Haiku Call of the Wild

Haiku Call of the Wild

Coyotes’ night cry

We hear the call of the wild

They howl at the moon

 

 

 

Buffalo roam here

In the wide open spaces

Indians were free

 

 

 

 

Cowboys ride the range

Longhorns graze on the prairie

Wild mustangs run free

 

 

 

 

Families leave home

Wagon trains traveling west

To make a new start

 

 

 

 

Wild animals here

Hunting parties scout their prey

All must kill to eat

 

 

 

Men of the gold rush

Pan for gold in moving streams

And some strike it rich

 

 

 

Whisky soothes the beast

Saloon girls paint their faces

Cards played at tables

 

 

 

 

Farmers’ log cabins

Families live in one room

Children sleep in loft

 

 

 

 

Hear the crickets’ song

As lightning bugs light the night

Natures lullaby

 

 

 

 

Endangered species

Buffalos slaughtered for Sport

From slow moving trains

 

 

 

Lifestyle of the past

Cowboys are a dying breed

Indians roamed

 

 

No more open range

Skyscrapers high in the sky

Gangs now roam the streets

 

 

 

 

Run wild in the streets

Urban Coyotes lurk here

Roam concrete jungles

 

 

 

 

Once roamed wild and free

Some are domesticated

Wolves are now house dogs

 

 

 

 

Violence in the streets

Extinct family values

Miss the olden days

Reviews

[Stray Dog]

Amazing!

Run wild in the streets

Urban Coyotes lurk here

Roam concrete jungles

[L.G. Knight]

Families leave their homes = 6 sylables
> Might try writing families as fam'lies to remove the extra sylable
Families living in one room = 8 Sylables

Cowboys a dying breed = only 6 sylables might try adding an are

Urban Coyotes= only 5 syllables maybe add a 2 sylable word like "modern" or something

One more... Extinct are family values= 8 sylables may want to try the affore mentioned abreviation on family.

All in all very small mistakes in a very superb haiku string. Absolutely amazing job on this one. I love how you went through the years and showed some of the many changes made over time. I know it to be a good string (at least to me) because my brain finds ways to expand it which it does when I truly enjoy something. Wonderful work on this and I hope to see more of your haiku strings soon. Thanks for sharing =)

[Sister Suzie]

This is an amazing haiku stream. Thanks for entering my contest

[Gandré]

exactky what the reviewer below stated, I also love this one. "Run wild in the streets / Urban Coyotes

Roam concrete jungles " . Perfect poem on a totally dismantled western society. I have a strong belief, Obama will create a new morals and recovery. I ask, who will do this here in Germany... I loved this poem.

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Well done! I love these lines:

Urban Coyotes

Roam concrete jungles

[just is]

Wow This is so amazing enjoyed this write.