Almost-Haikus and Haikus

I was riding (not driving) home, trying to remember how to write a haiku.  I couldn't remember if it went 3 syllables- 5 syllables- 3 syllables or 5 syllables- 7 syllables- 5 syllables.  I compromised and did 3 syllables-7 syllables- 3 syllables.  Then after I did a few I texted ChaCha, and they said it was 6 syllables- 7 syllables- 5 syllables.  So here are my Almost-Haikus, as well as my real Haikus.  (Personally, I like my Almost-Haikus better)  In honor of their Japanese heritage, I tried to keep them more nature-based.  I'm not very good at them yet, using mostly one and two syllable words, but it takes a long time to perfect such a seemingly simple poem.  I hope you enjoy reading these poems!

Almost Haikus

A love song

Bursts in the autumnal sky

Yet unheard.

Broken hearts

Cannot feel the gentle touch

Of spring's breath.

A sparrow

Falls among the leafy vines

And still sings.

Haikus

The mountain garden

Lies untouched by human hands

And remains sublime.

When fears overtake

A child's desires for greatness

All the world suffers.

The sun-bleached grasses

Dance above forgotten homes

Of the earth's secrets.

The Serpent Satan

Tempted Eve and won, and lost,

In Eden's Garden.

Poem (of the Day? of the Week?)

Well, I haven't exactly written much lately, at least not on this blog.  But I have been writing!  And I hope to renew my ability to write poetry, so here is the first poem I've written in a long time.  Enjoy!

Leaves on a Summer Morning

They flicker

sending sparks of light

dancing in the air.

Luminous

Translucent

Bits of emerald

shiver in the wind.

A kaleidoscope of green

makes patterns against the blue.

And then--

The wind dies down.

They slow,

Floating,

And are still.