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when the starship lands
and the aliens meet her –
ironed undies
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this year
lingerie a size smaller
billowing clouds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: underwear
Category Archives: Blog
‘eating alone’ 22 June 2012
‘making hay’ #21 June 2012
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making hay
the farmer doesn’t notice
the smell
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: smell
‘summer solstice’ #20 June 2012
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summer solstice
forgetting for a moment
the ego
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: light
‘getting late’ #19 June 2012
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getting late
the pond lights
come on
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dark
‘road sign’ #18 June 2012
road sign
last summer’s paint
peeling off
NaHaiWriMo prompt: signs
‘two Martian moons’ #17 June 2012
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two Martian moons –
billowing clouds of dust
and no rain
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: season on another planet
‘summer picnic’ #16 June 2012
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summer picnic
daisies tickle
my toe
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: body part
‘Japanese Gardens’ #15 June 2012
Japanese Gardens
the acer’s deep
bow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: local building
(my response to the prompt
is a bit remote, but, there you go!)
haiku: Stella Pierides; photo: Hermann Mueller
From the Augsburg Botanic Gardens.
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‘ant lines’ #14 June 2012
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ant lines
resolving to get
a compass
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NaHaiWriMo prompt, word generator: compass
‘rain haiku’ #12 June 2012
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rain haiku
I write without
an umbrella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: rain
‘transit of Venus@ #11 June 2012
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transit of Venus –
touching the polka dots
on her dress
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: touch
‘melon flower’ #10 June 2012
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melon flower
slowly peeling back
time
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: older person/male
‘between’ #9 June 2012
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between
this mountain peak and the next
breathing space
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: the space between
‘tasting metal’ #8 June 2012
‘eating rhubarb’ #7 June 2012
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eating rhubarb
faster than it grows
young love
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: plant/growing things
‘peony blooms’ #6 June 2012
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peony blooms
the sound of petals
unfurling
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: quiet sound
‘night owl’ #5 June 2012
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night owl
the garden gnome’s smile
lit up by the moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
‘ripe watermelon’ #4 June 2012
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ripe watermelon –
under thicker skin
melting sweetness
.
NaHaiWriMo
‘peony’ #3 June 2012
peony
no shame
in your beauty
NaHaiWriMo prompt: something positive
Source of inspiration and image: Photograph by Kitty Rogers, of Whimsical Photography. Her wonderful photos can be bought from her shop on etsy (I got to find out about Kitty Rogers via Lisa Orgler’s pins, on Pinterest)
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‘eye scan’ #2 June 2012
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eye scan
the number of sunsets
on my retina
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: something wrong
International Kukai No. 2, May 2012
dandelion clock
each seed
a kite
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3rd place (joint) International Kukai No. 2 May 2012
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sailing the skies
a boy
and his kite
.
kite flying
how long is a piece
of string
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7th and 8th place (joint) International Kukai No. 2 May 2012
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‘no one home’ #1 June 2012
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no one home
yet the woodpecker
keeps knocking
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: bird/animal
‘after the rain’ #31 May 2012
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after the rain
how the lilac turns
heads
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: smell
‘soil and soul’ #30 May 2012
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soil and soul
footprints on Eigg’s
singing sands
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: found poem
Inspiration/found:
“Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power” book about the community of Eigg purchasing its land.
“…its quartz beach, called the “singing sands” (Tràigh a’ Bhìgeil) on account of the squeaking noise it makes if walked on when dry.”
Michael Dylan Welch’s question (on FB) about islands we visited reminded me of my trip to Eigg
‘touching base’ #29 May 2012
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touching base
I let the anthill
be
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: touch
’round question’ #28 May 2012
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round question –
what is a watermelon
without its seeds?
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: circle/spiral (round)
‘Sunday’ #27 May 2012
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Sunday
after hovering all day
the dragonfly rests
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dragonfly
‘reticence’ and ‘dandelion clock’ Shiki Kukai May 2012
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reticence —
how rose petals curl
back
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Shiki Kukai, May 2012 kigo: rose(s)
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dandelion clock —
getting up when
it’s time
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Shiki Kukai, May 2012 free theme: morning habits
