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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
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car boot sale –
on schoolyard tables
grown-up divorce
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Prompt: second hand. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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Aegean heat –
in the animal shelter
an eery silence
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Prompt: natural disasters. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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a goldfinch
lines her nest
thistledown
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Prompt: Photo of thistle with cicadas. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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wireless
the quiet certainty of
old love
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: radio
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flying saucer
the wind carries away
my hat
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: flying
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star gazing
I leave my shadow
behind
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011. Prompt: bad haiku (so, how can I write a good haiku without my shadow?)
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teeth skin
hanging loose
a meta-ku
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s
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Prompt: Experimental haiku, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
For an introduction to experimental haiku, Terri Hale French, this month’s prompter for NaHaiWriMo, suggested George Swede‘s article in Simply Haiku.
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this moussaka
I taste the tomatoes
still ripening
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NaHaiWriMo:humour.
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all that’s left
after the garage sale–
snow blanket
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011/snow
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wallflower—
slowly getting to know
your sense of humor
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Prompt: walls, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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full moon—
a meteor flies past
incognito
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Prompt: space. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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fireflies–
reflected in her eyes
my childhood
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Prompt: daughters. NaHaiWriMo extension 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…
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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
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frayed at the edges
this sunflower had too much
sun
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Prompt: sunflower. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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pale moon—
sugar crystals travelling
south
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Prompt: tired/sleep. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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Hot dog
when hunger gets the better
of me
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Prompt: dog. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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ruby wine—
the song of a canary
on my tongue
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Prompt: beverage. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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ebb and tide—
our holiday against
the horizon
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Prompt: driftwood haiga. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011. Written for photo by Terry Hale French.
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life’s journey
I count the years
in my neck
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Prompt: journey. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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beach combing–
amongst pebbles a muddy
Drachma
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Prompt: coins. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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corn silk—
still searching for the face
under all this hair
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Prompt: child/childhood. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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letters
learning the abc
of thanking you
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Prompt: gratitude. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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mockingbird
still I kept the Athenian
accent
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Mockingbird: Mimus polyglottos!
You can hear this amazing bird mimic other birds, squeaky gates, machines etc here
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olive press—
how else do you write your
haiku?
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Prompt: trees. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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spring morning–
bluebird, is that my hair
in your nest?
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Prompt: birds. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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cat nap–
on my desk the mouse still
on the mouse mat
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Prompt: cat NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
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spring ephemerals—
now my roots need colour
often
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Prompt: spring ephemerals. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
