Albion Finds. Photo by Zachary Hunter

Former FFSC President Richard Lyness challenged the membership to come up with our own haikus based on the 2016 Fungus Fair theme, "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.

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"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 our new FFSC Discord channel!