Haikus Celebrating the Secret Life of Fungi

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

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