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 –
faraway, a butterfly’s
fluttering wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: lightness (prompter: John Carley)
28/100 Days of Summer
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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
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full moon
once again I find myself
on Google
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: full moon
26/100 Days of Summer (still with the prompt ‘keep it under your hat: a narcissistic need/obsession…)
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lonely hearts club
the weekly meal
oversubscribed
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: heart (Kat Creighton)
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under my hat
fruit doves
multiply
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: birthday energy
25/100 Days of Summer
star-gazing
ice coating of cosmic dust
on my collar
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: cosmic
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fleeting beauty the rustle of leaves
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: close-up
24/100 Days of Summer
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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
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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
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puffballs
a topiary hen guards
the garden
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mushrooms
21/100 Days of Summer
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20/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
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
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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
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)
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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 again this recurring dream
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: recurring dream
15/100 Days of Summer
Free Haiga
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fault finder
under the sun umbrella
a dry patch
2
umbrella plant this dry patch under the umbrella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: umbrella
14/100 Days of Summer
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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
of the wind in your vowels
calm in the evening
NaHaiWriMo pormpt: sounds like
12/100 Days of Summer
solipsism and the one way ticket to nowhere
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11/100 Days of Summer
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fan page
choosing the one with
ostrich feathers
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: fan
10/100 Days of Summer
NaHaWriMo prompt: arch
9/100 Days of Summer
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: two
8/100 Days of Summer
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!
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: playing with nature
100 Days of Summer
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
the traffic lights
turn green………………………………………………………………
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