Tag Archives: haiga
‘failing light’
Photo: sunset, Ammersee, Bavaria.
‘Back to the river Ilissos’
‘way below’
way below
the chestnut’s inner skin
white sail
.
‘the last train’
the last train speeding past old chestnut
‘long night’
‘after all’
.
after all the trips silver shallows
.
Photo (reworked) from a walk in Faversham, earlier this summer.
‘deep blue skies’
deep blue skies
the dragonfly’s limpid
efficiency
AWAD: limpid
.
Sharing from last week’s excursion to Bad Bayersoien; a swimmer got into difficulties and the emergency doctor had to be called. He was there in a matter of minutes, by helicopter. Impressive! I hope the swimmer had a speedy recovery too.
On dragonflies
sizzling noon
sizzling noon
how can silence be
so loud
Photo: From my walk in Bad Bayersoien
‘rambling rose’
rambling rose—
her hair caught
on a thorn
.
AWAD: ramble
and the haiga I made using this poem is from a photo of a dark passage under a bridge in the old town of Guenzburg
‘summer evening’
‘shadow line’
shadow line
a sea snail retreats
into its shell
Photo: Thames, in Gravesend, Kent.
‘austerity’
austerity —
bleeding hearts growing through
cracks in the marble
Prompt: austerity
‘waiting room’
waiting room
how iron rust
grows
‘ash wednesday’
ash wednesday
the oud workshop closed
during the war
.
‘angel dust’
Continuing with the science fiction/weird science theme:
angel dust
a seagull drone readies
to sweep
‘the sum total’
the sum total
of experience…
blood orange
I took this photo a few months ago, in 2014, during a visit to the Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain. The photo is of a small part of Phyllida Barlow’s installation, ‘dock’. You can read an account of my reaction to her work here.
‘event horizon’
event horizon
another stage
of the journey
‘not alone’
not alone hunting for evidence
The photo for this haiga was taken in Diessen am Ammersee, December 2014.
‘head in the clouds?’
head in the clouds?
still waiting for the voice
from heaven
.
Prompt: kickbacks
Photo: 29 November 2014 in Augsburg. First Advent, the Engelspiel, at the marketplace.
There is a video of this event (Engelspiel) from previous years here
Also a description of the Christmas market, or Christkindlesmarkt, as it is called, here
‘self-healing’
self-healing pain(t)
Haiga
Photo: rusting footbridge in Kent (autumn 2014).
‘endless’
endless march of seasons palimpsest
Photo from Ettal Valley, near Oberammergau, Bavaria.
‘journey’s end’
journey’s end
tying up
the mooring line
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Journey (This was my last prompt for October, for this FB Community.)
‘morning stroll…’
morning stroll…
letting the joggers
overtake
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jog
Photo: River Ammer, Ettal valley.
‘jewel in the crown’
jewel in the crown
the last few days
in the sun
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jewellry
Photo: Stella Pierides, the storks in Ottmarshausen, Neusaess.
‘letting’
letting
the right one in…
leap of faith
.
NaHaiwriMo prompt: jump
I saw this pumpkin pyramid outside a shop in Schwabia.
‘harvest trail’
harvest trail
the iridescent properties
of hope
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: iris
.
Photo taken in Faversham, Kent.
‘lunchtime concert’
St Martin-in-the-Fields lunchtime concerts are a treat! Check them out here
NaHaiWriMo prompt: incognito
Nine Haiku Moments
‘icon’
