whisper of leaves –
clumsy pine-marten
sees squirrel’s flight
forest snag –
trace of fire feeds
wolf lichen
under gallows’ tree –
the moss-pillow’s softness
stings my skin
The forest prompt brought many thoughts into my head, mainly all the stories a forest could tell, today and of the past.
This summer I visited a really old forest, where dead pine-trees had been standing for many years. Wolf lichen — so rare and beautiful could be found everywhere, as where numerous traces of forest fires from many years back.
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August 6, 2014
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Lovely haiku! The first one is my favorite. Amusing yet very resonant to human feelings. =)
This breathes literature! Very literary haiku – the last one unfolds in layers….
Wonderful response Björn… i like how you’ve brought in your own experiences in that forest. Thanks for being part of this family of haiku-poets.
These are all powerful — but I can see the last one as the opening to a great Gothic novel 🙂
Bjorn, Lovely and interesting. 🙂 —Susan
Gallow’s tree, moss-pillow – death metaphor perhaps for a dying man? Beautiful stuff as ever – a real treat.
cool to be among the old wood and see things like that bjorn…i imagine we will be seeing quite a few of your nature poems the next couple months after your vacay.
Just a little noise and things move. It startles the squirrel! Nicely Bjorn!
Hank
Thanks for teaching me two new things, I went to the link for ‘snag’ and looked up wolf lichen.
Ah yes the stories the forest could tell. 🙂