i.
Butterfly stuffings
Sail in cold October gusts –
Murder of crows wait.
Wood bones, tattered skin dances
Hat rolls between stalks — crows feast.
ii.
Long past dark stands guard
Featureless-faced effigy
Crows sleep, hunter moon
Sun’s melted frost, eyeless tears
Crows build shelter from his guts
Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:
According to the traditional calendar, that renders this month the last of Autumn. And since many birds have migrated, that leaves plenty of opportunity for crows to feast without competition. To preserve the fruits of their harvest, or prevent the ravaging of whatever crop remains in the fields, farmers have relied on the use of the scarecrow.
Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the scarecrow (kakashi).
first image: Scarecrow in the Garden and Crows by Eleonimages
second image: Jimmy Scarecrow’s Christmas
Tao Talk 
Beautiful imagery
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Thank you, Sadje.
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You’re welcome 😉
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I like ‘eyeless tears’.
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Thank you, Reena.
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Both are fantastic.
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Thank you very much, Ken.
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Here it is :)
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Great atmosphere. (K)
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Thank you, K.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #3: Jade Li’s latest #tanka sequence for my current #haikai challenge!
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The Happiness Engineers fixed my commenting problems, it is good to be able to communicate with you again.
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YAY! I’ve been away from computer more than usual this month. Things should settle down in a couple of weeks. So glad they fixed whatever glitches were going on.
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Good crop of scarecrows!
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