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Ides of March-
I cross the road
halfway
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Ides of March
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Ides of March-
I cross the road
halfway
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Ides of March
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your touch
in the shape of this bowl –
Raku
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gift; Joys of Japan: Raku
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Cassiopeia –
in her laughing mouth
sparkle of a star
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: star
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your gentle glow
outshines this solar storm –
full moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
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layers –
hidden behind her claws
angel wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: two sides
LanguagePlace Blog Carnival: Call for submissions to edition #14 on the theme of The Senses in LanguagePlace. If you have written a short story, a flash, a poem, a non-fiction piece involving any one of the five senses – or indeed any of the twenty one senses we humans are supposed to possess – this is the time to send in your link(s): see here
You haven’t written such a piece? Looking for inspiration? Visit The Haiku Foundation Home page for the Per Diem: Daily Haiku ; the NaHaiwriMo facebook page; they are sure to tingle your writing!
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spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
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talking doll –
all those empty
endearments
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: doll
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old paths
still the sound of crunching snow
underfoot
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: old
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leap year
the rooster’s extra shrill
crow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: leap year
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snow at night –
the magic of a child’s
owl dream
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NaHaiWriMo prompt
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butterfly moon
the delicate structure
of white lies
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spring dawn
a fox zips past
the gate
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: zip
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homework –
drawing a big sun in bright
yellow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: yellow
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stifling heat –
the judge‘s wig
drips
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wig
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lovebirds –
coming through their vent
scent of jasmine rice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: vent
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #21 umbrella
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silk umbrella
how this butterfly hovers
over your head
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: #20 talus
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gravity
a landslide settles into a scree
on her jowls
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NaHaiWriMo prompt #19 sandals
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hung out to dry
on the clothesline
Hermes’ winged sandals
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skipping stones –
a walnut rattles
downhill
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: rattle
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food queue biting its tail around the block
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: queue
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fighting for space
in our childhood rockpools –
sea anemones
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pool
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near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
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almond blossom
my neighbor pounding cloth
all night
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: laundry
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ice house
storing her gall
for all seasons
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ice
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longitude
east by degrees too numerous
to measure
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: grief
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freeze frame-
the snowman at my door
speaks
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: frame
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breakfast-
a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: egg
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cold snap –
a stray dog bares his teeth
at the wind
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dog