Christmas Lights haiga by David Serjeant

christmas lights . . .
the ambulance flashing
in all the windows

The haiku in this image previously appeared in Blithe Spirit 17:1.

10 Responses

  1. benjamin11 Says:

    Christmas Poem

    there is a man
    on a street corner
    with a sign
    that reads
    “Jesus is the Reason
    for the Season”

    my wife suggests
    we take up
    the opposite corner
    holding a diagram
    of a tilted earth

    Hello, I enjoyed your tiny words. Do you link your site to others? If so, I would like to trade links. My site is here: Short Zen Poems – Mindfulness, Meditation. Namaste. Benjamin

  2. davidserjeant Says:

    first published in Blithe Spirit

  3. columbusmatt Says:

    Powerful moment.

  4. Dylan Tweney Says:

    David, thanks for noting that — I'd somehow forgotten to include the prior publication note when I published this. I've added it to the main part of the post now too.

  5. davidserjeant Says:

    Thanks Dylan – I didn't want to annoy anyone at the British Haiku Society. I couldn't get my comments to work, either, so I may have posted twice.

    Thanks for publishing – good to see it on your site. I have been enjoying the other work.

    Cheers!

  6. Kathabela Wilson Says:

    Brightly lit reminder of the fragile hold we have on existence, the season fraught with loss as well as gifts of life, a surprising and stunning image, and a bold one.

  7. Dylan Tweney Says:

    David, thanks for noting that — I'd somehow forgotten to include the prior publication note when I published this. I've added it to the main part of the post now too.

  8. davidserjeant Says:

    Thanks Dylan – I didn't want to annoy anyone at the British Haiku Society. I couldn't get my comments to work, either, so I may have posted twice.

    Thanks for publishing – good to see it on your site. I have been enjoying the other work.

    Cheers!

  9. Kathabela Wilson Says:

    Brightly lit reminder of the fragile hold we have on existence, the season fraught with loss as well as gifts of life, a surprising and stunning image, and a bold one.

  10. Alan Summers Says:

    I like the haiku and the image works well too.

    Christmas has been the season of emergency services lights and alarums.

    Alan

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