first poppies —
watching this kid paint
a frown
.
nhwm prompt: clown
Category Archives: Haiku
‘at the back’ and ‘glass slipper’ NFTG April 2013
at the back of my retina Plato’s cave
.
.
glass slipper
yet my frog poem
finds no prince
in Notes From The Gean, p15 and 45, NFTG April 2013
‘stomach rumblings’ #9 April 2013
stomach rumblings
the symposium
running overtime
.
NHWM prompt: sound
‘illusion’ and ‘red’ #8 April 2013
illusion in red my dress is a poppy
.
red faced again
poppies
.
NHWM prompt: red
‘Morston Marsh’ #5 April 2013
Morston Marsh
a bowl of mussels
by the fire
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite place
‘dark matter’ #4 March 2013
dark matter
the blank stare
of my tortoises
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: celestial
‘Evros Delta –‘ #3 April 2013
Evros Delta –
feeding in the wetlands
spring migrants
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: delta
.
For Evros Delta see here
‘woodfire sparks –‘ #2 April 2013
woodfire sparks –
sound of the front gate
closing
.
NahaiWriMo prompt: empty/emptiness
‘an angel’s trumpet’ #1 April 2013
.
an angel’s trumpet lingers in my ear smooth jazz
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: smooth
‘milk-colored skies’ #31 March 2013
milk-colored skies
the newborn stretches out
her arms
.
Shiki Kukai, Free format, March 2013: my entry
(15th Place, tied)
‘nymph’ #30 March 2013
nymph
leaving her larval shell
young bride
.
March 2013 Shiki kukai kigo entry
‘one thousand’ #29 March 2013
one thousand and one calls of the wild spring
.
.
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hook
Photo: Hochablass, river Lech dam in Augsburg
Info here
‘heavy sleeper’ #28 March 2013
heavy sleeper
the duvet on the doorstep
covered in snow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: sleep
‘full worm moon’ #27 March 2013
full worm moon
gleam of powdery snow
on the crocuses
.
NaHaiWriMo: full moon
.
In the Old Farmers’ Almanac, worm moon is March moon.
‘keyhole surgery’ #26 March 2013
keyhole surgery
the only way to my heart
is through the pine
.
NaHaiWriMo: keys
‘chrysanthemum moon’ #25 March 2013
chrysanthemum moon
who said I’m perfect
.
Notes From The Gean, 16, February 2013, p.26
‘fish-bowl…’ #23 March 2013
fish-bowl…
sharing her cherry poem
on Facebook
.
nhwm: glass
‘wiping’ and ‘cherry petals’ 21 and 22 March 2013
.
wiping the scales from my eyes under water
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: scales
.
cherry petals
she shows him
her cartwheels
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: learning
‘a fig’ Bones no 1, December 2012
‘spring sunshine –‘ #19 March 2013
spring sunshine –
tying her laces a girl beams
at her mother
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: shoes
‘stealing glances’ #18 March 2013
stealing glances
the white camellia
on her blouse
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: crime (!)
‘ticking clock –‘ #17 March 2013
ticking clock –
seed heads shake
in the wind
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: sounds
‘paper-thin skin’ #15 March 2013
paper-thin skin
sound of bamboo
splitting
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: paper
‘computing pi?’ #14 March 2013
computing pi?
his slice of round bread
equal to hers
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pi
‘breakfast walk’ #12 March 2013
breakfast walk
on the marsh trail
crunch of snow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: transport
‘new moon’ #11 March 2013
new moon
what I’d give for
another chance…
.
what I’d give for another chance new moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: new moon
(the one-liner arrangement was suggested by Freddy Ben-Arroyo)
‘wind and water’ #10 March 2013
wind and water –
only the essentials
remain
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: erosion
‘Salt March’ #9 March 2013
Salt March –
a bird without a name
flies off its perch
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: salt
‘witch-hazel’ #7 January 2013
witch-hazel
spark from the smoldering
fire
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: status
‘mouse droppings’ and ‘wild haiku’ #6 March 2013
1
mouse droppings
the wild look
in her eyes
2
wild haiku
words all the
up mixed
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wild (:-) )
