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ghost-writer
this haiku is written
by its reader
this haiku is written
by its reader
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ghost/spirit
Haiku #30 October 2011
On October - 30 - 2011
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no-go area –
her recipe-book
on the top shelf
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: secret
Haiku #29a October 2011
On October - 29 - 2011
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on her tombstone dove
two snails
mating
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: cemetery
Haiku #28a October 2011
On October - 28 - 2011
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telegraph wires –
swallows too are waiting
for your news
.
Nahaiwrimo extension 2011; prompt: migrating birds
Haiku #27 October 2011
On October - 27 - 2011
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charred blankets -
the doll
still smouldering
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: consequences of war
Haiku #26 October 2011
On October - 26 - 2011
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chill wind -
remembering
the things I forget
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: frightening
Haiku #25 October 2011
On October - 25 - 2011
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winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes larger
.
Or,
winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes too big
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginning
Haiku #24 October 2011
On October - 24 - 2011
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when you blush -
the faintest shade of pink
above the horizon
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: dawn
Haiku #23 October 2011
On October - 24 - 2011
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squall –
learning to blow
against the wind
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: windstorm
Haiku #22 October 2011
On October - 22 - 2011
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as if the word for peace were war cloudy skies
.
cloudy lens –
looking without
seeing
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: peace
Haiku #21 October 2011
On October - 21 - 2011
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curling
against your warmth
ebb tide
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: place of peace
#20 October 2011
On October - 20 - 2011
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perfume wars -
her statement still lingers
in my study
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: scent
Haiku ranked with ‘merit’ in Sketchbook 6-4 (Jul/Aug 2011)
On October - 19 - 2011
bee hive
where the workers never
strike
.
Sketchbook 6-4, Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
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eternal life
only the roaches
come close
.
in my salad
a green caterpillar—
life lesson
.
Sketchbook 6-4, Guest Editor’s Choice Haiku, Bernard Gieske : A Glimpse into the Past (scroll down)
and Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
Haiku #18 October 2011
On October - 18 - 2011
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gut feeling –
blinking
the third eye
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: belly
Haiku #17 October 2011
On October - 17 - 2011
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nightfall -
losing the certainty
of youth
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: dusk
Haiku #15 October 2011
On October - 15 - 2011
Two one-line haiku
.
the unrelenting waves under your pillow
.
portentous below the belt oracles
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: one-line haiku
Haiku #14a October 2011
On October - 14 - 2011
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hairline -
wading on the riverbank
terns
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: baldness
Haiku #13 October 2011
On October - 13 - 2011
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never too late -
listening to the silence
of the moon
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: late/too late
Haiku #12 October 2011
On October - 12 - 2011
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such innocence
the soft curve
of your lip
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: innocence
Kukai results 12 October 2011
On October - 12 - 2011
Delighted! My haiku “starry night” came second (tied) in the July/August 2011 Sketchbook Kukai (peer-reviewed contest).
Here it is:
starry night—
growing old
together
Delighted also that several of my fellow haijin from NaHaiWriMo did so well, esp Terri Hale French (1st), Michelle Harvey, Cara Holman, and others…
Two other haiku I submitted received no votes! Food for thought, of course.
The entire thread can be read by clicking here
Haiku #11 October 2011
On October - 11 - 2011
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last kiss
i unplug
the telephone
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: kiss
Haiku #10 October 2011
On October - 11 - 2011
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rose-tinted clouds
in Broadstairs -
marshmallows
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #9 October 2011
On October - 9 - 2011
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missing you -
on the ocean floor
conch shells
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: telephone.
Haiku #8a October 2011
On October - 8 - 2011
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on this spot
the sun has been –
moonshine
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: loss
Haiku #7a October 2011
On October - 7 - 2011
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balance -
perched on a wire a dove
and a crow
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt Pris Campbell: beauty
Senryu #6 October 2011
On October - 6 - 2011
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out of Ithaca –
a poem about
life
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: journey
National Poetry Day 2011 (UK)
On October - 6 - 2011
Happy National Poetry Day!
The National Poetry Day Patchwork Poem 2011, Pelmanism, collated by Andy Jackson from lines taken from contributions by a number of poets/writers appeared today. To my delight, it includes a line from my own poetry: ‘war games, the unbearable logic’. The Patchwork Poem, published in the North Carr Light, can be read here. It is a multi-layered, thoughtful poem… I cannot imagine how Andy Jackson put it together from all those separate poems and poets! What a feat!
This afternoon, I went to the Royal Festival Hall for the National Poetry Live event. A fantastic afternoon of poetry, poetry, poetry; all sorts of poetry. Simon Armitage, Lemn Sissey, Jackie Kay, Jo Shapcott, Jo Bell and others… Wonderful work. My absolute fav though, was Joelle Taylor, who read her poetry from the heart. Wrote it from the heart… Hard-hitting as well as thought-provoking work set in the wastelands of high rise buildings in London’s poorest areas, it spoke of dispossessed children, women, people, and lives, finding hope in poetry and its transformational powers.
Haiku #5 October 2011
On October - 5 - 2011
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moving house –
a snail and the same old
me
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: home
Haiku #4 October 2011
On October - 4 - 2011
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bamboo screen -
not a single
butterfly
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: butterflies
Haiku #3 October 2011
On October - 3 - 2011
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gnarled olive
the tenderness of human
love
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: courtship etc
Haiku #2 October 2011
On October - 3 - 2011
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coming home -
the garden has forgotten
my hand
.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: sabi
