“Beltway”
Would that our beltways
actually constrained our
cities’ greedy sprawls.
Steve D
Tag: haiku
Haiku Sunday – Familiar
“Familiar”
Returning to draft,
reshaping an old story–
like seeing old friends.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday NaNo 2016 Edition: Everwatch
“Everwatch”
Three sentinels stand,
scarred and noble, ever
guarding the forest.
Author’s Note: Everwatch is one of the largest and oldest wards in Everfeld. After several years of famine and overpopulation brought strife and war to Everfeld, the Feldings of Everwatch built three watchtowers on the hills surrounding the ward. The towers of Everwatch became a symbol of the resilience of Feldings, and of their charge to protect and maintain balance in the mighty forest of Everfeld.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday NaNo 2016 Edition: Everstrong
“Everstrong”
Seeing from his Keep
the self-reliant Feldings.
Can he unite them?
Author’s Note: Emeril Everstrong is the first ever Falden of Everfeld. Most of the largest wards in Everfeld have supported Everstrong ever since he led the Felding militias to victory over the Redskael Clans at the Battle of Ever’s Edge, the decisive battle of the Second Redskael War. His quest is to unite the disparate Felding communities under one leader, but he has plenty of opposition. Can he hold the Felding wards together amidst internal rivalries and threats from outside Everfeld? If he wants to protect Everfeld, he may not have a choice.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday NaNo 2016 Edition: Sacred Tree
“Sacred Tree”
Towering above,
protecting the forest vast.
Vigilant keeper.
Author’s Note: The Fa’al’Írkesh, or Sacred Trees, of Everfeld are far mightier than any other type of tree in the coniferous forest. They are identified by grey bark and dark blue leaves that feel as tough as leather and are said to never wither, even when separated from their parent tree. According to legend, the Sacred Trees were created by the Life Mother Gó’Dan to protect and watch over Everfeld, helping to maintain balance and harmony in the vast forest.
Steve
Haiku Sunday NaNo 2016 Edition: Little Fox
Last year, I published five haiku through the month of November featuring themes from my NaNo project/soon-to-be novel, The Warden of Everfeld: Memento. To keep with tradition (because obviously doing something once makes it a tradition), I will be featuring four more story-related haiku each Sunday this month featuring characters or themes from The Warden of Everfeld: Legacy. Continue reading “Haiku Sunday NaNo 2016 Edition: Little Fox”
Haiku Sunday – Gird
“Gird”
If a girdle girds
girth, then should not a garter
gart garth? Or gard? Ach!
Steve D
Haiku Sunday – Space
“Space”
Well-groomed fields behind
that strip mall, barren, yet they
claim we have no space.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday – Hunter
“Hunter”
Through the trees stalking,
guided by silver light, the
hunter thanks the moon.
Last night was the Hunter’s Moon, the second full moon of autumn, big and silvery-white in a chilly midnight sky.
Steve D
Haiku Sunday
Orange clouds in the turquoise sky,
The highway steers west
towards home.
M. Erb
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