Stella Pierides

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sunrise -
the singular beauty
of a rose petal

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011. New prompter, Pris Campbell, prompt: awe

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crocus-
cutting your first
tooth

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginnings

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making ends meet –
I sew an extra button
on my waistband

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ends

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harvest festival
the last apples before
the Fall

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: celebration.

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harvest -
so much food for
the soul
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: harvest.
September challenge 19 Planets.

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autumn circus -
keeping all her juggling-balls
in the air

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: circus

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so many bees
on the Autumn Joy…
Octoberfest
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Autumn Joy = one of the sedum family (flower)

Oktoberfest: oh well…

NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: autumn flowers.

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city life -

inside the belly

of the whale

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Matchless Magazine 18 September 2011

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setting sun -
I too let go of
attachments
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Thinking about this haiku, hm, it seems better without the ‘my’. I’ve made the change in the haiku, but not in the haiga.

photo: Hermann Mueller; haiku: Stella Pierides.

NaHaiWriMo extension 2011 prompt: sunset

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge (almost there!)

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growing up -
I learn to live
with the tides
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: beach.
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge.

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: animals

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September haiga challenge.
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your patience -
the way a river
cuts through rock

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NahaiWriMo extension 2011. Prompter: Johnny Baranski, prompt: river(s).

My haiku ‘back to school’ was included in the Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network showcase of the 16th of September 2011, edited by David McMurray. This showcase appears two to three times a month in the daily Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and is a must read for haiku lovers. Click here and read all the poems! Really good work by poets from around the world.

(My haiku is in the section ‘From the notebook’)

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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge: A haiga a day … or so…

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what I know
each lake has its own
full moon

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This haiku was written in response to a prompt for  a haiga using Margaret Rosenberg’s artwork. You can see the whole artworld + haiku (haiga) in here

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through the fog -
mountains of orange
pumpkins

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: mountains

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summer -
this bee
gets lost again

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: Haynaku

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in this asphalt jungle
money grows on trees -
blood moon

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: prompt ‘asphalt jungle’

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lucky charm -
on the crest of the wave
sound bubbles

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: luck

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blood moon

how the light changes

direction

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: moon viewing.

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laying nets they beat
olives from the trees
merciful moon

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setting out
to dispel darkness?
moon

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: light and dark

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this old city

a river runs through

its heart

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Taking part in Rick Dadario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days … .

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angel
meeting the endless
light
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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blue moon
which came first the fall
or the apple?
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(Leaving Ammersee)

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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waiting for the tide -
fishing boats line
the harbour

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I was thinking of Wells-next-the-Sea, but please feel free to supply your own harbour …

NaHaiWriMo: vacation memories

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school days -
counting sparrows
in the yard
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: school days

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waiting
for the fish to be caught
frying pan
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The artwork in this haiga was originally a photograph taken by Hermann Mueller in Diessen am Ammersee, a small town on the shores of the lake. Diessen is famous for its Baroque gem of a Church, its community of artists and craftsmen, its yearly world-famous ceramic market, and its fish. Fish nurseries have been flourishing for a number of years here. The couple in the picture is a wood-carved sculpture on the lane leading to the lake promenade (I hope to find out the name of the artist or at least the owner of the sculpture and will be posting it here).

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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
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apple orchard –
on the picnic blanket
spilt wine
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: picnic.

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plain sailing?
once again we run into
trouble

NaHaiWriMo: games. Leaving Ammersee.

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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between us

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between us -

this sunset is also

a sunrise

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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sunrise

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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NaHaiWriMo prompt: weekend. Lake Ammersee.

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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Having lived by the lake Ammersee for ten years, we are now moving further inland. These photos with haiku/haiku within a photo (haiga) are our way of capturing our last autumn walks by the lake.

(I will be posting them on Flickr too, set: ‘leaving Ammersee.’)

Inspiration also through NaHaiWriMo extension prompt: weekend.

Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …

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September drizzle -
on my wall calendar
the page for August

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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011/prompt: calendar