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: Weaโve Written Weekly is to write a Chain Verse (Chain Verse? Whatโs that!?) using at least 3 Haikus; and use the word โmotherโ in your poem. (Oh, mother!). Anyway, if you are reading this, it means Iโve 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 winterโs 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 thereโs 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 isnโt 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.
15 responses to “Somewhere Under the Rainbow: haiku”
Beautiful photo and Haikus. ๐
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how incredibly lovely, Lesley โค
~David
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๐ ๐ Thank you so much David ๐ ๐
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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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๐ Thank you Tanmay, ๐ awestruck is a word I love! ๐
Why didnโt I think of leprechauns in wetsuits?! ๐
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I am intimidated by the visuals in your poem! ๐
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Oโer! Is that a good or a bad thing? ๐๐
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Good thing definitely ๐
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Phew! Iโm so pleased. Thank you ๐๐ Haiku is immensely hard. ๐
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Thank you for the prompt! It was difficult! ๐
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Oh! ๐
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Hi, Lesley โค
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 ๐ writing it now ๐
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me too! โค
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๐ snap!
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