Here are a couple of haibun inspired by the Ligo haibun Challenge for this week
(http://yourligo.weebly.com/haibun.html)
PEACE
The rising wind scours the walls, all four. Swings down and sings in the chimney, brightening the small flames. It is late. The cats are attentive, but unwilling to stir. Content will the small silences of the house. If I wait, the tumble of the day will subside. Thoughts will scatter, settle, lilt into corners like leaves do in autumn. Perhaps one or two shall remain to keep the company.
afterglow of single malt
bees dozing in noon sun
something important, forgotten
PEACE 2
They turn so carefully, the cats. First one way, then, after some thought, the other. Winding up to relax. Taking just the right angle for air, for warmth, for watching. Not a hair out of place, their senses, too, sleek and flowing.
still rivers of wind-
inside the house
not silence, but listening
fire roars
sings and whispers
longing for wind’s freedom
slow, long voices
wind and rain-
dream language
soon the fire will falter
though the fast winds run
we turn, fall into dream
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simonhlilly 