Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay
surfs waves of silver flecked foam.
Following the pack.
I loved this picture when I saw it, and this is the first Haiku in the series that came easily in the writing. The old adage is true, dogs are indeed man's best friend... but it goes further than that. If you watch a dog in the household, they literally see us as their pack. There is usually one member of the family who is viewed by the dog as the alpha, and often they will show the most deference to that person. It always fascinates me the level of adaptability dogs show in mimicking human behavior, this is why we get skateboarding dogs and in this case a surfing Golden Retriever. This was not a typical Haiku, but hopefully the poem expressed some of what makes the form great:
Mono no aware (物の哀れ), empathy with nature and human life; the "feeling of things", nostalgia, regret for the passing of time, understanding of the changeability and of the transience without suffering.
Karumi (軽み), beauty in simplicity; poetic beauty reflected in its simplicity, free from preconceptions and moral judgment.
Wabi (侘寂), the taste for frugal and natural things, rustic simplicity, freshness or silence; it can be applied to both natural and artificial objects, or even non-ostentatious elegance.
Reference from @bananafish Mizu No Oto Haiku Competition
This is day twelve of my month long challenge - from the 06th of August until the 06th of September - to post a daily Haiku on steem. Each week will have a different theme based on picture prompts from either Pixabay.com or Unsplash.com. This week's broad theme is man vs nature.
I have created a new tag #monthofhaiku. If anyone wants to replicate the challenge please feel free, I will check the tag occasionally and try to curate the better Haiku. However, this is not meant to be a challenge to the writers' community. I have an extremely busy month ahead, and I started this as a personal challenge so that I didn't drift away from posting on steem. Please, forgive me if I'm slow to respond to comments or am not around on discord, I have had to reassess my priorities over the last few weeks.
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