cleaning the pond –
layers of last year’s
seasons
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pond
Category Archives: NaHaiWriMo
‘first poppies’ #12 April 2013
first poppies —
watching this kid paint
a frown
.
nhwm prompt: clown
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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 (:-) )
‘raking the embers…’ #4 March 2013
raking the embers…
how blind I’d been
to your signals
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: fire
‘night flower’ (#3 March 2013) and ebook Week
night flower
crease of the pillow
on your cheek
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pressure
*
Note Special offer: I am taking part in the Smashwords ebook Week (site-wide promotion) – from midnight 3rd of March (Pacific Time) to 9th of March – offering the ebook version of my book “In the Garden of Absence” for free. You can get the book using the coupon RW100 (at the checkout), valid only through my Smashwords page here:
For more information about the book, please click here
For praise for the book here
‘ocean foam…’ #2 March 2013
ocean foam…
what happened to Little Mermaid’s
dreams
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: children’s author/book
