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through the fog –
mountains of orange
pumpkins
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: mountains
Tag Archives: aros
Haiku #15 September 2011
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summer –
this bee
gets lost again
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: Haynaku
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 #10 September 2011
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setting out
to dispel darkness?
moon
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: light and dark
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
Haiku #6 September 2011
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school days –
counting sparrows
in the yard
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: school days
Haiku #5 September 2011
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apple orchard –
on the picnic blanket
spilt wine
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: picnic.
Haiga #4 September 2011
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plain sailing?
once again we run into
trouble
NaHaiWriMo: games. Leaving Ammersee.
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
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Haiga #3 September 2011
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between us –
this sunset is also
a sunrise
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sunrise
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
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Haiga #2a September 2011
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: weekend. Lake Ammersee.
Taking part in Rick Daddario’s 19 Planets September Challenge: A Haiga a day, or every few days …
Haiku #1 September 2011
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September drizzle –
on my wall calendar
the page for August
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011/prompt: calendar
Haiku #31 August 2011
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leaving a trail
of crumbs for the way back
history lesson
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Prompt: photo of wine cellar, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #30 August 2011
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shower of sparks
last year‘s pine cones
giving up the ghost
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Prompt: campfire. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #29 August 2011
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rice fields after the harvest caesium
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refusing to draw
the plow, water buffalo –
caesium fields
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Prompt: environmental concerns haiku. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #27 August 2011
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just because
the sky is navigable –
thistledown
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Prompt: just because. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #26 August 2011
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baring his teeth
the hobbling dog –
harpsichord
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This month’s prompter, Terri Hale French, suggested we use a randomly generated haiku by the haiku generator (a JavaScript Haiku application) to work on our own haiku. I did. The result is the haiku above. You can see the original, software generated haiku below:
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harpsichord sickens
dense snowstorms hobbling dogs
wailing, formless
Senryu #25 August 2011
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car boot sale –
on schoolyard tables
grown-up divorce
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Prompt: second hand. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #24 August 2011
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Aegean heat –
in the animal shelter
an eery silence
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Prompt: natural disasters. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #23 August 2011
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a goldfinch
lines her nest
thistledown
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Prompt: Photo of thistle with cicadas. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #22 August 2011
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glacial
the silence of space
against glass
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In escarp, the ‘ selective, twitter-based review of brief poetry and prose’, posted on 20 August 2011. (#8)
Senryu #20 August 2011
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wireless
the quiet certainty of
old love
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: radio
Haiku #19a August 2011
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flying saucer
the wind carries away
my hat
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: flying
Haiku #16 August 2011
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this moussaka
I taste the tomatoes
still ripening
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NaHaiWriMo:humour.
Haiku #15 August 2011
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all that’s left
after the garage sale–
snow blanket
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011/snow
Senryu #14 August 2011
Haiku #13 August 2011
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wallflower—
slowly getting to know
your sense of humor
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Prompt: walls, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #12 August 2011
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full moon—
a meteor flies past
incognito
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Prompt: space. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #11 August 2011
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fireflies–
reflected in her eyes
my childhood
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Prompt: daughters. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #10 July 2011
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this heart urchin shell half-buried in the sandbed
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Prompt: Write a one line haiku.
Terri Hale French, this month’s prompter for NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, suggested an article from Simply Haiku, to help us orient ourselves. Really helpful article, by William Higginson, can be read here.
For images of heart urchins click here. Pages and pages of them…
Haiku #9 August 2011
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on my doorstep–
this old city in flames
licking its wounds
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Well, even though I am not in London at present, as I live there for part of the year… a ku from my watching the news.
Prompt: front porch. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011
