Romantische Strasse –
lowering the price
of diesel
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Romance/Risk
Photo: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, best preserved medieval city in southern Germany.
Category Archives: Haiku
‘euphorbia’ #16 May 2013
euphorbia
the day I misspelled
your name…
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pet
‘deep shade’ #13 May 2013
deep shade
the teeth behind
her coy smile
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mannerisms
‘Mother’s Day’ #12 May 2013
1
Mother’s Day
the missing iris
from her earring
2
lost the look in her eyes
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: lost
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‘rain jacket’ #10 May 2013
rain jacket
pots at the clay fest
collecting water
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: jacket
A photo from today’s Pottery market at Diessen am Ammersee, Bavaria (10 May 2013)
For more information about this annual pottery market please click here
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‘weak sun’ #9 May 2013
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weak sun
sky the colour of water
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ignoring
‘homemade jam’ #8 May 2013
homemade jam —
taste of redcurrants
holding the sun
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Home
‘hot day’ in Moongarlic, issue 0, May 2013
hot day –
on the train only the dog
meets my eye
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In the new Moongarlic E-zine
edited by Sheila Windsor and Brendan Slater, issue 0, May 2013, p. 15
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(First credit: In the Garden of Absence, Fruit Dove Press, 2012, p.16)
‘gold rush’ and ‘golden hair’ #7 May 2013
gold rush
on a warm day
each blade of grass
.
golden hair
the newsreader’s answer
to austerity
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gold
‘garden life’ #4 May 2013
garden life –
a snail shell floats
in the birdbath
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: den
‘curved coastline’ #3 May 2013
curved coastline –
grains of sand taste
of salt
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Inspired by the NaHaiWriMo prompt: salt, set by Alan Summers of Area 17
The THF Per Diem: Daily Haiku poem by Deborah P Kolodji, on the 3rd of May 2013
and Gabi Greve’s World Kigo Database (WKD) entry on salt
‘tracing’ #1 May 2013
tracing
my own rough edges –
wildflowers
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: asperity
‘alone’ and ‘full fish moon’ 29 April 2013
alone
with each other
full fish moon and i
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full fish moon –
floating thoughts of returning
to my roots
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My entries to the April 2013 Moon Viewing Party
haiku bandit society
‘feeding the chickens’ #28 April 2013
feeding the chickens
a headscarf flies off
into the road
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: farm animals
‘secret spring’ #27 April 2013
secret spring
a wild iris bends towards
the light
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: symbol
‘aerial roots’ #26 April 2013
aerial roots
the light touch
of your words
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: roots
‘luminous garden’ #25 April 2013
luminous garden
why then is the full fish moon
wrapped in cloud?
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: garden
‘velvety feel’ #24 April 2013
velvety feel
of the charcoal drawing –
butterfly wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: visual arts
‘hourglass’ #23 April 2013
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hourglass the hole in my pocket
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: time
‘storks’ nest’ Kernels, Spring 2013
storks’ nest
the chimney sweep
holds his breath
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Kernelsonline, Premier edition, Spring 2013
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‘Earth Day’ #22 April 2013
Earth Day
the leaf mold worm
coiling up
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wheel (and Earth Day)
‘granny’s headscarf’
granny’s headscarf
scent of lavender
in the fold lines
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: clothing
‘Horsehead Nebula –’ #20 April 2013
Horsehead Nebula –
music of the spheres echoes
through the lyre
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: music
For Horsehead Nebula see here
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‘broken street lights’ #19 April 2013
broken street lights
a mobile phone rings
and rings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dark
‘oiling shears’ #18 April 2013
oiling shears –
the gardener’s
creaky knees
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: antique (old)
‘Tokoyo no Kuni –-‘ #17 April 2013
Tokoyo no Kuni –-
is mushroom haiku ever
out of season?
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mushroom
For information about Tokoyo no Kuni see here
‘choosing’ and ‘not minding that’ #16 April 2013
1
choosing
the freedom of the fields –
wildflower
2
not minding that
they are not welcome –
weeds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wildflower
‘dreaming’ #15 April 2013
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dreaming at the back of my mind stories from my childhood
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: alley
“cleaning the pond –” #14 April 2013
cleaning the pond –
layers of last year’s
seasons
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pond
‘first poppies’ #12 April 2013
first poppies —
watching this kid paint
a frown
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nhwm prompt: clown
