Haiku Color Studies

Blue

         Ripples on a lake
These calm and tepid waters
        Dream the infinite

Red

   Forge-fires from the depths
Clang and rattle burning chain
      Screaming, hissing steel

Black

Empty roofless domes
  Beckoning oblivion
All becomes unveiled

Green

Springtime leaves and grass
  Unashamed of nakedness
       Reflect their order

White

      Snow on a vast plain
Tracks are covered, sky unseen
         Shiver in hunger

Grey

       Ashes of her eyes
Wrinkles of an ancient love
   Spent like cold embers

George Chadderdon © 1993