falling snow
the doll’s dress
soaking wet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: extreme
Category Archives: Blog
‘chicken broth’ and ‘forget-me-nots’ #10 January 2013
chicken broth
the slow unravelling
of time
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In Notes from the Gean 15: January 2013
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forget-me-nots
last year’s
haiku
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In Frogpond, 35:3, Autumn 2012
‘spit polishing’ #7 January 2013
spit polishing
her scuffed shoes –
war child
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: shoes
‘lavender moon’ #6 January 2013
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lavender moon the weight of a butterfly
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite color
‘new year’ and ‘measure of love’ #5 January 2013
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new year
his hand still
on hers
2
measure of love –
sharing her last
almonds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Love
‘casting through’ #4 January 2013
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casting through the fog dark shadow
. NaHaiWriMo prompt: fog
‘after the crunch’ #3 January 2012
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after the crunch of snow underfoot my ears
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: season related
‘a hermit crab’ #2 January 2013
a hermit crab
outgrows its shell…
melting ice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ice
‘first haiku’ #1 January 2013
first haiku
soothing fragrance
of green tea
Sharing my own very first haiku of the day, written for the first NaHaiWriMo prompt of the year, ‘something green,’ set by Violette Rose-Jones
January 2013: A buzzing Per Diem month
This month, the The Haiku Foundation Per Diem goes entomological! Insects, bugs, arachnids… Cherie Hunter Day’s collection for the January 2013 Per Diem: Daily Haiku is full of buzz!
She says: “This Per Diem is a chance to rediscover: click of a deathwatch beetle, the taste of hive in the honey, and the architecture of a just spun web. We again visit with water striders, praying mantises, dragonflies, crickets, and maybe even a lowly flea.”
I look forward to the splendid haiku, especially since they bring back to me the insect life of my childhood.
The daily Per Diem poems (one a day, every day), can be found here.
Happy New Year!
‘New Year’s Eve’ #31 December 2012
New Year’s Eve –
at the marble cherub’s feet
mother and baby
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: marble
‘New Year’s Eve’ #30 December 2012
New Year’s Eve
a heart drawn in the softest
of pencils
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pencils
‘full cold moon’ #29 December 2012
full cold moon
a blue tiger sneaks in
through the back door
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tiger blue
‘skimming’ #28 December 2012
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skimming the bubbles off the broth flow tide
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: bubbles
‘chilly days’ #27 December 2012
chilly days
the absence of croaking
from the pond
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: frogs, but without mentioning them!
‘Boxing Day hunt’ and ‘smell of roast’ #25, 26 December 2012
Boxing Day hunt —
ducks on the Danube line-up
for breadcrumbs
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smell of roast
in the long distance call –
Christmas day
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For 12 Days of christmas at Gillena Cox‘s Lunch break blogspot (ongoing posts)
‘Christmas Day’ #25 December 2012
Christmas Day —
I stuff the chicken with
granny’s recipe
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: company
Season’s Greetings and book voucher
Season’s Greetings to all my friends. May your coming year be filled with beautiful moments!
Thank you all for the inspiration, company, and support through 2012.
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In case you have time over the holidays, here is a coupon (code: FB59R — valid from 25–29 December 2012) for a free e-book version of my “In the Garden of Absence” from Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/263461
‘year’s end’ #23 December 2012
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year’s end
the screech of tires
on wet tarmac
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: loud
‘this train’ and ‘end of the world’ #21 December 2012
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this train doesn’t stop longest night
2
end of the world typo the last mi(n)ce pie
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: 1: monoku/fest; 2: mice
My poem “Girl” is now at the Little Eagle’s RE / VERSE
What a “girl”! Initially published in Off the Coast in 2009 (Vol XV, Number 2), my “Girl” is now at Ralph Murre’s Little Eagle’s RE / VERSE. (19 December 2012)
I love the artwork by Ralph Murre!
Do take a look, but please be considerate! Click here
‘Hells Angel’ #18 December 2012
Hells Angel
the breadcrumbs
in his beard
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: motorcycle
‘snow melt’ #17 December 2012
‘on home turf’ and other winter poems
on home turf-
feeding watermelon seeds
to the hens
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“On Home Turf,” Haiga, in “A Baker’s Dozen,” issue 4, 15 December 2012
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a fig is not a fig without your mouth
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a pyromaniac’s dream on top of the world
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In “Bones: Journal for Contemporary Haiku,” No 1, 15 December 2012
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at the bottom of the sea the bottom of the sea
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raining stars
how the begging tin
sounds
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in “Presence” #47, December 2012
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past her nails
a truth worth
holding on to
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in Notes From The Gean, #14, p. 28, December 2012
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shooting star –
a baby slithers out
of the womb
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frost bite
the winter bares its teeth
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In “A Blackbird Sings: a small stone anthology”
edited by Fiona Robyn & Kaspalita Thompson, 2012
‘wordless poem’ #15 December 2012
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wordless poem sharing the silence of fallen leaves
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: seeking solace
‘outside the box’ #14 December 2012
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outside the box more of the same crunchy snow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: outside the box
‘without my glasses’ #13 December 2012
without my glasses
the lit candelabra –
blazing star
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: candle
‘wall calendar’ #11 December 2012
wall calendar –
each year Mount Olympus
a little farther
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Mountain
‘a snow blanket’ #10 December 2012
a snow blanket
covers the sun collectors –
my old bike
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: twin wishes
‘sizzling roast’ #9 December 2012
sizzling roast –
I become
a shark
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: shark
