The haiku of Shiba Sonome:
dogs howling
at the sound of leaves –
storm on the way!
leaves me with a sense of threat. The dogs feel the coming storm in that gentle rustle of leaves. So I want to capture that in my haiku to. Animals often have a much keener sense of what will happen and if we could have a keener sense of observation we might capture that.
I select another animal for my haiku, and another storm:
black cloud of crows
cawing in the setting sun –
harbingers of war
Crows Fly by Red Sky at Sunset by Shibata Zeshin
Linked to Carpe Diem
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October 10, 2014
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Crow peck the aura of the dead not for pestering, but for delivering. Or so it seems sometimes.
Quite an impressive photo…crows caw their messages louder than a howl
really nice…. I agree the first (and yours) has a ominous feel to it. animals do seem to have a sixth sense that we humans are not in tune with. you painted this image well with your haiku.
Bjorn, I guess crows could be a type of symbol of war. Loud and dark. Well written. 🙂 — Susan
Beautiful response Bjorn. I like that woodblock print of the crows. Are they really the harbingers of war? I know that crows are associated with death and magic, but harbingers of war?
I think your right (now that I’ve read your comment in your post) there is a sense of threat in the original haiku … crows are the perfect gathering predicting war was a perfect choice … wonderful take on the prompt.
each haiku chilling and beautiful.