Morning light pierces
tattered edges of night ’til
darkness slips away
Birds begin to sing!
What once was stillness is gone
as dawn runs through trees
Within the old house
no one knows that shadows play
outside the window
A Haiku (for my poetry-challenged friends) is typically three lines of un-rhymed verse with five syllables on the first line, then seven, then five. Since I continued this Haiku from a single, to a double, then a triple; it is my response to today’s one-word prompt: Continue.
It is also an entry in Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Shadows
Photo taken at Rivercene Mansion Bed & Breakfast in New Franklin, Missouri
Grammy Writes 
Can I make a confession? I normally skip past when I see the word Haiku so deplorable is the general standard of fair tenuously offered up in it’s name. But something made me stop and I am so glad I did because these are real Haiku of quality continuing, flowing like a stream through a Japanese garden. Quite lovely. Thank you Grammy!
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Thank YOU for the kind words!
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Every word meant 🙂
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Delightful – and how true that those inside are missing out!
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Thank you – we don’t know what we don’t see!
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The photo is magnetic and the haiku a perfect interpretation of the photo.
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I appreciate your comment, Bernadette! I’m glad you like the pairing.
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You are a true talent with words:)
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Thank you – you’re too kind!
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This is lovely! Beautifully expressed!
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Thank you for the kind comment!
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