Survival
leaping from branch to branch, a fruit bat browses the cashew tree.
tracing the edge
of a half-eaten leaf —
gibbous moon
Published by
Taofeek Ayeyemi
Taofeek Ayeyemi fondly called Aswagaawy is a Nigerian lawyer, poet and essayist. His haiku have appeared in Acorn, Hedgerow, The Mamba, the QuillS, Fireflies' Light, Akitsu Quarterly, contemporary haibun online, Modern Haiku, Human/Kind Journal, Frogpond, Failed Haiku, Cattails, Eucalypt and elsewhere. He won Honorable Mention Prizes in the 2020 Akita International Haiku Contest, 2020 Fujisan Taisho Tanka Contest, 2020 The Haiku Moment Award, The Mainichi Best of 2020, among others.
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I love this piece so much…
That is superb. It conjures up so many possibilities in so few words.
Very nice. Thanks!
Beautiful!
__ Here, Taofeek, your word parcel filled with thought, Grand! _m
Nature; seeds imagination; the growth.
Thanks all for the responses.
Thanks, Guy. I always look forward to your inspiring and fantastic remarks.
Magyar, I appreciate your commentary.
Very nice images. luv the resonance of movement of the fruit bat and the moon's seemingly moving too.