breakfast walk
on the marsh trail
crunch of snow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: transport
breakfast walk
on the marsh trail
crunch of snow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: transport
new moon
what I’d give for
another chance…
.
what I’d give for another chance new moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: new moon
(the one-liner arrangement was suggested by Freddy Ben-Arroyo)
wind and water –
only the essentials
remain
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: erosion
Salt March –
a bird without a name
flies off its perch
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: salt
witch-hazel
spark from the smoldering
fire
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: status
1
mouse droppings
the wild look
in her eyes
2
wild haiku
words all the
up mixed
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wild (:-) )
night flower
crease of the pillow
on your cheek
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pressure
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the car too
is ready to travel
wind-blown leaf
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: garage
bird’s nest –
tangle of memories
in the closet
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: closet
.
unmade bed
the chimney sweep avoids
my eye
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Bedroom
cup of tea –
gurgle of the living room
radiator
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: living room
how did the sea change
from wine-dark to turquoise?
paper boats
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: turquoise
early arrivals
at the bus shelter
snowdrops
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: white
prayer…
silence of ripe cornfields
against a blue sky
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: blue
.
the living wall around the cemetery all dried-up
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: green
contrails –
the red vein on the white
of his eye
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: red
spring tides
the lifeboat crewman’s
hoarse voice
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: orange
Piraeus –
glint of the sailor’s
wedding ring
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: harbor/port
in the shade
of the lemon tree
wild violets
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: shade tree
quicksilver through
mudflat creeks –
terns in flight
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: river
.
fishing harbor –
where the glacier
melts
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: glacier
.
olive grove
the Cretan shepherd shares
his bread with me
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hiking
.
supermarket aisle –
goat’s milk on the highest
——————————–shelf
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: milk
.
each grain of truth (th)rice turned over
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: rice
.
roasting beetroot —
from my daughter’s recipe
a dash of balsamic
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: vegetable
.
seeds of desire
the way grated nutmeg falls
on my plate
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: spice
fettuccini
a girl asks if it means
little feta
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: cheese
egg and lemon soup
my family history
in the pot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: eggs
paw prints
on the tablecloth –
marinara
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pasta