Fading Sunset
Haiku Verse
Vital, yet fleeting,
the setting sun leaves my view,
lighting another’s.
© Copyright 2020—Present, Jenise Cook, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Published: 6 July 2022, Spillwords Press
Published: 4 November 2020, on Twitter @jenisecook
Image credit: Jenise Cook on Pixabay.com
(Buckeye Regional Park, Arizona, March 2017)
About this Haiku
In my online writers community, Scribophile, there’s a fun thread for creating new haiku verses. It’s called the Haiku Challenge. The members write a verse, then another member adds a new verse using the last line of the previous haiku as the first line of the new haiku.
This verse was my entry in the thread.
There’s friendly competition among us. I tend to write a verse quickly, to get a verse posted before someone else beats me to it. Why? Not all last lines in a verse make a good first line.
Just like mine here. I sort of felt sorry for the next person. Can you imagine writing a new haiku verse that begins with “Lighting another’s…”? Ha! 😂
Update! Clair Walster accepted the challenge in the Comments. She wrote, “The hopeless romantic in me saw your last line and couldn't help but build off it. A fun way to start my morning.“ This is her wonderful haiku:
Lighting another's
Eyes with her beautiful smile
Love came fast and deep
Your Turn
What are your thoughts? Let me know in the Comments. Maybe you’ll write a haiku verse for us?
About My Photo
My husband and I went RVing in the Phoenix, Arizona, area in early 2017. We needed a break from the cold and snow in our rural county in the northern part of the state. The sunsets where we camped gave us great delight! My photo, although very colorful, is just a hint of what we saw with our own eyes. We love the sunsets in our Southwestern deserts!
Lighting another's
Eyes with her beautiful smile
Love came fast and deep
The hopeless romantic in me saw your last line and couldn't help but build off it. A fun way to start my morning.
A beautiful haiku and photo, Jenise!