All posts by Stella Pierides

Stella Pierides, British poet, writer and artist of Greek descent. Books include: Of This World (2017) and In the Garden of Absence (2012), both Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award winners, and Feeding the Doves (2013). Stella served on The Haiku Foundation Board of Directors. She concieved and co ordinated the feature Haiku for Parkinson's for The Haiku Foundation.

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‘washed ashore’ #21 August 2012

August 21, 2012 Stella Pierides

washed ashore
a piece of another
place
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: driftwood (Kathabela Wilson)

42/100 Days of Summer

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‘ant lines’ Haiku News August 2012

August 21, 2012 Stella Pierides

ant lines
resolving to get
a compass

Haiku News Vol.1 No. 32

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‘lakeside heat’ #20 August 2012

August 20, 2012 Stella Pierides

lakeside heat
under a tree a boy
sticks to his mother

NaHaiWriMo prompt: surrender (Chrissi Villa)

41/100 Days of Summer

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‘through the fog’ #18 August 2012

August 18, 2012 Stella Pierides

through the fog

the smell of fish ahead

of the boat

NaHaiWriMo prompt: boats (Alison Williams)

40/100 Days of Summer

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‘Leonid shower’ #17 August 2012

August 17, 2012 Stella Pierides 1 Comment

Leonid shower
the zoo lion
roars

NaHaiWriMo prompt: lion (Alee Imperial Albano)

39/100 Days of Summer

Free Haiga

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‘spring twilight’ #16 August 2012

August 16, 2012 Stella Pierides

spring twilight
a newborn’s cry echoes
through the school gym
.
NaHaiWriMo: birth (Christina Nguyen)
38/100 Days of Summer

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‘chili and chocolate’ #15 August 2012

August 15, 2012 Stella Pierides

chili and chocolate
the way opposites
attract

NaHaiWriMo prompt: chili pepper (Paul David Mena)

37/100 Days of Summer

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‘east wind’ #14 August 2012

August 14, 2012 Stella Pierides 1 Comment

east wind

the play of sunlight

on water

NaHaiWriMo prompt: enightenment (Carlos Colon)

36/100 Days of Summer

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‘the old flame’ #13 August 2012

August 14, 2012 Stella Pierides

the old flame growing old acer

NaHaiWriMo prompt: love

35/100 Days of Summer

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‘long hours’ #12 August 2012

August 12, 2012 Stella Pierides

long hours

the heat of the patio

stones

NaHaiWriMo prompt: holiday activities (Annie Juhl)

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‘a thousand times’ #11 August 2012

August 11, 2012 Stella Pierides 1 Comment

a thousand times on the lips watermelon

NaHaiWriMo prompt: watermelon (Stella Pierides)

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‘whistling’ #10 August 2012

August 10, 2012 Stella Pierides

whistling through a blade of grass poems I might write

NaHaiWriMo prompt: grass (Melissa Allen)

34/100 Days of Summer

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‘tide pool’ #9 August 2012

August 9, 2012 Stella Pierides

tide pool
a sea urchin loses
its spines
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: tide pool (Patty Hardin)

33/100 Days of Summer

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In the Haiku News

August 9, 2012 Stella Pierides

“Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs”

tasting metal

the cup fills with news

of war

This haiku, linked with the article above, now appears in Haiku News: the personal is the political is the poetical

(Vol. 1, No. 30)

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‘spider web’ #8 August 2012

August 8, 2012 Stella Pierides

spider web…
she straightens her crocheted
bedcover

NaHaiWriMo prompt: spider (Sheila Windsor)

32/100 Days of Summer

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‘Pleiades’ #7 August 2012

August 7, 2012 Stella Pierides

Pleiades –

a lone fisherman

crosses himself

NaHaiWriMo prompt: star myths (Linda Papanicolau)

31/100 Days of Summer

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‘roaring traffic’ #6 August 2012

August 6, 2012 Stella Pierides

roaring traffic
a street kid combs her hair
for school

NaHaiWriMo prompt: hope (Johnny Baranski)

30/100 Days of Summer

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dream pillow for #5 August 2012

August 6, 2012 Stella Pierides

NaHaiWriMo prompt: exploration

#29/100 Days of Summer

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My work in Origami Lotus Poetry

August 5, 2012 Stella Pierides 1 Comment

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 5^th 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.