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shooting stars…
the fizz of champagne
on my tongue
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2nd place in the Free Format theme, Shiki Kukai February 2012
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Category Archives: aros
haiku #23 February 2012
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stifling heat –
the judge‘s wig
drips
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wig
haiku #22 February 2012
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lovebirds –
coming through their vent
scent of jasmine rice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: vent
haiku #19, #20, #21 February 2012
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #21 umbrella
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silk umbrella
how this butterfly hovers
over your head
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: #20 talus
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gravity
a landslide settles into a scree
on her jowls
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NaHaiWriMo prompt #19 sandals
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hung out to dry
on the clothesline
Hermes’ winged sandals
haiku #18 February 2012
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skipping stones –
a walnut rattles
downhill
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: rattle
haiku #17 February 2012
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food queue biting its tail around the block
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: queue
haiku #16 February 2012
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fighting for space
in our childhood rockpools –
sea anemones
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pool
Haiku #15 February 2012
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near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
between folding
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between folding
and unfolding –
a dove
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bottle rockets, #26, February 2012
Haiku #14 February 2012
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nightingale song –
life becomes
lighter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: nachos/love (n)
Haiku #12 February 2012
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almond blossom
my neighbor pounding cloth
all night
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: laundry
Haiku #11 February 2012
Haiku #10 February 2012
Haiku #9 February 2012
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ice house
storing her gall
for all seasons
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ice
Haiku #8 February 2012
haiku #7 February 2012
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longitude
east by degrees too numerous
to measure
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: grief
haiku #6 February 2012
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freeze frame-
the snowman at my door
speaks
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: frame
haiku #5 February 2012
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breakfast-
a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: egg
haiku #4 February 2012
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cold snap –
a stray dog bares his teeth
at the wind
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dog
haiku #3 February 2012
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waxing gibbous
this catfish stays
in the deepest pool
NaHaiWriMo prompt: catfish.
haiku #2 February 2012
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quay dawn
twelve cats waiting
for the fishing boat
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: boat
haiku #1 February 2012
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bare tree
in its core dreams
of apples
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: apple
Today is the beginning of the second year of NaHaiWriMo! I look forward to another year of writing one haiku (and more) a day! Gratitude to Michael Dylan Welch and all the people in the Fb Community for making it possible.
Haiku #31 January 2012
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lime-scented
a gentle breeze blows through
syllables
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: nahaiwrimo (!)
senryu #30 January 2012
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white sails
her billowing
skirt
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wind
haiku #29 January 2012
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chicks hatching
if only we knew
the time…
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: birth/death
Haiku #28 January 2012
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spring rain –
a smile I cannot
forget
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Haiku #26 January 2012
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silent evening
I lift the cover off
the water butt
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: water
Haiku #25 January 2012
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white rose –
a falling petal catches
the light
This poem is the result of two prompts:
1: NaHaiWriMo, Annie Juhl’s prompt: metaphor
2: Katherine Gallagher, writers’ workshop prompt: ‘one petal in a full-blown rose’
Haiku #24 January 2012
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still swaying last year’s eucalyptus
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: one-line haiku
Haiku #23 January 2012
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spring clean –
in the dragon’s gullet
moon dust
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dragon
A Happy New Year of the Dragon!
