Haiku

Waves embrace the shore
Kisses each grain of warm sand
Drag away their prey

I suppose you meant to say "drag away their prey"? Since we're talking about waves in plural? I shall assume so, and I choose to let the next poster begin with a 3-syllable line by means of a 5-7-3 haiku, hoping to see some nice, firmly nature-themed 3-5-3'ish haikus:

Drag away their prey tides of time do ruthlessly - silent sea

Thank you for the correction, OI.

I've always thought nature much harder to do - i'd want to use scenery to describe human attributes, but in haiku they just describe...the scenery itself

Silent sea Glitters in the night Crashing wave

Sometimes, if done just so, the workings of nature can be applied (implied) to human experience. But don't ask me to do it!

3 - 5 - 3 haiku with nature and human elements:



Crashing waves
Foaming white water
Forms a smile

Noor, a traditional Japanese haiku is a picture, something like this:

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It is supposed to simply paint a vista with as few syllables as possible. Bare and plain.

This is a famous haiku by Natsume Soseki (14th century):

Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow.

...and to continue the thread...

Forms a smile September sun does as we die

As we die pathway of heaven greets us

You're a lot into pathways, Noor Beautiful trees, thanks for sharing! And now I only get 2 syllables to start with

...I give you... 2-4-2!

Greets us Hades alone lonely

Wondered when you'd figure it out I'm still searching for my pathway you see, so I like to see it everywhere. In my mind I started off with something completely different...but I dont know what happened, my subconscious took no heed.

Lonely willows stand, silent

Silly subconscious, I shudder to think what'll pop out next

I really like your last one. Very, very good!

silent grieving heart graveyard

Thank you!
Are you trying to tempt my subconscious back with this graveyard business? I have a question, for asymmetrical haiku/senryu, is the last line always less than the first?

Graveyard: endless rows watching

No, thinking about those dead children and their relatives.

It often is, but always?... Can't say I know. In fact, there are a few famous Japanese examples where the last line is longer, so go figure.

watching heavens are serene

serene quiet falls here

We'll soon end up with one syllable per line

here for you love

(Just think how many different meanings such a tiny poem can have!)

I'm trying to stretch you and see how you'll introduce more syllables and stuff

Love A rose Blooms

Ha, you can try! I think we ought to avoid singular verbs on the last line. It imposes too great limits on the following poem. If you have to use a verb on the last line, please don't use a singular form Can't require it of course but I'd prefer things that way...

Blooms withered hope

Would roses // bloom have been better?

I like the content better as a singular (love as a singular). A matter of taste; my remark was more general in nature - we've had a few poems now with a singular verb on the last line. It requires a single subjective in the next poem, which is a bit too narrow for my taste

Shall we try to get back to more syllables at the end? Of course, the one-word beginning and end haiku have been very good anyway--e.g., the multi-meaning "love" one. Also, I'll try to get a plural ending somehow . . . ?


Hope
Spring grass
Emerging

Gerunds (-ing) are decent, thanks Frankie. I feel that simple plurals give the most wiggle room (in this case, "emerge") as you can use it in a number of ways. And of course we can work our way towards more syllables Still, it was fun to try as few as possible. I really like my 'love' poem, it's powerful and very concise, and even the seriously good guys over at the poetry forum thought it was seriously good. Probably my best haiku/senryu to date (unless one would prefer to date me instead ).

Emerging wings from Southern seas melting ice