or sky in the drink -
which am I?
This is my entry to @bananafish's most excellent haiku contest.
While I think my little poem stands alone, I would like to provide a bit of explanation. Why not?
My tiny masterpiece contains a number of puns, and is worthy as an entry to @improv's #pundaymonday! I have never entered #pundaymonday, not because I have never tried, but because I have never been successful. This is not the first haiku I've written that contains puns though. I guess when it comes to puns, haiku is my element. In addition, since gendai is the haiku form for this contest edition, I decided to make this poem all about me. Here is how it came about.
When I first looked at the photo prompt by @marcoriccardi a few days ago, my feeling was one of disorientation. I set out to capture that feeling. For a few days, I had nothing. "It looks easy!" you say? Give it a go. Writing haiku is both simple and daunting, like any worthy endeavor.
This morning I got lucky. My thanks goes to @marybellrg and this post of hers. While reading her post, I thought of the phrase drinking in the sky. Once I had the word drink to work with, the rest fell into place easily. I went on to use a rather archaic form of drink as meaning a body of water. Lastly, there is my urge to drink alcohol, ever present, but even more so in these disorienting times.
I hope you enjoyed my little haiku. I know I enjoyed writing it.
The old pub -
Owasco leaps in,
not water
Thank you for your pun gendai haiku 😜
And thank you for yours!
Owasco is the name of a lake, BTW. A very deep lake.
Beautiful shot and piece of brevity. Nice work, Owasco:)
turn on your head
drink down the water
oh goodness you are good at this! Yes topsy turvy is name of the game.
The photo is not mine, it's @marcoriccardi's
The haiku gods write them ... lol:)
It's even better on hive!
lol. Double shot.
I did it again!!!!