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Hot dog
when hunger gets the better
of me
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Prompt: dog. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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Haiku #5 August 2011
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ruby wine—
the song of a canary
on my tongue
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Prompt: beverage. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #4 August 2011
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ebb and tide—
our holiday against
the horizon
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Prompt: driftwood haiga. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011. Written for photo by Terry Hale French.
Haiku 3a August 2011
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sun-kissed Aegean
gulls swoop where the boat
has been
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Prompt: journey. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
I have been reading an article published in Notes from the Gean, The Intentional Ellipses: Haiku and its Relationship to Space, by Tracy Koretsky, and so experimenting with space in this haiku. While not a new article – it was first published in Triplopia, the excellent internet journal no longer available online – it had escaped me first time round. I am so glad Notes from the Gean published it now. I am going back to reading and trying out more space haiku…
Senryu #3 August 2011
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life’s journey
I count the years
in my neck
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Prompt: journey. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #2 August 2011
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beach combing–
amongst pebbles a muddy
Drachma
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Prompt: coins. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #1 August 2011
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corn silk—
still searching for the face
under all this hair
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Prompt: child/childhood. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #31 July 2011
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letters
learning the abc
of thanking you
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Prompt: gratitude. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #30 July 2011
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mockingbird
still I kept the Athenian
accent
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Mockingbird: Mimus polyglottos!
You can hear this amazing bird mimic other birds, squeaky gates, machines etc here
Haiku #29 July 2011
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olive press—
how else do you write your
haiku?
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Prompt: trees. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #28 July 2011
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spring morning–
bluebird, is that my hair
in your nest?
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Prompt: birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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.
