Haiku Day 23 National Poetry Month

Perdia a cabeca, by João Vaz de Carvalho

I broke the rules writing this haiku, inspired by a painting by artist João Vaz de Carvalho, entitled “Perdia a cabeca.” This man simply bent over and his head fell off!

I saw this in a museum in Portugal. There is no reference to a season, but losing ones head can happen in any season. We see it happen all the time now.

See it everywhere--
just how easy it is
to lose one's head!

Janice Scully 2023