August Kigo Challenge
Kigo, or seasonal words, are a literary element commonly used in haiku, that allow the poet to instantly transport their reader to a time and place.
For August we challenged our poets to use the following kigo in their pieces: trail, shade, and rust. Below are the best submissions of both haiku and “One Breath” poetry.
first rust spot
my trusty car
speeding downhill
Ruth Holzer - Potomac Falls, VA
a moonlit sky
the overturned barrel
of rust-down leaves
Joanna Ashwell - UK
elephant trail . . .
the sweetness of jackfruit
going uphill
Vaishnavi Ramaswamy - Chennai, India
shoulder to shoulder
no one complains
under the shade
Tuyet Van Do
rust-covered wheelbarrow
no-one remembers
the white chickens
Tracy Davidson - Stratford-upon-Avon, UK