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equinox
standing on my own
two feet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: nature/equinox/earth
Tag Archives: aros
haiku #17 March 2012
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fortune telling –
I study the flight patterns
of doves
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: luck
senryu #15 March 2012
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Ides of March-
I cross the road
halfway
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Ides of March
haiku for the #14 March 2012
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your touch
in the shape of this bowl –
Raku
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gift; Joys of Japan: Raku
haiku #5 March 2012
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layers –
hidden behind her claws
angel wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: two sides
haiku #4 March 2012
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spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
haiku #3 March 2012
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talking doll –
all those empty
endearments
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: doll
haiku #2 March 2012
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old paths
still the sound of crunching snow
underfoot
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: old
haiku for #29 February 2012
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leap year
the rooster’s extra shrill
crow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: leap year
haiku #26 February 2012
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spring dawn
a fox zips past
the gate
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: zip
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 #17 February 2012
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food queue biting its tail around the block
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: queue
Haiku #15 February 2012
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near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
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 #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 #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 #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
Stella Pierides 