Haiku Heights, the website/weblog of Leo is busy with it’s September Heights a challenge to write an every day haiku. Today is day 6 and the prompt is Milky Way . I have already visited a few of the haiku poets that have contributed a haiku for today and I have read very nice ones.
I was the one who contributed the prompt for today so I have to come up with a wonderful piece of poetry. So let’s give it a try.
Milky Way
silver stream of stars
the womb of the Universe
giving life
giving life
in the midst of the Milky Way
our beloved sun
our beloved sun
brings to life thousands of stars
the Milky Way
the Milky Way
shimmers in my eyes
a silver stream of stars
Well … I am satisfied about this one. This form of haiku is called cascade and I love to write in this way.
Chèvrefeuille's haiku 
I must confess that this is better than other one. More rhyming and lyrical. Well done
Thank you for your kind words.
A tough prompt Basho2012 san!! My muse ain’t cooperating yet 😦
It will come for sure. The Milky Way loves to be ‘painted’ in wonderful poems and haiku.
So true! I thoroughly enjoyed all the submissions so far by everyone. Can’t think of a better dedication.
Thanks for the prompt!
You’re so welcome … I love the prompt myself but it wasn’t easy to write haiku about it.
Thank you for the prompt – I have found it both a challenge and a very thought provoking prompt!
And your cascade is lovely! Filled with stars and meaning
Thanks! Yeah … it was really a nice prompt, but I also had some difficulties with writing a haiku on this one.
Very pretty.
Thank you.
A prompt that stretched me: that’s the object of the exercise.
I also like this one better than the other … this was flows so it doesn’t seem like a push for a cascading Haiku. You’ve the gift!! 😀
You have piled light upon light in this cascade! Dazzling!
Milky Way
Cascade is exactly what this poem does. Just beautiful.
very nice – the womb of the Universe is a really good line
I’m quite delighted to have the challenge, your topic, and these wonderful haiku and haijin, Kris 🙂 The last one especially is very lovely.
Missed this one Basho, sorry but your offering is beautiful. I love the ‘womb of the universe’.
Your poem has a beautiful flow. I loved it. Thank you for sharing.
I love this verse:
“the Milky Way
shimmers in my eyes
a silver stream of stars”
Reblogged this on davidjtalucci.
Thanks for re-blogging.