Friday, July 11, 2014

A Flash of Lightning!

                                                                                   Attribution: Koba-chan
Image: In a Flash as it is!  (here)

A flash and brightness
but a fleeting moment as
life often teases

A flash and brightness
conjures pretty pattern if
only it sustains

A flash and brightness
often with deafening roar
somewhat repugnant

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #512 Shiki (2)    - Flash of Lightning

13 comments:

  1. The second and third haiku is so contrasting in its feel... I love the feel of second one... Really loved it...

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  2. ah it is gone before we know it
    but what brilliance there in the second eh? lightning
    makes some cool sky art.

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  3. I don't think most of us get to see patterns like that.

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  4. A flash that can bring life and take it away, with one strike and your out

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  5. Love your picture Hank (it inspired me to write a haiku ). Swift and destructive in a flash.Nice work !

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  6. oh wow!! We live on the Atlantic ocean and see plenty of electric storms. I love sitting out on the porch to watch them. Great capture in words and image.

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  7. Yes, we have had enough flashing for a while here. Time for the flashes to move elsewhere. An enjoyable read.

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  8. i like the progression of your verses from the tease to the pretty to the repugnant. very nice haikū, indeed!

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  9. Funny, I did a thunderstorm poem as well, but it was taken from a different prompt! I even saw that image you used to such great effect at the Wikimedia page. The haiku are beautiful, and you acknowledge that thunderstorms are not everyone's fancy. Quite true. Thanks for visiting Rollie's funeral, btw, ha ha. Amelita

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  10. Great stream of consciousness style in this series of haiku.

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  11. Lightning as a tease--what a flirtatious way to look at it!

    Lightning Haiga

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  12. Beautifully composed triplet of haiku Hank ... that animation is awesome

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  13. I just watched a video of a scientist who basically filmed 'the birth of a lightning bolt -
    I think this was the one I saw:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUYsIjTKvk

    Thanks for your visit. ~Jules

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