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‘peony’ #3 June 2012

peony

no shame

in your beauty

Source: etsy.com via Stella on Pinterest

NaHaiWriMo prompt: something positive

Source of inspiration and image: Photograph by Kitty Rogers, of Whimsical Photography. Her wonderful photos can be bought from her shop on etsy (I got to find out about Kitty Rogers via Lisa Orgler’s pins, on Pinterest)

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‘soil and soul’ #30 May 2012

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soil and soul
footprints on Eigg’s
singing sands

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NaHaiWriMo prompt: found poem

Inspiration/found:

“Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power” book about the community of Eigg purchasing its land.

“…its quartz beach, called the “singing sands” (Tràigh a’ Bhìgeil) on account of the squeaking noise it makes if walked on when dry.”

Michael Dylan Welch’s question (on FB)  about islands we visited reminded me of my trip to Eigg

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‘blue moon’ haiku in 3 languages

blue moon

why am I reminded

of Mount Fuji?

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in French:

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lune bleue –

pourquoi me rappelle-t-elle

le mont Fuji ?

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and in Romanian :

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lună albastră

de ce îmi aminteşte

de Muntele Fuji ?

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I wrote this haiku as a response to the painting  by André Derain: Mountains at Collioure, 1905, posted on FB by  Virginia Popescu (see here).

Virginia very kindly, and enthusiastically, translated my haiku into French and Romanian! Once again, thank you, Virginia! I like this idea!

You can see Virginia Popescu and other poets’ responses to paintings, and indeed contribute to her project yourself, on her FB page here

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‘writing on the wall’ haiku in 3 languages!

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writing on the wall
the drum beat grows
faster

écriture sur le mur
le rythme du tambour s’accélère
rapidement
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scriere pe perete –
ritmul tobei se accelerează
cu rapiditate
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Virginia Popescu posts paintings on her FB page and invites poets to write a haiku on them. I wrote this haiku to go with Rembrandt‘s Balthazar’s Feast, and Virginia translated it into French and Romanian! Thanks, Virginia!

It is also a response to the NaHaiWriMo prompt: drums