I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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12 thoughts on “Stinking”
Well, you certainly mentally assaulted mine! (Yuck!)
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Well, you certainly mentally assaulted mine! (Yuck!)
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The more I hunt down graffiti, the more I get exposed to really stinky places.
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Great sibilance here too – like a hissing snake.
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Contrived after your comments on a previous haiku. Playing around a bit.
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Nothing wrong with that! I went for the five-syllable one-word finale after reading Bill Bisgood’s. Share and share alike, right?
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Great stuff. I’ve been thinking about making a five-word haiku with real punch…not started it yet!
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Ooh! I like it! I’ll look forward to that. I wouldn’t mind experimenting with some Tanka and other forms too.
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I agree, I might try one soon. Tricky though.
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I read your potent haiku as the smell of summer’s decay or the end of summer.
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Both, and the seedy underbelly of Summer too.
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This could be the theme song of New York City in the summertime!
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Parts of New York and Rome came to mind when I wrote this.
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