Basho, Issa, Buson, Chiyo-Ni and Shiki.
Today we have a modern kigo and two haiku by Jane Reichhold. The challenge is to create a fusion haiku with them, which means this is a ‘crossroads’ episode:
lightning flash
into the sound of rain
a cricket shrills
nights
where you touched me
a cricket chirps
© Jane Reichhold (taken from A Dictionary of Haiku)
writing in north norfolk 
Ah, such simple Perfection! (@–>–)
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Thank you, Dorna! 🙂
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LOL@cricket blowing past …. that totally caught me off guard! well done – it speaks volumes 🙂
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😀
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Well done Kim. Love the line ‘a cricket blows past.’
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Thank you, Linda!
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Thunder and Lightning very very frightening ……….. Laughing and Crying very very enlightening. It’s the same release.
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