Poem of the Week

I've decided to post a poem a week.  Initially, these will be taken from my haiku blog, Karumi Garden.  I have recently decided to post all my poetry, both haiku and my longer poems, on my poetry blog, Falling Plum Poetry, because that blog has a larger readership than Karumi Garden. 

The brevity of the haiku form forces the writer to condense description, bringing the reader into an intense world, communicated in few words. Traditional haiku, by definition, does not rhyme and uses no simile or metaphor.  Instead, it juxtaposes two seemingly different observations for a different take on each. 

The first haiku I'll publish for Poem of the Week was written on March 16, 2007.  Since there is currently a new baby bird in our wreath outside, I thought I'd publish this one here today. 

small and brown
in God's ecosystem
tiny bird