Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 44 – #Haiku: HUNT & FIND

I’m going to give this Tanka lark a go, never done one of those before.  I might even do a few.  Think Haiku with a couple more 7 syllable lines tossed in for good measure…

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We hunt the dark skies

searching for a sign of life

but what if we find?

watching people lose their minds

religion out the window

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Lurking somewhere safe

I hunt but I cannot find

somewhere forgotten

Has anyone seen my keys?

I’m already late for work!

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Summer holiday

kids want to go in the pool

hunt for the factor 50

man boobs jiggling in the sun

cannot find my self esteem

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Hmmm…not sure I’m cut out for serious endeavours such as this…you can read about my previous encounter with the traditional haiku here.

 

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Look can you see mike

hunt everywhere for a wife

he finds a girlfriend

dates her and took her doggy

out to the park for a walk

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Ohhhh…First 3 lines are meant to set the scene, last 2 express how It makes me feel.  Let’s try again.

 

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Watch children growing

find their own path in this life

from boys to young men

Tidy your bloody bedroom

and take a shower you stink!

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difficult to find

I hunt for my inner voice

must write a Tanka

maybe this isn’t for me 

think I’ll just go have breakfast

 

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Picture courtesy of tombud @ pixabay.

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