MADISON SQUARE PARK HAIKU

6/5/88    revised 7/24/14

breeze blowing  through park

sycamore leaves gently move

sunlight covers all

pigeons rest on limbs

humans sit on park benches

beatles crawl in grass

trees whisper softly

children chatter in playground

passing buses drone

hungry eyes feasting

hungry lungs breathing deeper

hungry souls  resting

The haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. Each stanza has a total of 17 syllables. The form I have chosen is to use five syllables on the first line, seven on the second, five on the third. Haiku is based on verbal economy. The theme can vary but they generally relate to time, space, life, death, nature, the seasons.