alone
with each other
full fish moon and i
.
full fish moon –
floating thoughts of returning
to my roots
.
My entries to the April 2013 Moon Viewing Party
haiku bandit society
Category Archives: Poems
‘feeding the chickens’ #28 April 2013
feeding the chickens
a headscarf flies off
into the road
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: farm animals
‘secret spring’ #27 April 2013
secret spring
a wild iris bends towards
the light
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: symbol
‘aerial roots’ #26 April 2013
aerial roots
the light touch
of your words
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: roots
‘luminous garden’ #25 April 2013
luminous garden
why then is the full fish moon
wrapped in cloud?
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: garden
‘velvety feel’ #24 April 2013
velvety feel
of the charcoal drawing –
butterfly wings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: visual arts
‘hourglass’ #23 April 2013
.
hourglass the hole in my pocket
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: time
‘storks’ nest’ Kernels, Spring 2013
storks’ nest
the chimney sweep
holds his breath
.
Kernelsonline, Premier edition, Spring 2013
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‘Earth Day’ #22 April 2013
Earth Day
the leaf mold worm
coiling up
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wheel (and Earth Day)
‘granny’s headscarf’
granny’s headscarf
scent of lavender
in the fold lines
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: clothing
‘Horsehead Nebula –’ #20 April 2013
Horsehead Nebula –
music of the spheres echoes
through the lyre
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: music
For Horsehead Nebula see here
.
‘broken street lights’ #19 April 2013
broken street lights
a mobile phone rings
and rings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: dark
‘oiling shears’ #18 April 2013
oiling shears –
the gardener’s
creaky knees
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: antique (old)
‘Tokoyo no Kuni –-‘ #17 April 2013
Tokoyo no Kuni –-
is mushroom haiku ever
out of season?
.
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
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wildflower
‘dreaming’ #15 April 2013
.
dreaming at the back of my mind stories from my childhood
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: alley
“cleaning the pond –” #14 April 2013
cleaning the pond –
layers of last year’s
seasons
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pond
‘first poppies’ #12 April 2013
first poppies —
watching this kid paint
a frown
.
nhwm prompt: clown
‘at the back’ and ‘glass slipper’ NFTG April 2013
at the back of my retina Plato’s cave
.
.
glass slipper
yet my frog poem
finds no prince
in Notes From The Gean, p15 and 45, NFTG April 2013
‘stomach rumblings’ #9 April 2013
stomach rumblings
the symposium
running overtime
.
NHWM prompt: sound
‘illusion’ and ‘red’ #8 April 2013
illusion in red my dress is a poppy
.
red faced again
poppies
.
NHWM prompt: red
‘Morston Marsh’ #5 April 2013
Morston Marsh
a bowl of mussels
by the fire
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite place
‘dark matter’ #4 March 2013
dark matter
the blank stare
of my tortoises
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: celestial
‘Evros Delta –‘ #3 April 2013
Evros Delta –
feeding in the wetlands
spring migrants
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: delta
.
For Evros Delta see here
‘woodfire sparks –‘ #2 April 2013
woodfire sparks –
sound of the front gate
closing
.
NahaiWriMo prompt: empty/emptiness
‘an angel’s trumpet’ #1 April 2013
.
an angel’s trumpet lingers in my ear smooth jazz
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: smooth
‘milk-colored skies’ #31 March 2013
milk-colored skies
the newborn stretches out
her arms
.
Shiki Kukai, Free format, March 2013: my entry
(15th Place, tied)
‘nymph’ #30 March 2013
nymph
leaving her larval shell
young bride
.
March 2013 Shiki kukai kigo entry
‘one thousand’ #29 March 2013
one thousand and one calls of the wild spring
.
.
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hook
Photo: Hochablass, river Lech dam in Augsburg
Info here
‘heavy sleeper’ #28 March 2013
heavy sleeper
the duvet on the doorstep
covered in snow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: sleep
