Earth Day
the leaf mold worm
coiling up
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wheel (and Earth Day)
Category Archives: Projects
‘granny’s headscarf’
granny’s headscarf
scent of lavender
in the fold lines
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: clothing
‘Horsehead Nebula –’ #20 April 2013
Horsehead Nebula –
music of the spheres echoes
through the lyre
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: music
For Horsehead Nebula see here
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‘broken street lights’ #19 April 2013
broken street lights
a mobile phone rings
and rings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dark
‘oiling shears’ #18 April 2013
oiling shears –
the gardener’s
creaky knees
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: antique (old)
‘Tokoyo no Kuni –-‘ #17 April 2013
Tokoyo no Kuni –-
is mushroom haiku ever
out of season?
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mushroom
For information about Tokoyo no Kuni see here
‘choosing’ and ‘not minding that’ #16 April 2013
1
choosing
the freedom of the fields –
wildflower
2
not minding that
they are not welcome –
weeds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wildflower
‘dreaming’ #15 April 2013
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dreaming at the back of my mind stories from my childhood
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: alley
“cleaning the pond –” #14 April 2013
cleaning the pond –
layers of last year’s
seasons
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pond
‘first poppies’ #12 April 2013
first poppies —
watching this kid paint
a frown
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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
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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
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite place
‘dark matter’ #4 March 2013
dark matter
the blank stare
of my tortoises
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: celestial
‘Evros Delta –‘ #3 April 2013
Evros Delta –
feeding in the wetlands
spring migrants
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: delta
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For Evros Delta see here
‘woodfire sparks –‘ #2 April 2013
woodfire sparks –
sound of the front gate
closing
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NahaiWriMo prompt: empty/emptiness
‘an angel’s trumpet’ #1 April 2013
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an angel’s trumpet lingers in my ear smooth jazz
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: smooth
‘milk-colored skies’ #31 March 2013
milk-colored skies
the newborn stretches out
her arms
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Shiki Kukai, Free format, March 2013: my entry
(15th Place, tied)
‘nymph’ #30 March 2013
nymph
leaving her larval shell
young bride
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March 2013 Shiki kukai kigo entry
‘one thousand’ #29 March 2013
one thousand and one calls of the wild spring
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.
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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
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NaHaiWriMo: full moon
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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
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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
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nhwm: glass
‘wiping’ and ‘cherry petals’ 21 and 22 March 2013
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wiping the scales from my eyes under water
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scales
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cherry petals
she shows him
her cartwheels
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: learning
‘spring sunshine –‘ #19 March 2013
spring sunshine –
tying her laces a girl beams
at her mother
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: shoes
‘stealing glances’ #18 March 2013
stealing glances
the white camellia
on her blouse
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: crime (!)
‘ticking clock –‘ #17 March 2013
ticking clock –
seed heads shake
in the wind
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sounds
