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sunrise –
the singular beauty
of a rose petal
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011. New prompter, Pris Campbell, prompt: awe
Haiku #30 September 2011
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crocus-
cutting your first
tooth
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginnings
Senryu #29 September 2011
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making ends meet –
I sew an extra button
on my waistband
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ends
Haibun in CHO
So pleased that my haibun ‘Drawings’ was accepted by Contemporary Haibun Online!
‘Drawings’ is now online on Contemporary Haibun Online, ‘The Quarterly Journal of Contemporary English language Haibun.’ My piece can be read here
Haiku #28 September 2011
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harvest festival
the last apples before
the Fall
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: celebration.
Haiga 27 September 2011
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harvest –
so much food for
the soul
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: harvest.
September challenge 19 Planets.
Haiku #26 September 2011
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autumn circus –
keeping all her juggling-balls
in the air
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: circus
Haiku #25 September 2011
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so many bees
on the Autumn Joy…
Octoberfest
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Autumn Joy = one of the sedum family (flower)
Oktoberfest: oh well…
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: autumn flowers.
Haiku #24 September 2011
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school science?
the teacher insists on
cutting up a frog
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; Prompt: children.
23 September 2011
Haiga 22 September 2011
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setting sun –
I too let go of
attachments
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Thinking about this haiku, hm, it seems better without the ‘my’. I’ve made the change in the haiku, but not in the haiga.
photo: Hermann Mueller; haiku: Stella Pierides.
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011 prompt: sunset
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge (almost there!)
Haiga #21 September 2011
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repose-
riding
not riding
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long after we’ve gone
this girl will be riding
her whale
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watching poets
come and go
come and go
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peace offering
I check her
age
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The sculpture, the little lake girl, maybe mermaid, riding the whale, in the Kurparkschloesschen, in Herrsching am Ammersee, is by artist Hilde Grotewahl. It can be seen on the promenade, opposite the Schloesschen. More work by this artist in her website here.
(Original title in German: Die kleine Seejungfrau)
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Peace
Haiga #20 September 2011
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growing up –
I learn to live
with the tides
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: beach.
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge.
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Haiga #19 September 2011
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: animals
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September haiga challenge.
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Haiku #18 September 2011
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your patience –
the way a river
cuts through rock
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NahaiWriMo extension 2011. Prompter: Johnny Baranski, prompt: river(s).
Poem in the Asahi Shimbun (16 09 11)
My haiku ‘back to school’ was included in the Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network showcase of the 16th of September 2011, edited by David McMurray. This showcase appears two to three times a month in the daily Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and is a must read for haiku lovers. Click here and read all the poems! Really good work by poets from around the world.
(My haiku is in the section ‘From the notebook’)
Haiga 17a September 2011
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September challenge: A haiga a day … or so…
Haiku #17 September 2011
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what I know
each lake has its own
full moon
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This haiku was written in response to a prompt for a haiga using Margaret Rosenberg’s artwork. You can see the whole artworld + haiku (haiga) in here
Haiku #16 September 2011
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through the fog –
mountains of orange
pumpkins
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: mountains
Haiku #15 September 2011
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summer –
this bee
gets lost again
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: Haynaku
Haiku #14a September 2011
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in this asphalt jungle
money grows on trees –
blood moon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: prompt ‘asphalt jungle’
Haiku #13 September 2011
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lucky charm –
on the crest of the wave
sound bubbles
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: luck
Haiku #12 September 2011
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blood moon
how the light changes
direction
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: moon viewing.
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Haiku #11 September 2011
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laying nets they beat
olives from the trees
merciful moon
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Haiku #10 September 2011
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setting out
to dispel darkness?
moon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: light and dark
Haiga #9 September 2011
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this old city
a river runs through
its heart
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Taking part in Rick Dadario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days … .
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Haiga #8 September 2011
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angel
meeting the endless
light
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Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
For Svetlana
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Haiga #7 September 2011
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blue moon
which came first the fall
or the apple?
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(Leaving Ammersee)
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
Haiku #7 September 2011
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waiting for the tide –
fishing boats line
the harbour
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I was thinking of Wells-next-the-Sea, but please feel free to supply your own harbour …
NaHaiWriMo: vacation memories
