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transit of Venus
the mole
on her upper lip
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In A Hundred Gourds 1:4 September 2012
Monthly Archives: August 2012
‘as far as’ #30 August 2012
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as far as the eye can see clipped hedgerows…
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: fence (Terri L. French)
51/100 Days of Summer
‘sand dunes’ #29 August 2012
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sand dunes with each blink of the eye
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: healthcare (Dave Serjeant)
50/100 Days of Summer
Dave Serjeant
‘Darth Vader’ #28 August 2012
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Darth Vader at the kitchen sink meteor shower
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dream
#49/100 Days of Summer
‘tip of my tongue’ #27 August 2012
tip of my tongue
strawberry fields
forever
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(Please click the image to enlarge)
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Beatles song (Johannes Bjerg)
48/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘cricket song’ #26 August 2012
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: time (Jessica Tremblay)
47/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
Image manipulation: photograph of the Schmutter marsh, near Neusaess, Germany. The path just visible borders Via Julia, the old Roman Road now used as a long-distance cycle path.
#24 and 25 August 2012
lazy evening
the cicadas
still at it
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: childhood memory (Cara Holman)
46/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
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poetry month –
the marsh bursting at the seams
with cricket song
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: seam (Susan Murata)
45/100 Days of Summer
‘heating up’ #23 August 2012
heating up –
their latest tweets start
trending
NaHaiWriMo prompt: heat (Pris Campbell)
44/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘forgotten dreams’ #22 August 2012
forgotten dreams
fish-laden caiques crossing
the Aegean
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: forgotten things (Alan Summers)
43/100 Days of Summer
‘washed ashore’ #21 August 2012
washed ashore
a piece of another
place
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: driftwood (Kathabela Wilson)
42/100 Days of Summer
‘ant lines’ Haiku News August 2012
‘lakeside heat’ #20 August 2012
lakeside heat
under a tree a boy
sticks to his mother
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: surrender (Chrissi Villa)
41/100 Days of Summer
‘through the fog’ #18 August 2012
through the fog
the smell of fish ahead
of the boat
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: boats (Alison Williams)
40/100 Days of Summer
‘Leonid shower’ #17 August 2012
Leonid shower
the zoo lion
roars
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: lion (Alee Imperial Albano)
39/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘spring twilight’ #16 August 2012
spring twilight
a newborn’s cry echoes
through the school gym
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NaHaiWriMo: birth (Christina Nguyen)
38/100 Days of Summer
‘chili and chocolate’ #15 August 2012
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chili and chocolate
the way opposites
attract
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: chili pepper (Paul David Mena)
37/100 Days of Summer
‘east wind’ #14 August 2012
east wind
the play of sunlight
on water
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: enightenment (Carlos Colon)
36/100 Days of Summer
‘the old flame’ #13 August 2012
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the old flame growing old acer
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: love
35/100 Days of Summer
‘long hours’ #12 August 2012
long hours
the heat of the patio
stones
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: holiday activities (Annie Juhl)
‘a thousand times’ #11 August 2012
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a thousand times on the lips watermelon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: watermelon (Stella Pierides)
‘whistling’ #10 August 2012
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whistling through a blade of grass poems I might write
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: grass (Melissa Allen)
34/100 Days of Summer
‘tide pool’ #9 August 2012
tide pool
a sea urchin loses
its spines
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tide pool (Patty Hardin)
33/100 Days of Summer
In the Haiku News
“Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs”
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tasting metal
the cup fills with news
of war
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This haiku, linked with the article above, now appears in Haiku News: the personal is the political is the poetical
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(Vol. 1, No. 30)
‘spider web’ #8 August 2012
spider web…
she straightens her crocheted
bedcover
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: spider (Sheila Windsor)
32/100 Days of Summer
‘Pleiades’ #7 August 2012
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Pleiades –
a lone fisherman
crosses himself
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: star myths (Linda Papanicolau)
31/100 Days of Summer
‘roaring traffic’ #6 August 2012
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roaring traffic
a street kid combs her hair
for school
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: hope (Johnny Baranski)
30/100 Days of Summer
dream pillow for #5 August 2012
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: exploration
#29/100 Days of Summer
My work in Origami Lotus Poetry
I am thrilled for my work to be featured on Kathy Uyen Nguyen’s blog/Live Journal Origami Lotus Poetry. My entry is today, the 5th of August 2012. Many thanks to Kathy for her generous and insightful comments.
Each day all through this month, Kathy features one individual poet, artist, or writer from all over the world. Please visit her blog, read, and leave a comment.
‘tendrils’ #4 August 2012
tendrils –
faraway, a butterfly’s
fluttering wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: lightness (prompter: John Carley)
28/100 Days of Summer
‘roaring sea’ #3 August 2012
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roaring sea beyond windswept dunes salt crystals
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sand (prompter: Vincent Hoarau)
27/100 Days of Summer
