I became interested in haiku while on retreat a couple of years ago. I like these disciplined poetic forms, and one of the particular attractions of haiku for me is that it is in the present tense. I am trying to live more in the present tense. The other rules of haiku are: three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively, no punctuation, no capitals, and no rhyme.
This was one of my first.
clump of hill-crest trees
charcoal black against the sky
the unhurried crow
Alex Mabbs 