
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form. A haiku uses just a few words to create an image in the reader's mind.
Traditionally the haiku is written in 3 lines:
Five syllables
Seven syllables
Five syllables
Here are haikus our members came up with.
"The Secret Life of Fungi"
Fungus fair haiku
mycellium duff spores rain
creative and fun
-- Richard Lyness
"Fall"
Fall is upon us
The secret life of fungi
Soon to be revealed
--Kathy Welch
"Untitled"
Cleaning chanterelles
Golden glow beneath the mud
My, that’s a big one!
--Deb
"Mushroom haiku"
What mushroom are you?
Small brown job or something more?
Rain drops light your top.
--Shea
"Red drops"
Little red drops peek
Hiding in the fuzzy duff
Yellow lips glisten
--Shea
"Mushroom Haiku"
First-rain scent rising
Moss-quiet expectation
Pathless, perfect woods
--Susan Labiste
"Mushroom Haiku"
Matsutake bride
In deep humis lies the mate
holds her threaded veil
--Susan Labiste
"haiku"
hyphae intertwine
beneath the moist duff and soil
primordia grow
--Marjorie Young
Share More Poetry
You can share your haikus or other poetry on the FFSC Google Group, FFSC Facebook group, and/or (as of 2025) our new FFSC Discord channel! Join our conversations your favorite way.

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