CLOUD HAIKU (Western style)

storm clouds smooth
across the summer sky
wet spots at my feet

a shepherd’s evening sky
clouds and sheep
are tinted pink

the fairground ride
split the sky
shot the clouds

the clouds are down
bruised by leafless trees
– winter has arrived

the dying tree
scribbled its distress across
the cumulus sky

© Brenda Barnard 2009 (member no. 17887)