Waiting for an Answer: Solo Renhai No. 240

by John Daleiden

on the bone dry lake
desert lingering heat—
monsoon next week?

watching the children grow—
one puppy waits for his turn . . .

after prayers for rain
a farmer erects a cross —
the crunch of gravel

in Renhai Studio

Archive Id: 240
John Daleiden: USA
Written: September 27 to October 19, 2010

Theme: The hopes that never die
Season: Autumn
Kigo: lingeing heat: "zansho": Season, Climate: William Higginson, The Haiku Handbook, p. 276.
Verse Form: Free
Process: Reverse (3, 1, 2b, 2a)

Links 1/2: "next week?" / "watching"
Links 2/3: "waits for is turn..." / "erects a cross"
Links 3/1: "crunch of gravel" / "bone dry lake"

Notes: This renhai first appeared in the October, 2010 issue of Sketchbook.

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