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Mars swallows –
we beam them down
for winter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scifi ku
Tag Archives: aros
Haiku #7 November 2011
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dark moon–
at the foot of the Parthenon
last throw of the dice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gambling
Haiku #5 November 2011
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changing gear –
instead of inscribing
I tweet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: social media
Haiku #3 November 2011
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cactus needle –
loneliness turned
inside out
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tactile
Haiku #1 November 2011
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ant lines –
weaving a pine needle
necklace
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NaHaiWriMo extension; prompts this month by Carlos Colon: sweet indulgence
Haiku #31 October 2011
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ghost-writer
this haiku is written
by its reader
this haiku is written
by its reader
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ghost/spirit
Haiku #30 October 2011
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no-go area –
her recipe-book
on the top shelf
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: secret
Haiku #29a October 2011
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on her tombstone dove
two snails
mating
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: cemetery
Haiku #28a October 2011
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telegraph wires –
swallows too are waiting
for your news
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Nahaiwrimo extension 2011; prompt: migrating birds
Haiku #27 October 2011
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charred blankets –
the doll
still smouldering
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: consequences of war
Haiku #25 October 2011
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winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes larger
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Or,
winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes too big
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginning
Haiku #23 October 2011
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squall –
learning to blow
against the wind
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: windstorm
Haiku #22 October 2011
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as if the word for peace were war cloudy skies
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cloudy lens –
looking without
seeing
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: peace
Haiku #21 October 2011
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curling
against your warmth
ebb tide
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: place of peace
Haiku #18 October 2011
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gut feeling –
blinking
the third eye
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: belly
Haiku #15 October 2011
Two one-line haiku
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the unrelenting waves under your pillow
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portentous below the belt oracles
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: one-line haiku
Haiku #13 October 2011
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never too late –
listening to the silence
of the moon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: late/too late
Haiku #12 October 2011
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such innocence
the soft curve
of your lip
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: innocence
Haiku #5 October 2011
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moving house –
a snail and the same old
me
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: home
Haiku #4 October 2011
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bamboo screen –
not a single
butterfly
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: butterflies
Haiku #1 October 2011
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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
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.
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
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).
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
