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school science?
the teacher insists on
cutting up a frog
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; Prompt: children.
Tag Archives: haiku
23 September 2011
Haiga 22 September 2011
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setting sun –
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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!)
Haiga #21 September 2011
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repose-
riding
not riding
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long after we’ve gone
this girl will be riding
her whale
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watching poets
come and go
come and go
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peace offering
I check her
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The sculpture, the little lake girl, maybe mermaid, riding the whale, in the Kurparkschloesschen, in Herrsching am Ammersee, is by artist Hilde Grotewahl. It can be seen on the promenade, opposite the Schloesschen. More work by this artist in her website here.
(Original title in German: Die kleine Seejungfrau)
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Peace
Haiga #20 September 2011
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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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Haiga #19 September 2011
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: animals
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September haiga challenge.
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Haiku #18 September 2011
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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).
Poem in the Asahi Shimbun (16 09 11)
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’)
Haiga 17a September 2011
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge: A haiga a day … or so…
Haiku #17 September 2011
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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
Haiku #16 September 2011
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through the fog –
mountains of orange
pumpkins
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: mountains
Haiku #15 September 2011
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summer –
this bee
gets lost again
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: Haynaku
Haiku #13 September 2011
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lucky charm –
on the crest of the wave
sound bubbles
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: luck
Haiku #10 September 2011
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setting out
to dispel darkness?
moon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: light and dark
Haiga #9 September 2011
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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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Haiga #8 September 2011
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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 …
Haiga #7 September 2011
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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 …
Haiku #7 September 2011
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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
Haiku #6 September 2011
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school days –
counting sparrows
in the yard
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: school days
Haiga #5 September 2011
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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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Haiku #5 September 2011
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apple orchard –
on the picnic blanket
spilt wine
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: picnic.
Haiga #4 September 2011
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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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Haiga #3 September 2011
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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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Haiga #2a September 2011
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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 …
Haiku #1 September 2011
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September drizzle –
on my wall calendar
the page for August
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011/prompt: calendar
Haiku #31 August 2011
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leaving a trail
of crumbs for the way back
history lesson
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Prompt: photo of wine cellar, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #30 August 2011
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shower of sparks
last year‘s pine cones
giving up the ghost
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Prompt: campfire. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #29 August 2011
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rice fields after the harvest caesium
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refusing to draw
the plow, water buffalo –
caesium fields
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Prompt: environmental concerns haiku. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #27 August 2011
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just because
the sky is navigable –
thistledown
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Prompt: just because. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #26 August 2011
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baring his teeth
the hobbling dog –
harpsichord
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This month’s prompter, Terri Hale French, suggested we use a randomly generated haiku by the haiku generator (a JavaScript Haiku application) to work on our own haiku. I did. The result is the haiku above. You can see the original, software generated haiku below:
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harpsichord sickens
dense snowstorms hobbling dogs
wailing, formless
