A Haiku Challenge

"Yellow garden rose,
Now dull and brittle with age,
A ghost of Summer."

 

夏おばけ
黎明で出る
幻だ

natsu obake
reimei de deru
maboroshi da

A ghost of summer
Appears in the light of dawn
It's an illusion

 

maborishi da
yo gabba gabba, baby
shooby da doo wop

 

Shooby da doo wop—
When language fails us, music
touches the divine.

 

Touches the divine
While she is running roughshod
Over the mundane.

 

over the mundane
fish markets, the long wind wafts
scents of Araby

 

@OurJud this is the most poetry I've written in 4 months

 

Scents of Araby
Wafted across the forum
Haiku gone global.

 

Haiku gone global
Kugelschreiber's inspired
A thread filled with Grace

(Is inspired two syllables or three? Add a 'been' if you prefer)

 

A finished drawing
Maybe set it down a bit
What tomorrow brings

 

What tomorrow brings
of the sweetest memories
that today once was

 

The saddest story
A tale never to be told
Secrets scars run deep

 

Secret scars run deep
Suppressed memories of old
Better left untold

 

Better left untold -
Life's value comes from living
Not the recording

(Fun thread! Thanks for reviving it!)

 

Not the recording
Like a picture is the past
becoming elder

 

Becoming elder
Never for the faint of heart
Did it anyway.

 

Did it anyway
Stared into the setting sun
And refused to blink

 

And refused to blink
although mother had warned me
never to do that

 

Never to do that
So easy for me to say
So hard not to do.

 

So hard not to do
It was so easy to say
Not the other way

 

Not the other way
What the fuck's this mother weigh?
Brains on shoe damn you

 

Brains on shoe damn you
Didn't need a shotgun blast
Now clean up the mess