on the lake
a stiff breeze adds crests
to half the birds
Author: Karen Dooley
My name is Karen Dooley and I live in Australia. I began writing haiku rather accidentally one sunny Sunday morning in 2004 when one popped into my head. At the time I was reading haiku to try and work out why so many of my teacher education students were writing units 'to teach haiku'. Now I'm hooked...
the shallows —
waves run in
on tiny feet