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daydream
frost flower
garden
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foot mirage –
trickling water from the hot
water bottle
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daydream
how time
flies!
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: daydreaming
Tag Archives: senryu
#5 January 2012
time and time again
clocks render me
speechless
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time piece
a kitten knows when it’s time
to eat
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: here and now (time)
Haiku in Sketchbook Kukai and thread
old calendar
the writing on the wall
illegible
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November / December 31, 2011 “old calendar” Kukai, Sketcbook, 6th place, tied.
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old calendar
the sum of my hopes
fading
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in my old calendar
you came first
seedlings
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November / December 31, 2011 “old calendar” Kukai, Sketchbook, 10th place, tied.
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candlelight
how pale the moon
looks
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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”
Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”
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power cuts
in this wind a candle burns
too fast
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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”
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electric candles—
so, I record
my prayer
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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”
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prayer candle—
she puts her lips
to the icon
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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”
Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, US, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”
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diamonds
sparkle in your eyes
candle flame
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Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, US, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”
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All Choice Haiku poems can be seen here and here
January 2012 River of Stones
It is January and time for noticing, for paying attention to, well, whatever attracts our attention on a daily basis and writing a small poem, sentence, something about it – what is called a small stone. It is not difficult, believe me. The world calls to us all the time; in the words of Mary Oliver,
“The world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-“
From Wild Geese, Mary Oliver’s poem in Wikipedia
Let‘s not be deaf to it this year. Let’s start small, noticing one thing at a time, writing a small stone.
If you’d like to join in, take a look at the founding fathers, ooops, founding couple: Fiona and Kaspa’s site here They explain everything… And you can even get a lovely badge from their site for your blog. I will be getting one soon myself…
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Oh yes, I almost forgot, here is the distillation of today’s noticing in the form of a haiku:
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first day
the rootedness
of everything
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See also NaHaiWriMo prompt: New Year’s day/beginnings
Haiku #26 December 2011
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oiling
the wheel of fortune
horseshoe
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: oil
Senryu #11 December 2011
Senryu #7 December 2011
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one-breath poem
cut short
by a cough
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: breath/air
Haiku #4 December 2011
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lighthouse –
on the way we observe
the inner light
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false log beams
I wonder who is holding up
the ceiling
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NaHaiWriMo prompts (by Stella Pierides, by the way!) lighthouse/beam
A Hundred Gourds
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slow stream
a heron stretches his beak
towards the sky
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soft rain
how benevolence
works
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I am very pleased that these two haiku were included in the inaugural issue of A Hundred Gourds, alongside contributions by many fine poets. A Hundred Gourds is a new international journal for haiku, haibun, haiga and more, edited by Lorin Ford and a team of distinguished poets. Congratulations to everyone on the team, and many happy returns!
Haiku #25 November 2011
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ten-week-old kitten
how the world calls out
to you!
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: relationships
Senryu #22 November 2011
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knowing how we fail
I keep my eye on the ball
pilgrims
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: ball games
Senryu #18 November 2011
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once again
she inverts the hourglass –
Cinderella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: deadlines
Haiku #15 November 2011
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moving house –
my mother’s tea plates clink
inside the box
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(I am finally moving house tomorrow! I did wrap those plates in extra paper!)
Senryu #14 November 2011
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siesta
my sister and I peep through
half-closed shutters
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: childhood memory.
Haiku #9 November 2011
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volcanic ash –
the taste of the market
fallout
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: natural disasters
Haiku #8 November 2011
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Mars swallows –
we beam them down
for winter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scifi ku
Haiku #5 November 2011
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changing gear –
instead of inscribing
I tweet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: social media
Three Halloween Haiku
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full moon tea
my book of beasts
lies open
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tea leaves —
a fate worse than
cuticles
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kallikantzaroi—
drinking tea they forget
the World tree
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Three haiku included in Aubrie Cox’s collection Tree with Trolls, in her blog Yay Words. Twenty seven poets saying, in their own unique way, Happy Halloween! And thank you Aubrie!
Haiku #30 October 2011
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no-go area –
her recipe-book
on the top shelf
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: secret
Haiku #29a October 2011
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on her tombstone dove
two snails
mating
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: cemetery
Haiku #27 October 2011
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charred blankets –
the doll
still smouldering
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: consequences of war
Haiku #25 October 2011
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winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes larger
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Or,
winter’s beginning –
last year’s coat
two sizes too big
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: beginning
Haiku ranked with ‘merit’ in Sketchbook 6-4 (Jul/Aug 2011)
bee hive
where the workers never
strike
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Sketchbook 6-4, Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
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eternal life
only the roaches
come close
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in my salad
a green caterpillar—
life lesson
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Sketchbook 6-4, Guest Editor’s Choice Haiku, Bernard Gieske : A Glimpse into the Past (scroll down)
and Editor’s Choice Haiku, John Daleiden: Life in the Mostly Unexamined World (scroll down)
Haiku #18 October 2011
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gut feeling –
blinking
the third eye
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: belly
Haiku #15 October 2011
Two one-line haiku
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the unrelenting waves under your pillow
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portentous below the belt oracles
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: one-line haiku
Haiku #12 October 2011
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such innocence
the soft curve
of your lip
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: innocence
Haiku #2 October 2011
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coming home –
the garden has forgotten
my hand
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: sabi
Senryu #29 September 2011
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making ends meet –
I sew an extra button
on my waistband
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ends
Haiku #25 September 2011
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so many bees
on the Autumn Joy…
Octoberfest
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Autumn Joy = one of the sedum family (flower)
Oktoberfest: oh well…
NaHaiWriMo extension 2011, prompt: autumn flowers.
Haiku #24 September 2011
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school science?
the teacher insists on
cutting up a frog
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; Prompt: children.
