crawdad

a single claw pokes
from mounded earth this morning
curious crawdad

12 comments:

lisaschaos said...

My son loves to eat them - weirdo. :)

Julia Smith said...

Sounded spooky till I got to the end.

Shraddha@theselfloveproject said...

really cool..

such few magical words..

Quiet Paths said...

The image sparks curiosity!

Red Bird said...

I remember crawdads! We used to catch them in the creek!
:)
Nice one, Michelle!

Sharon said...

It doesn't take many words to create art, does it!
Love it!

wildplumwhisper said...

I like how you've added a personality to the crawdad, without making it overly sentimental. What a beautiful haiku full of sensitivity and awareness. The alliteration works well... as well as the word, "mounded." You've used only a few words to say a lot.

fourwindsphotojournal said...

My brother and I used to seine them from a ditch before we went fishing, to use for bait. The ones in Oklahoma were not that big.

Haven't thought of crawdads in a while!

Vesper said...

Beautiful!

Quackster said...

Short, sweet and yummy! Okay, I'm a crawdad eater. What else can I saw. They taste succulent cooked Cajun style.

Rambling Woods said...

You captured the crawdad...How do you do that....

Just someone said...

hmm... I was wondering what it was:)

kept up the curiosity well