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spring morning–
bluebird, is that my hair
in your nest?
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Prompt: birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Category Archives: Blog
Senryu #27 July 2011
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cat nap–
on my desk the mouse still
on the mouse mat
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Prompt: cat NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #26 July 2011
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spring ephemerals—
now my roots need colour
often
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Prompt: spring ephemerals. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Mushroom hunting
Where can I find mushrooms, some of my readers have been asking me. A strange question, especially since I am allergic to mushrooms. I think they may have been smelling Melissa Allen’s mushroom garden, across the haikuverse. If you too are interested in mushrooms, you are invited to visit and even pick some. Please scroll down to find mine! The link? Here it is
Haiku/Haiga #25 July 2011
two haystacks-- in the fields the same old story
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Prompt: New Year. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku by Stella Pierides, Photo by Hermann Mueller.
Haiku #24 July 2011
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waiting for the peach
I miss the blue of the sky—
summer harvest
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Prompt: soft fruit. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #23a July 2011
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vernal pool—
they trend on Twitter all
morning
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Prompt: pool, puddle. NahaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #22 July 2011
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Aegean moon—
still hot the pebble shifts with
the tide
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Prompt: moon. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Hailu #21 July 2011
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wild goose chase—
even the duvet tries
to fly south
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Prompt: quilt. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #20 July 2011
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gale force winds—
I steer my desk through a dark
ink swell
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Prompt: wind/stillness. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #19 July 2011
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pins and needles—
sparkling stars
in my finger tips
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Prompt: stars. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #18 July 2011
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crisp snow—
I dream of a hunted
deer
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Prompt: Snow. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #17 July 2011
Haiku (Haiga) #16a July 2011
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sea of green–
even my trike
warms to it
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Prompt: sea/seaside. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #15a July 2011
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word-smith—
on the anvil a haiku
slowly takes shape
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Prompt: haiku, writing, word. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #14a July 2011
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Haiku #12 July 2011
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Cretan knife—
picking wild mushrooms she pricks
her finger
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Prompt: indigenous/groups. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #11 July 2011
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Lainbach—
the river sculpts a garden
in stone
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Prompt: Garden. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
For photographs of the haiku walk, and of course, the river, see my Scrapbook here
Haiku #10 July 2011
ginko–
piling up words I build
cairns
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The Lainbach is a stream cascading down the mountains in the area of Benediktbeuern, in Upper Bavaria.
Haiku from Lake Ammersee
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Ammersee—
where the heavens look
in the mirror
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reflecting the skies
lake Ammersee forgets
itself
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Ammersee–
looking in the mirror
the clouds long for home
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sundown—
the clouds lose their
perspective
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sunset—
golden light anoints
the world
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I wrote this haiku responding to two prompts: the NaHaiWriMo extension prompt, “ mirror,” set by Susan Delphine Delaney; and the call for submissions by Walter Bjorkman. Susan is setting the prompts for July for the wonderful facebook community of haiku poets, NaHaiWriMo. Walter is hosting the blog carnival Language/Place, on the theme of “Poetry of Place.” Submissions of links to Walter on this theme are open till the 20th of July.
The photograph of the lake Ammersee was taken one evening this summer.
Haiku #8 July 2011
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flow tide
hoarse through the fog
terns‘ cries
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Prompt: Fog. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku/Senryu, Sketchbook May/June 2011
From the Sketchbook Kukai, May/June 2011 Vol. 6, No.3 (peer review poetry contest)
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rainbow—
all that remains of
your smile
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Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 6th place, tie.
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rainbow weaving—
this spider runs out of
silk
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Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 7th place, tie.
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Haiku in the Sketchbook May/June Editor’s Choices
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beets—
and he wonders how he got
kidney stones
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Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
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celery crunch—
I always knew you threw
the dice
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Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
Haiku #7 July 2011
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growing old–
that pink sky twice removed
now returning
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Prompt: First light. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #6 July 2011
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neon lights
a lonely glow worm’s
mate
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Prompt: Fireflies/Glow worms. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #5 July 2011
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two doves fighting–
who‘ll perch higher
on the olive tree
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Prompt: Doves. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #4 July 2011
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fireworks—
forgetting the taste
of cherries
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Prompt: Fireworks. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #3 July 2011
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summer cool–
the blossom lingers
in the cherry
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Prompt: Blossoms. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #2 July 2011
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larva and silkworm-
once upon a time
there was a girl
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Prompt: Butterflies, bugs. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #1 July 2011
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cuckoo affair–
thrown out of its nest
a baby robin
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Prompt: Birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #30 June 2011
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reggae—
in the book of life my name
in beats
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Prompt: reggae. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
