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cobalt jar –
fragrance of a thousand springs
behind glass
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Blue
Tag Archives: NaHaiWriMo
‘the newborn’ #6 September 2013
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the newborn doesn’t notice…
first autumn leaves
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NaHaiWrimo prompt: birth
‘scarecrows…’ #5 September 2013
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scarecrows…
yet the child on his shoulders
smiles
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Honour
‘dappled shade’ #3 September 2013
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dappled shade
the worry
in your eyes
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: mosaic
‘under the tall pine’ #31 August 2013
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under the tall pine dove feathers
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Peace?
‘grapevine’ #25 August 2013
grapevine
the flowering
of a thread vein
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This photo is of a painting by Anselm Kiefer, one of several wonderful pieces to be found hanging in the Walter Art Museum in Augsburg. Well worth a visit if you are in or around Augsburg.
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: life
‘autumn bee?’ #23 August 2013
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autumn bee?
one foot in front
of the other
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: favourite sport
‘between’ #17 August 2013
between
now and then
bridge of sighs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: emotions
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The photo: Meersburg, medieval town on the shores of Lake Constance
For the Bridge of Sighs, I had fun reading the Wiki article here
‘last night’s sunset’ #16 August 2013
last night’s sunset
the way home
in my bones
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: intuition
‘Hagnau vineyards’ #14 August 2013
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Hagnau vineyards
tasting the sun
in the wine
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Hagnau is a small wine growing town on the shores of Lake Constance
NaHaiWriMo prompt: taste
‘dappled shade’ #13 August 2013
dappled shade
the crunch
of pine needles
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: smell
‘Hoedingen’ #12 August 2013
is a small resort on the shores of Lake Bodensee (also known as Lake Constance). Hoedingen, a northern part of the district and town of Ueberlingen, is a quiet, beautiful place, where you can hear the sound of the wind, the grapes expand and fill with mouthwatering juice, the sound of the grass growing…
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Hoedingen
between skies and water
cicada songs
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cberlingen
http://www.hoedingen.de/
‘dry spell’ #5 August 2013
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dry spell solace in your lips
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Photograph: Japanese Garden, in the Botanic Gardens, Augsburg.
‘botanic garden’ #31 July 2013
botanic garden –
seniors in white, practice
Crane Spreads its Wings
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: garden
‘who is to say’ #30 July 2013
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who is to say it took the wrong turn passion flower
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: passion
‘evening glow’ #29 July 2013
evening glow
all those brake lights
ahead
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: red
‘ladybug’ #26 July 2013
ladybug
her polka dot
bikini
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ruby
‘evensong’ #22 July 2013
evensong
the boy soprano’s voice
cracks
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: music
‘soft fruit’ #21 July 2013
soft fruit
swelling on the branches
full buck moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
From the Farmers’ Almanac:
“July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon.”
‘spring snow’ in Presence 48, June 2013
spring snow…
anything for a singing
insect
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Presence 48, June 2013
‘pine tree cicadas’ #15 July 2013
pine tree cicadas
the bleached cotton dress
of my youth
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: white
‘bindweed’ #9 July 2013
bindweed
lingers at the gate –
my teenage years
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: linger
‘death’s-head moth’ #6 July 2013
death’s-head moth
I pick a scarlet red
lipstick
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moth
‘tuning in’ #4 July 2013
tuning in
to marshland songs –
heatwave
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: outside
‘your email’ #3 July 2013
your email
in my inbox –
cooing dove
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: chirp
Smashwords e-book promotion
I’m taking part in the summer/winter 2013 Smashwords e-book promotion. For the whole month of July, In the Garden of Absence, will be available as an e-book from the Smashwords site at the reduced price of $1.50 USD, that is 75% off!
To download a copy, please visit Smashwords by clicking here and use coupon SSW75 at checkout.
The offer is good through to the 31st of July 2013.
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“In Pierides’s meditations, imagination takes center stage, as do imaginary gardens, real toads, and their negative space… The result is a welcome debut in which the reader will find much to admire.”
“Briefly Reviewed,” Frogpond, 36-1, Spring 2013″
‘firewall’ #1 July 2013
firewall
the screen animals
disappear
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: wall
Welcoming new prompter for July: Gillena Cox
‘pearl necklace’ #28 June 2013
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pearl necklace song of a barefoot child
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: pearl
‘sleeping beauty’ #25 June 2013
Remember my haiga ‘euphorbia’ posted here a few weeks ago? To see it, please click here
The original photo was of my pond. Below left is another photo, taken in May last year. Then we had a terrible storm. On the 20th of June 2013, the winds raged round the pond, the garden, the whole city; the impact of this storm on my pond can be seen below right:
needles, then trees
swirl round the pond —
eye of the storm
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sleeping beauty —
how the storm covered
your charms
‘longest day’ #21 June 2013
longest day
the storm tips
the balance
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: fragment
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From the storm in Neusaess, Germany
