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cycling on the Roman road hand-me-downs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something local
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cycling on the Roman road hand-me-downs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something local
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longing to be free all those stars
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In Things with Wings (p 61)
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stillness these moths have never known
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in Things with Wings, p72
rainbow dress
it doesn’t live up
to its promise.
in 3rd International Kukai – Rainbow
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no wedding bouquet –
her dress, though, is made
of roses
in #35 Caribbean Kigo Kukai – wedding bouquet
“Things with Wings & Other Poems” is now up as a PDF on Yay Words.
“Things…” is a collection of doodleku derived from a month-long challenge, initiated by Aubrie Cox on her blog Yay Words!
Throughout March 2012, poets were invited to participate in a challenge called “I Doodle, You ’Ku.” A doodle was posted each day and poets wrote poems in response to it.
I didn’t catch on until mid-month, but then what fun it was! Aubrie had the difficult task of choosing one/more haiku per day to go with her doodle. I don’t know how she did it, but the resulting collection is amazing! Truly splendid! Visit and see!
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sitting
on the warm hearth of your words
white moth
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Home
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compassion
in the world’s heart
a spent rose
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something missing
1
when the starship lands
and the aliens meet her –
ironed undies
2
this year
lingerie a size smaller
billowing clouds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: underwear
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making hay
the farmer doesn’t notice
the smell
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: smell
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summer solstice
forgetting for a moment
the ego
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: light
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getting late
the pond lights
come on
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dark
road sign
last summer’s paint
peeling off
NaHaiWriMo prompt: signs
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two Martian moons –
billowing clouds of dust
and no rain
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: season on another planet
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summer picnic
daisies tickle
my toe
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: body part

Japanese Gardens
the acer’s deep
bow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: local building
(my response to the prompt
is a bit remote, but, there you go!)
haiku: Stella Pierides; photo: Hermann Mueller
From the Augsburg Botanic Gardens.
See also here:
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ant lines
resolving to get
a compass
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NaHaiWriMo prompt, word generator: compass
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rain haiku
I write without
an umbrella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: rain
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transit of Venus –
touching the polka dots
on her dress
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: touch
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melon flower
slowly peeling back
time
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: older person/male
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between
this mountain peak and the next
breathing space
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: the space between
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eating rhubarb
faster than it grows
young love
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: plant/growing things
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peony blooms
the sound of petals
unfurling
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: quiet sound
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night owl
the garden gnome’s smile
lit up by the moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
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ripe watermelon –
under thicker skin
melting sweetness
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NaHaiWriMo
peony
no shame
in your beauty
NaHaiWriMo prompt: something positive
Source of inspiration and image: Photograph by Kitty Rogers, of Whimsical Photography. Her wonderful photos can be bought from her shop on etsy (I got to find out about Kitty Rogers via Lisa Orgler’s pins, on Pinterest)
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eye scan
the number of sunsets
on my retina
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something wrong
dandelion clock
each seed
a kite
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3rd place (joint) International Kukai No. 2 May 2012
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sailing the skies
a boy
and his kite
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kite flying
how long is a piece
of string
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7th and 8th place (joint) International Kukai No. 2 May 2012
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Full results here
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no one home
yet the woodpecker
keeps knocking
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: bird/animal