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sunflowers
the smell of bales of straw
just after harvest
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: starting with letter s
23/100 Days of Summer
Category Archives: Haiku
‘still’ #27 July 2012
‘coffee-cup reading’ #26 July 2012
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: upside-down (For the coffee-cup reading, the cup is turned upside-down!)
22/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘puffballs’ #25 July 2012
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puffballs
a topiary hen guards
the garden
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mushrooms
21/100 Days of Summer
‘dog days’ #24a July 2012
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20/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘summer breeze’ #24 July 2012
summer breeze over the mountain the lightness of being
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: light as a feather
19/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘making jam’ #23 July 2012
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making jam
the blackcurrant stain
on his new shirt
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: surprise
17/100 Days of Summer
International Kukai 4th July 2012
The results of the International Kukai 4th of July Forget-me-nots are out. I am very happy to see one of my haiku reach 2nd place this time round.
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sticky notes
on the fridge door
forget-me-nots
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2nd place
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forget-me-nots
fading on her palm
his phone number
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4 (tie)
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cluttered desk—
next to her own picture
forget-me-nots
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9 (tie)
‘heat shield’ #22 July 2012
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heat shield between us so much clay
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: masks
16/100 Days of Summer
‘crossing borders’ #21 July 2012
crossing borders again this recurring dream
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: recurring dream
15/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
‘fault finder’ #20 July 2012
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fault finder
under the sun umbrella
a dry patch
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umbrella plant this dry patch under the umbrella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: umbrella
14/100 Days of Summer
‘global warming’ 18 July 2012
‘cowering’ #18 July 2012
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cowering in the belly of the whale white-winged dove
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hidden inside
13/100 Days of Summer
‘the voice’ #17 July 2012
the voice
of the wind in your vowels
calm in the evening
NaHaiWriMo pormpt: sounds like
12/100 Days of Summer
‘solipsism’ #16 July 2012
solipsism and the one way ticket to nowhere
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11/100 Days of Summer
‘fan page’ #15 July 2012
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fan page
choosing the one with
ostrich feathers
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: fan
10/100 Days of Summer
‘soft plums’ #13 July 2012
NaHaWriMo prompt: arch
9/100 Days of Summer
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‘two moons’ #12 July 2012
NaHaiWriMo prompt: two
8/100 Days of Summer
“Feeding the Doves” and “The Haircut”
I am very pleased to report that two of my haibun set in Athens, Greece, have been published by Contemporary Haibun Online: Feeding the Doves, a story inspired by a photograph on Robert Geiss’ wonderful blog “daily Athens photo”; and “The Haircut”, exploring the hardships Greek people are facing in the current economic crisis.
The actual photograph of the man feeding the doves that inspired this story can be seen here. In fact, visiting the site to look for the link, I realise that a version I’d sent Robert thanking him for the photograph, had been posted on his blog! So, let us keep feeding the doves!
‘playing it safe’ #10 July 2012
graffiti on digital
buildings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: playing with nature
100 Days of Summer
‘warm spring’ #9 July 2012
warm spring
steady drip of news
that never came
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sparkle
100 Days of Summer: Once in a blue moon
‘once in a blue moon’ 5/100 Days of Summer
once in a blue moon
the traffic lights
turn green………………………………………………………………
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‘flight of Pelicans’ #7 July 2012
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flight of pelicans
the meeting point
of parallel lines
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: flight
100 Days of Summer: Paint the Town Red
I watched the film A Greek Summer, or Nikostratos The Pelican, shown during the Munich Film Festival 2012. Does this count as red?
‘starry night’ photo haiku #6 July 2012
starry night
window-shopping
for lost moments
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: your name
100 Days of Summer: Paint the Town Red
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‘reel world’ #5 July 2012
When all is said and done…
From my Munich walk on the 4th of July 2012
reel world
the man in the back row
coughs
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‘harvesting light’ #3 July 2012
harvesting light
I reach for the pearl
inside the nest
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: what’s in the nest
‘summer storm’ #2 July 2012
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summer storm –
I leave my haiku
dangling
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dangles
‘day moon’ and ‘awakening’ Shiki Kukai June 2012 results
day moon
when the veil
slips
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Shiki kukai, June 2012, Free Format
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awakening —
the ice cream seller’s
deep voice
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Shiki Kukai, June 2012, kigo
These two haiku were my entries to the Shiki Kukai.
‘cycling’ #30 June 2012
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cycling on the Roman road hand-me-downs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something local
‘longing’ and ‘stillness’ #28 June 2012
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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
