An Original Haiku: BIG FIVE
Africa and indeed, South Africa is know internationally for it's wild life. The South African identity is strongly linked to this African heritage of natural abundance, beauty and wildlife. Tourists from everywhere come in their droves to sight see and sadly, sometimes hunt these beautiful creatures. None-the-less the big five would be high on everyone's agenda. Sadly again, the term big five originate from their level of difficulty to hunt; which make them all the more prized.
wild! Tourist attraction.
Come see "big five."
The big five comprises the following majestic animals; African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard, Lion and Rhinoceros.
Image: Pixaby - Stunning Rhinoceros
Image: Pixaby - Patroling Leopard
Image: Pixaby - The Majestic African Elephant
Image: Pixaby - A herd of Cape Buffalo
Haikus are a Japanese traditional poetry form which uses 17 morae to tell a story. In English the accepted format is 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 line structure.
The challenge is to express your thoughts with with a minimum of words, similarly to Earnest Hemingway's famous six word sentence.
Dust Rule:
I’ve changed my voting habits to take the dust threshold into consideration. All post and comment below 0,003SBD gets reduced to 0,000 SBD. I will not up-vote comments or posts where the potential exist for it to exceed this threshold; as it would count as a wasted vote; since my own vote is below this threshold.
I’ve been following the post of @thedarkhorse as the reason for my decision.
Here is a post by - explaining the issue.
We have a lot of animals here in the Northern Cape. I went once to watch them feed the lions! I am such a big fan of nature and wildlife. I love this post show casing wildlife that makes South Africa and Africa famous. You have done a great job on this post.
in national geography channel or animal planet i see South African wild life a couple of time. The wild life of your country is magnificent. The nature without the animals are really like empty. The existence of those wild animals were balancing the global Eco system. Necessary step should be taken against those hunter to prevent this.
Hi @rlt47, Greetings from #HHG11, the big five they are so epic. African is so blessed with so many wild animals and jungles envied by the world. Thanks so much for making this great Haiku and African Heritage blog for #HHG11. Stay Blessed :)
My Cat :)
Hha! I'm sure, if write a haiku about the Big 6 - I will include your gorgeous cat!