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
Lake Kochel – Kochelsee
Schlehdorf, Kochelsee, March 2013
‘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 (:-) )
Shiki Kukai February 2013
My entries to the Shiki Kukai February 2013
withered berries –
chewing over what’s left
of me
.
kigo section: withered plants 5 pts
.
book cover
the author’s sun spots
airbrushed
.
Free format theme: cover 6 pts
‘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
*
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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
Haibun Today, March 2013
My haibun “Homewards” appears in Haibun Today and can be read by clicking here
Vol.7, No. 1, March 2013
It can also be read below:
Homewards
The garden at the back of the Edwardian terrace which is my London home is small but compact. A Magnolia Grandiflora Exmouth grows in its middle, a variety that keeps its glossy, oblong leaves in winter and blossoms in summer. White, deliciously fragrant flowers grace the tree unfailingly, giving me hours of pleasure upon my return from my European excursions. But the neighbor complains about the tree shading her garden. Each year I chop off branches to keep her happy. Each year I dread hearing from her.
sunlight
a dove crosses
the border
‘ivy clinging’ #28 February 2013
.
ivy clinging to the tree trunk her long nails
.
Modern Haiku, Vol 44.1, winter-spring 2013
‘the car too’ #27 February 2013
the car too
is ready to travel
wind-blown leaf
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: garage
‘bird’s nest’ #26 February 2013
bird’s nest –
tangle of memories
in the closet
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: closet
