the last page missing
from the library book—
late autumn evening
.
Frogpond 41.2 Spring/Summer 2018, p. 27
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72/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
Category Archives: aros
‘life cycle’
life cycle—
keeping still
while moving
.
In the background, painting by Maria Pierides, slightly altered in the process of making this haiga.
‘catching’ and ‘that look on her face’
catching
the last rays. . .
buttercups
*
From my walk along the Schmutter
Photo of bridge over the Schmutter, Neusaess
*
that look on her face . . .
a feather stuck
to the egg
.
Prompt: question
‘Nepal quake’
.
Nepal quake fluttering prayer flags
.
Nepal quake
resin seeping from
the pine
.
Prompt: quake
‘waiting room’
waiting room
how iron rust
grows
‘angel dust’
Continuing with the science fiction/weird science theme:
angel dust
a seagull drone readies
to sweep
‘creature comforts’
creature comforts
I pack a haiku
for Mars
‘olive press’
olive press
in the Cretan mountains
liquid gold
.
Prompt: oil
‘the sum total’
the sum total
of experience…
blood orange
I took this photo a few months ago, in 2014, during a visit to the Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain. The photo is of a small part of Phyllida Barlow’s installation, ‘dock’. You can read an account of my reaction to her work here.
‘still life’
still life
a gull breaks
the silence
This is a photo I took of Konstanz harbour, on Lake Constance, or Bodensee, as it is also known in Germany.
wikipedia entry for Lake Constance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Constance
‘pinpricks’
pinpricks of icy rain…
how damp wood spits
.
In Blithe Spirit, 25:1, p. 4.
Blithe Spirit is the Journal of the British Haiku Society
‘event horizon’
event horizon
another stage
of the journey
‘how to be’
how to be…
eating the prickly pear
blossoms
‘nature’s numbers’
nature’s numbers
the infinite sweetness
of cup-shaped blooms
‘neo-classical’
neo-classical
the delicate beauty
of snowdrops
Photo: of a Henry Moore sculpture on Hampstead Heath
‘after the rain’
after the rain…
squelching across
winter lawns
Photo from my walk in Hampstead Heath.
‘machine song’
machine song
the plug-in maker’s
baritone voice
.
#scifaiku #sciencepoetry
‘day moon’
regardless
of sunrise or sunset
day moon
.
Prompt: seize the poem: day moon
‘alien earth’
‘marmelada’
marmelada
my tongue savours
the word
.
Prompt: marmalade
‘prime meridian’
prime meridian
the appeal of parallel
lives
.
Prompt: mirror
‘how light’
how light the weight of the skies
‘not alone’
not alone hunting for evidence
The photo for this haiga was taken in Diessen am Ammersee, December 2014.
‘keel-laying’
keel-laying
the Douglas fir’s
lemony scent
.
Prompt: bare branch/log… beam… keel
‘holy-days’
holy-days
ripples of laughter
throughout the year
.
Prompt: laughter
‘winter sun’
winter sun
piling kindling
for the fire
.
in hedgerow: journal of small poems #12
‘cold days’
cold days
the snowy egret’s feather
in her hat
.
Seize the poem prompt: cold days
‘icy stare’
icy stare
light bends
the wrong way
.
seize the poem prompt: pond reflections
‘lighthouse’
lighthouse
one cold wave
after another
.
Prompt: liquid
‘head in the clouds?’
head in the clouds?
still waiting for the voice
from heaven
.
Prompt: kickbacks
Photo: 29 November 2014 in Augsburg. First Advent, the Engelspiel, at the marketplace.
There is a video of this event (Engelspiel) from previous years here
Also a description of the Christmas market, or Christkindlesmarkt, as it is called, here
Stella Pierides 