Sparse canopy, I take it to mean leaves on trees, rays of sunshine beam through and take away the smog. The smog, which has an eerie look and is silent lingers and smoulders like smoke from a fire. This is what your poem says to me. Good job with this one. 5/5

Silent steam...mmhhh..burning wood can be a very mysterious thing to watch. It has a magical aura. They say all people need to watch wood burn, it gives fulfillment on a level we are unaware off..it brings back memories locked deep inside our cells.

Nice Haiku Michael, really nice;)

(((hugs)))

5/5 Ingrid

Beautiful imagery...
sparse canopy... burning wood... all so beautifully captures the scene ..

just one doubt here:
"Through a sparse canopy"
will the syllable count of 'a' also counted because then the total syllable count will become 6 ...

besides this ... awesome write ...

I absolutely adored this piece, wow. I happened to stumble across it and while I was reading it, I was so impressed with how descriptive your words were. Haikus are very short poems, but the words you used not only made me invision this, but smell what burning would smell like..

This piece was perfect.
Well done.
5/5.

I liked your Haiku but I have to admit that most in my opinion are quite bad. I'm sure you know what I mean. I don't know why I dislike them so much but just the word Haiku makes me cringe.

here is one I wrote to describe most that I see.

Horrible Haikus
Exquisitely hideous
Essentially bad

With so little words, you have captured the essence of nature. You have a beautiful imagery of how mother nature works.

Well done

Haikus are hard to do because quite simply you have to sum up something in no more than 15 words? It's difficult, and you've become a master of them.

'Through sparse canopy'
This is a great first line, eye catching and sparse is a great word to use, it's not often used actually, and it should be. And the rhythm of one one three adds great stress on the two first monosylabbic words.

'beams evaporate the smog'
Smog is such an evil word haha, and I like how you've juxtaposed it with 'beams', a word with more positive connotations, and I second what azzza said, how you've captured the essence of nature in few words. This middle line is my favourite.

'silent steam smoulders.'

Great sibilance! I admire that, right at the last line, lovely soft sounds, very echoed sounds too. Some people are lazy with haikus, you however are not. Amazing work.