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once again
she inverts the hourglass –
Cinderella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: deadlines
Category Archives: Blog
Haiku #16 November 2011
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late grapes –
birds making a meal
of the vine
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: feeding birds
Haiku #15 November 2011
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moving house –
my mother’s tea plates clink
inside the box
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(I am finally moving house tomorrow! I did wrap those plates in extra paper!)
Senryu #14 November 2011
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siesta
my sister and I peep through
half-closed shutters
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: childhood memory.
Haiku #13 November 2011
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lunch
a fishbone swims down
my throat
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: bad luck
Haiku #11 November 2011
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running along
the rim of the crater –
old soldier
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: veterans
Haiku #10 November 2011
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weeping meadow –
every time love loses
its dream
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scene from a movie
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Inspired by Theo Angelopoulos’ film The Weeping Meadow (watch the trailer)
Haiku #9 November 2011
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volcanic ash –
the taste of the market
fallout
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: natural disasters
Haiku #8 November 2011
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Mars swallows –
we beam them down
for winter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scifi ku
Haiku #7 November 2011
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dark moon–
at the foot of the Parthenon
last throw of the dice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gambling
Haiku #6 November 2011
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flowering–
on your face the ghost
of a smile
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@CuentoMag #165, 5 November 2011
Haiku #5 November 2011
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changing gear –
instead of inscribing
I tweet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: social media
Haiku #4 November 2011
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Rosetta Stone –
a life
in three languages
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(Why is this not a senryu? It is, too!)
NaHaiWriMo prompt: ancient Egypt
Haiku #3 November 2011
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cactus needle –
loneliness turned
inside out
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tactile
Haiku #2 November 2011
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under the red maple
red maple –
autumn’s harvest
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: autumn foliage
Three Halloween Haiku
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full moon tea
my book of beasts
lies open
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tea leaves —
a fate worse than
cuticles
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kallikantzaroi—
drinking tea they forget
the World tree
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Three haiku included in Aubrie Cox’s collection Tree with Trolls, in her blog Yay Words. Twenty seven poets saying, in their own unique way, Happy Halloween! And thank you Aubrie!
Haiku #1 November 2011
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ant lines –
weaving a pine needle
necklace
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NaHaiWriMo extension; prompts this month by Carlos Colon: sweet indulgence
Haiku #31 October 2011
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ghost-writer
this haiku is written
by its reader
this haiku is written
by its reader
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ghost/spirit
Haiku #30 October 2011
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no-go area –
her recipe-book
on the top shelf
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: secret
Haiku #29a October 2011
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on her tombstone dove
two snails
mating
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: cemetery
Haiku #28a October 2011
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telegraph wires –
swallows too are waiting
for your news
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Nahaiwrimo extension 2011; prompt: migrating birds
Haiku #27 October 2011
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charred blankets –
the doll
still smouldering
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: consequences of war
Haiku #26 October 2011
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chill wind –
remembering
the things I forget
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: frightening
Haiku #25 October 2011
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winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes larger
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Or,
winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes too big
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginning
Haiku #24 October 2011
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when you blush –
the faintest shade of pink
above the horizon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: dawn
Haiku #23 October 2011
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squall –
learning to blow
against the wind
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: windstorm
Haiku #22 October 2011
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as if the word for peace were war cloudy skies
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cloudy lens –
looking without
seeing
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: peace
Haiku #21 October 2011
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curling
against your warmth
ebb tide
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: place of peace
#20 October 2011
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perfume wars –
her statement still lingers
in my study
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: scent
Haiku ranked with ‘merit’ in Sketchbook 6-4 (Jul/Aug 2011)
bee hive
where the workers never
strike
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Sketchbook 6-4, Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
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eternal life
only the roaches
come close
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in my salad
a green caterpillar—
life lesson
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Sketchbook 6-4, Guest Editor’s Choice Haiku, Bernard Gieske : A Glimpse into the Past (scroll down)
and Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
