falling petals—
she gently combs
her hair
‘falling petals’ 85/100 #haikufeltings
Category Archives: Haiku
‘aging carousel’ 84/100 #haikufeltings
aging carousel
the restorer picks up
her brush
‘unforgivable’ 83/100 haikufeltings
the unforgivable otherness of flowers . .
.
(my first attempt at a wet-felted flower didn’t turn out very well: unforgivable!)
‘not quite’ 82/100 #haikufeltings
not quite
female …
doll
‘rockpools’ 81/100 #haikufeltings
worlds within worlds . . .
rockpools holding
the restless sea
‘clock repairs’ 80/100 #haikufeltings
clock repairs
the watchmaker slows down
the minute hand
‘the unknown’ 79/100 #haikufeltings
quiet hour lighting the unknown
‘candied fruit’ 78/100 #haikufeltings
candied fruit . . . preserving my sanity
‘olives’ 77/100 #haikufeltings
air-dried olives—
her advice to avoid
the sun
(this is the wet-felted bowl drying. It ended up with more wrinkles than I wanted for it, so I may needle felt it tomorrow)
‘the smell’ 76/100 #haikufeltings
the smell
of golden wheat fields . . .
millstone
Photo of the first stage of wet-felting a bowl!
‘chains’ 75/100 #haikufeltings
chains or wilderness . . .
life choices of the unfinished
bear
.
‘from my window’ 74/100 #haikufeltings
from my window
the path to
the woods
‘dawn’ 73/100 #haikufeltings
dawn …
what is life
but light
‘brass pedestal’ 72/100 #haikufeltings
brass pedestal
the ceiling fan’s
hum
‘summer night’s dream’ 70/100 #haikufeltings
summer night’s dream—
and on the eighth day
she made a bear
‘evening hour—’ 69/100 #haikufeltings
evening hour—
sound of the wind
from the mountain
.
This is a later stage of the felting
‘Alpine air’ 68/100 #haikufeltings
Alpine air—
scent of the bubbling
stream
‘old flame’ 67/100 #haikufeltings
the old flame’s
swirling skirts …
summer’s day
‘bouncing light’ 66/100 #haikufeltings
bouncing light
togetherness in a group
portrait
‘cooling down’ 65/100 #haikufeltings
cooling down
the weight of this heat
.
‘summer grass’ 64/100 #haikufeltings
summer grass
the tortoise overtakes
the hare
.
I am planning a tortoise race this Saturday and these are the badges I've made for the tortoises (suspiciously similar to the two local football clubs 🙂 ).
‘blues song’ 63/100 #haikufeltings
blues song
the barmaid wipes
her tears
‘summer solstice’ 62/100 #haikufeltings
summer solstice
the delayed train
of thought
‘swamps and floodplains’ 61/100 #haikufeltings
swamps and floodplains
the carved basalt head
covered in wool
‘strong current’ 60/100 #haikufeltings
strong current
a chunk of earth floats out
to sea
‘morning post’ 59/100 #haikufeltings
morning post
scent of the letter marked
X
‘wisdom?’ 58/100 #haikufeltings
wisdom?
even a philosopher
gets spots
‘dawn walk’ 57/100 #haikufeltings
dawn walk—
fragrance of silk white
peonies
‘dense thicket’ 56/100 #haikufeltings
dense thicket
the wounded doe runs
for cover
In ‘Hedgerow’
Pleased to see my haiku in issue 127 of ‘Hedgerow’ edited by Caroline Skanne! Thank you Caroline!
