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letters
learning the abc
of thanking you
.
Prompt: gratitude. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #30 July 2011
On July - 30 - 2011
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mockingbird
still I kept the Athenian
accent
.
Mockingbird: Mimus polyglottos!
You can hear this amazing bird mimic other birds, squeaky gates, machines etc here
Haiku #29 July 2011
On July - 29 - 2011
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olive press—
how else do you write your
haiku?
.
Prompt: trees. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #28 July 2011
On July - 28 - 2011
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spring morning–
bluebird, is that my hair
in your nest?
.
Prompt: birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #27 July 2011
On July - 27 - 2011
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cat nap–
on my desk the mouse still
on the mouse mat
.
Prompt: cat NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #26 July 2011
On July - 27 - 2011
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spring ephemerals—
now my roots need colour
often
.
Prompt: spring ephemerals. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
recently
On July - 25 - 2011
- Delighted to have three of my haiku included in Melissa Allen’s mushroom collection, on her site Red Dragonfly. Hers is a wonderful post with photographs, drawings, haiga and of course, lots of great poetry. Here is the address
- The Language/Place collection, issue #8 is out. Put together by Walter Bjorkman it is a delight to read. Contributions from around the world! My post Haiku from Lake Ammersee is included along with photographs, poetry, all different kinds of meditation on the spirit and the poetry of place. Visit and see! wbjorkman.wordpress.com
Mushroom hunting
On July - 25 - 2011
Where can I find mushrooms, some of my readers have been asking me. A strange question, especially since I am allergic to mushrooms. I think they may have been smelling Melissa Allen’s mushroom garden, across the haikuverse. If you too are interested in mushrooms, you are invited to visit and even pick some. Please scroll down to find mine! The link? Here it is
Haiku/Haiga #25 July 2011
On July - 25 - 2011
Haystacks, Kochelsee
two haystacks-- in the fields the same old story
.
Prompt: New Year. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku by Stella Pierides, Photo by Hermann Mueller.
Haiku #24 July 2011
On July - 24 - 2011
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waiting for the peach
I miss the blue of the sky—
summer harvest
.
Prompt: soft fruit. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #23a July 2011
On July - 23 - 2011
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vernal pool—
they trend on Twitter all
morning
.
Prompt: pool, puddle. NahaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #22 July 2011
On July - 22 - 2011
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Aegean moon—
still hot the pebble shifts with
the tide
.
Prompt: moon. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Hailu #21 July 2011
On July - 21 - 2011
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wild goose chase—
even the duvet tries
to fly south
.
Prompt: quilt. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #20 July 2011
On July - 20 - 2011
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gale force winds—
I steer my desk through a dark
ink swell
.
Prompt: wind/stillness. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #19 July 2011
On July - 19 - 2011
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pins and needles—
sparkling stars
in my finger tips
.
Prompt: stars. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #18 July 2011
On July - 18 - 2011
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crisp snow—
I dream of a hunted
deer
.
Prompt: Snow. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Recently
On July - 17 - 2011
Melissa Allen, of ’Red Dragonfly‘ featured my haiku ‘tomato’ and ‘silkworm’ in her regular column Across the Haikuverse, No. 20 and No. 21 editions, respectively. An honour to be included there. What more could a haijin want?
Haiku buzz: My haiku came 6th and 7th in the Sketchbook Kukai (peer-judged contest) in the May/June 2011 issue. Sketchbook is a ‘Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms.’ I am very pleased with the result; this was my first ever kukai! Watch this space…
Two of my haiku on the thread ‘Vegetables’ set by the editors of Sketchbook magazine, were picked, together with others, to be featured in the Editor’s Choice haiku thread. They were also featured in the Guest Editor’s Choice, of the same edition. You can read the haiku in my blog here.
Haiku #17 July 2011
On July - 17 - 2011
Haiku (Haiga) #16a July 2011
On July - 16 - 2011
Murnau moor
..
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sea of green–
even my trike
warms to it
.
Prompt: sea/seaside. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #15a July 2011
On July - 15 - 2011
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word-smith—
on the anvil a haiku
slowly takes shape
.
Prompt: haiku, writing, word. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #14a July 2011
On July - 14 - 2011
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Haiku #12 July 2011
On July - 12 - 2011
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Cretan knife—
picking wild mushrooms she pricks
her finger
.
Prompt: indigenous/groups. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #11 July 2011
On July - 11 - 2011
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Lainbach—
the river sculpts a garden
in stone
.
Prompt: Garden. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
For photographs of the haiku walk, and of course, the river, see my Scrapbook here
Haiku #10 July 2011
On July - 10 - 2011
Lainbach cairns
ginko–
piling up words I build
cairns
.
The Lainbach is a stream cascading down the mountains in the area of Benediktbeuern, in Upper Bavaria.
Haiku from Lake Ammersee
On July - 9 - 2011
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Ammersee—
where the heavens look
in the mirror
.
reflecting the skies
lake Ammersee forgets
itself
.
Ammersee–
looking in the mirror
the clouds long for home
.
sundown—
the clouds lose their
perspective
.
sunset—
golden light anoints
the world
.
I wrote this haiku responding to two prompts: the NaHaiWriMo extension prompt, “ mirror,” set by Susan Delphine Delaney; and the call for submissions by Walter Bjorkman. Susan is setting the prompts for July for the wonderful facebook community of haiku poets, NaHaiWriMo. Walter is hosting the blog carnival Language/Place, on the theme of “Poetry of Place.” Submissions of links to Walter on this theme are open till the 20th of July.
The photograph of the lake Ammersee was taken one evening this summer.
Haiku #8 July 2011
On July - 8 - 2011
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flow tide
hoarse through the fog
terns‘ cries
.
Prompt: Fog. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku/Senryu, Sketchbook May/June 2011
On July - 7 - 2011
From the Sketchbook Kukai, May/June 2011 Vol. 6, No.3 (peer review poetry contest)
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rainbow—
all that remains of
your smile
.
Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 6th place, tie.
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rainbow weaving—
this spider runs out of
silk
.
Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 7th place, tie.
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Haiku in the Sketchbook May/June Editor’s Choices
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beets—
and he wonders how he got
kidney stones
.
Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
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celery crunch—
I always knew you threw
the dice
.
Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
Haiku #7 July 2011
On July - 7 - 2011
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growing old–
that pink sky twice removed
now returning
.
Prompt: First light. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #6 July 2011
On July - 6 - 2011
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neon lights
a lonely glow worm’s
mate
.
Prompt: Fireflies/Glow worms. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #5 July 2011
On July - 5 - 2011
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two doves fighting–
who‘ll perch higher
on the olive tree
.
Prompt: Doves. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #4 July 2011
On July - 4 - 2011
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fireworks—
forgetting the taste
of cherries
.
Prompt: Fireworks. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #3 July 2011
On July - 4 - 2011
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summer cool–
the blossom lingers
in the cherry
.
Prompt: Blossoms. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #2 July 2011
On July - 3 - 2011
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larva and silkworm-
once upon a time
there was a girl
.
Prompt: Butterflies, bugs. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #1 July 2011
On July - 1 - 2011
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cuckoo affair–
thrown out of its nest
a baby robin
.
Prompt: Birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
