Creative Traditional:

[Kit Carson]

Hiking Haiku

Cumberland Gap

There's a rock up high
where Daniel Boone once stood tall
valley wide below
~
Abrahms Falls

Five miles off the loop
delight found by hearty souls
talk a walk my friends
~
Clingman's Dome

spiral staircase leads
very near top of the states
east of Missisip'
~
Appalachian Trail

I would like to walk
with pen and paper in hand
from Maine to Georgia
~
Mjcarson
7-30-2007

[KingAce]

Hey Kit,
First off I want to say how much respect I have for people who can write haikus because I can never get it right. I love these haiku's though because they talk about something I secretly enjoy (aside from the bugs) and that is nature. Nature is really a phenomenal thing and it is greatly under-appreciated as well as something that is overlooked and not noticed because of the many other things we conquer in life. I really think you have really captured the essence of nature in this well. Itz almost like looking at a picture of some beautiful scenery and trying to explain it in words...Thanks for the read;

[KayaOtah]

Haikus are best when the meaning is deep with just few words... It's hard I must admit...
*smiles*

[Kit Carson]

Hey King Ace, good to hear from you! I discovered all that in Boy Scouts almost 40 years ago, but it doesn't leave you...that feeling of being out there in the primeval wilderness. Love it. Thanks KayaOtah, I have just returned to the haiku after many years of neglect. It is a noble form we cannot hope to master in this language...but we can put our own stamp on it and presevere.

[Aumakua]

Wow o.o Haikus are so hard and you wrote so many really nice ones ^^ I don't think i'll ever understand it. They're like a really special form of poetry Great job ^_^

[PaintedDiary]

Dear Kit,

You have done in again! I love love love these ku's! The very nature of nature you have fossilized in small memorable canvases. The imagery is outstanding and each a painting in itself. You simply me each and every time. Great to see more of your work as well. Love ya bunches!!!!

Kim

[JolieH]

I enjoyed these Haikus also - just love the nature scene. I wish I had time for Hiking. Fresh air and exercise are so good for the heart, soul, and mind. I've often thought that when the kids are grown, I'd join Sierra club. You know, buy all the back packing equipment and devote my retirement to health and fitness. I want to say fit, so I can out run that spirit death should he start having eyes for me.
Did you read Bill Bryson's ' A Walk In the Woods."

[Bear]

great Haiku's Kit wonderful and witty pennings
handshakes
bear

[Kit Carson]

Thank you Aumakua, Painted Diary, Jolie H and Bear for your wonderful comments.