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marshland storks –
this year too paths emerge
along the Schmutter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: local season
Tag Archives: smallstone
haiku #22 April 2012
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earth day —
the darkness inside
leaf veins
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: earth day
Can be found on Gabi Greve’s World Kigo Database, under Earth Day (2012)
haiku #21 April 2012
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light rain –
I leave the cherry blossom
to the birds
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NaHaiWriMo promt: observation (3)
haiku #20a April 2012
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moonless night
a pair of gumboots
inside the door
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In Gabi Greve’s World Kigo Database: Gumboots, Saijiki for Kenya and Tropical Regions, here (scroll down)
haiku #20 April 2012
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spring sky
on my screen
tag clouds
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: observation
haiku #19 April 2012
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spring night
the lit spire across
the valley
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: description/observation
haiku #18 April 2012
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searching your face
for my childhood friend
Welsh onion heads
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: cool/warm spring
For ‘Welsh onion head’ see Gabi Greve‘s World Kigo Database here
haiku #17 April 2012
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after the picnic
and the drive home
cool air
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: cool, autumn
Happy National Haiku Poetry Month, everyone!
haiku #15 April 2012
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toll house
the groundless optimism
of daisies
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tax
haiku #14 April 2012
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shimmering heat –
pine-scented water
over glowing stones
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: shimmering heat
#13 April 2012
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no longer entire-
his shrinking world
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Micropoem on the NaHaiWriMo prompt: cats
My kitten Emile’s operation is coming up soon and this is also about taking his point of view, in advance…
haiku #12 April 2012
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rest-home yard
a garden swing
creaks
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: swing
haiku #9 April 2012
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spring tide
flocks of waders rise
and fall
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: water/earth/spring
haiku #8 April 2012
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Easter light
a seed
splits open
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: religious observance
haiku #7 April 2012
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the stillness between
this day and the next-
paschal lily
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: religious observance
haiku #6 April 2012
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April full moon –
instead of herself
her shadow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon +
haiku #5 April 2012
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air traffic –
giving the kites room
to manoeuvre
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Spring kigo, human activities
haiga #4 April 2012
out of the fridge
the tortoise and I return
to the sun
haiku #3 April 2012
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hawthorn blossom –
the thorny issues no longer
matter
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: blossom
haiku #2 April 2012
April rain –
this year too the water butt
half full
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: rain
haiku #31 March 2012
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running scared –
April fool catches
his shadow
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NaHaiWriMo Prompt: April fools
senryu #30 March 2012
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rice paper –
how often do I eat
my words
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: writing
haiku #28 March 2012
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growing old –
I get to know the back
of my eye
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: growing
senryu #27 March 2012
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theater night
my dress the same color
as the seats
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Theater
haiku #26 March 2012
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hanami
a girl asks
for cherries
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: cherry tree (viewing)
haiku #25 March 2012
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Epitaphios
in the procession
he gives her lilacs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: religious ceremony
haiku #24 March 2012
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morning walk
sweet song of a bird
I don’t know
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: sweet
haiku #23 March 2012
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gloaming
after gathering leaves
an early night
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: weather
haiku #22 March 2012
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sweating the neck of the clay water pot
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: water
haiku #21 March 2012
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equinox
standing on my own
two feet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: nature/equinox/earth
