To write one haiku is hard enough. To write two haiku harder still, but to write at least three?
The prompt for this week from the Poet of the Week Aishwarya for W3 Prompt #30: Wea’ve Written Weekly is to write a Chain Verse (Chain Verse? What’s that!?) using at least 3 Haikus; and use the word “mother” in your poem. (Oh, mother!). Anyway, if you are reading this, it means I’ve had the gall to have a go at the sublime art of Haiku! Oh, and in chain verse. Did I mention the chain verse?
Wild sea at Normans Bay | iPhone Photo: Lesley Scoble
1.
A winter’s rainbow
bows before mother nature
in prismatic awe
2.
Awesome wrath of seas
Seasoned by sea salt and surf
Surfacing the earth
3.
On windswept shorelines
Lines of tidal ebb and flow
Flowerless Seaweed
4.
Waves foaming fearsome
Somewhere under the rainbow
there’s sunken treasure
L. S. November 2022
Winter rainbow over the sea at Normans Bay | Photo: Lesley Scoble
During winter, rainbows are less visible than in summer. They appear paler. Less daylight isn’t conducive to the spectacle. The conditions necessary to make the phenomenon noticeable are better during the longer days of summer.
To learn more fascinating stuff about the rainbow, please visit The Naturalist Weekly website.
My thanks to Aisshwarya and David Ben Alexander for the poetry prompt.
Lesley Scoble.com 
15 responses to “Somewhere Under the Rainbow: haiku”
Beautiful photo and Haikus. 🙂
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how incredibly lovely, Lesley ❤
~David
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💙 🌊 Thank you so much David 💙 🌊
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I like your descriptions of the sea. They left me awestruck. Love what you did there with ‘the sunken treasure.’ Or perhaps even leprechauns in wetsuits with their pots of gold?
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🌊 Thank you Tanmay, 😊 awestruck is a word I love! 💙
Why didn’t I think of leprechauns in wetsuits?! 😂
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I am intimidated by the visuals in your poem! 😂
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O’er! Is that a good or a bad thing? 😁💕
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Good thing definitely 😂
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Phew! I’m so pleased. Thank you 🙏😁 Haiku is immensely hard. 💙
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Thank you for the prompt! It was difficult! 💙
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Oh! 😂
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Hi, Lesley ❤
Just wanna let you know that this week's W3, hosted by the wonderful Sylvia, is now live:
Enjoy!
~David
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Thanks David 😊 writing it now 💙
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me too! ❤
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😁 snap!
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