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city life –
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Matchless Magazine 18 September 2011
Tag Archives: senryu
Poem in the Asahi Shimbun (16 09 11)
My haiku ‘back to school’ was included in the Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network showcase of the 16th of September 2011, edited by David McMurray. This showcase appears two to three times a month in the daily Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and is a must read for haiku lovers. Click here and read all the poems! Really good work by poets from around the world.
(My haiku is in the section ‘From the notebook’)
Haiku #26 August 2011
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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
Senryu #25 August 2011
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car boot sale –
on schoolyard tables
grown-up divorce
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Prompt: second hand. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #22 August 2011
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glacial
the silence of space
against glass
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In escarp, the ‘ selective, twitter-based review of brief poetry and prose’, posted on 20 August 2011. (#8)
Senryu #20 August 2011
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wireless
the quiet certainty of
old love
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011: radio
Haiku #18 August 2011
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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?)
Senryu #14 August 2011
Haiku #13 August 2011
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wallflower—
slowly getting to know
your sense of humor
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Prompt: walls, NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #11 August 2011
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fireflies–
reflected in her eyes
my childhood
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Prompt: daughters. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #9 August 2011
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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
Senryu #6 August 2011
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Hot dog
when hunger gets the better
of me
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Prompt: dog. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #3 August 2011
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life’s journey
I count the years
in my neck
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Prompt: journey. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Haiku #1 August 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.
Senryu #31 July 2011
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letters
learning the abc
of thanking you
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Prompt: gratitude. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Senryu #30 July 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
Senryu #27 July 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.
Mushroom hunting
Where can I find mushrooms, some of my readers have been asking me. A strange question, especially since I am allergic to mushrooms. I think they may have been smelling Melissa Allen’s mushroom garden, across the haikuverse. If you too are interested in mushrooms, you are invited to visit and even pick some. Please scroll down to find mine! The link? Here it is
Haiku/Senryu, Sketchbook May/June 2011
From the Sketchbook Kukai, May/June 2011 Vol. 6, No.3 (peer review poetry contest)
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rainbow—
all that remains of
your smile
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Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 6th place, tie.
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rainbow weaving—
this spider runs out of
silk
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Sketchbook May/June 2011 Kukai 7th place, tie.
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Haiku in the Sketchbook May/June Editor’s Choices
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beets—
and he wonders how he got
kidney stones
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Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
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celery crunch—
I always knew you threw
the dice
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Sketchbook May/June 2011, one of Editor’s Choices
Senryu #30 June 2011
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reggae—
in the book of life my name
in beats
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Prompt: reggae. NaHaiWriMo extension 2011.
Invisible coat 7 April 2011
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CuentoMag Cuento Magazine
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for sale/ invisible coat/ dry clean only
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This poem was published 6 April 2011 by Cuento Magazine.
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It attempts to cross genres… does it remind you of’ ‘For sale: baby shoes, … .’ But then that was a short story. Or does it associate more with sci-fi cloaking devices? Fairy tales? And so it goes… play with it!
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