#Haiku Happenings #5: Jane Doughterty’s latest #Gogyohka #sequence for my current #Haikai Challenge!
For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. a stormy sequence.
half the day is dark
for some the half-light too
when things are unclear
and mysteries slip
between light and shadow
shadow
the reverse of light swells
when birds settle with folded wings
and prowls the rustling grasses
on determined feet
feet pad silently
except for crackling of leaves in August drought
amid the gentle sighing of boughs
in the cooling air
cradling pigeons
pigeons fall silent
when dusk fades
from dying gold to feather-grey
hush among the leaves
still heavy with heat
heat rises
swells in waves of cloud
crackling with lightning
sparks of faulty connections
illuminating the underbelly of the storm
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