.
longitude
east by degrees too numerous
to measure
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: grief
.
longitude
east by degrees too numerous
to measure
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: grief
.
freeze frame-
the snowman at my door
speaks
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: frame
.
breakfast-
a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: egg
.
cold snap –
a stray dog bares his teeth
at the wind
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: dog
.
waxing gibbous
this catfish stays
in the deepest pool
NaHaiWriMo prompt: catfish.
.
quay dawn
twelve cats waiting
for the fishing boat
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: boat
.
lime-scented
a gentle breeze blows through
syllables
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: nahaiwrimo (!)
.
white sails
her billowing
skirt
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wind
.
chicks hatching
if only we knew
the time…
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: birth/death
.
spring rain –
a smile I cannot
forget
.
.
silent evening
I lift the cover off
the water butt
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: water
.
white rose –
a falling petal catches
the light
This poem is the result of two prompts:
1: NaHaiWriMo, Annie Juhl’s prompt: metaphor
2: Katherine Gallagher, writers’ workshop prompt: ‘one petal in a full-blown rose’
.
still swaying last year’s eucalyptus
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: one-line haiku
.
spring clean –
in the dragon’s gullet
moon dust
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: dragon
A Happy New Year of the Dragon!
.
dark moon
balanced finish of a wine
long forgotten
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: taste
.
shooting stars
all you need to know about
sciatica
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: pain
.
eating alone –
I measure the distance
to the moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: food/eating
.
song of the earth
a blackbird sings
the first notes
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: music/song
.
moist earth
a simple gadfly knows what’s best
for its eggs
.
Posted on FB site Joys of Japan
.
moon flower
I wrap my dreams
in furoshiki
.
What on earth is furoshiki? Please visit Gabi Greve’s Daruma Museum to find out! Wonderful patterns on the cotton cloth wrappers too. And don’t forget to scroll down the page to find my haiku.
(First shared on Fb group Joys of Japan wall)
.
wintersweet –
shifting my weight
to the other foot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: narrowing focus.
.
before the rain –
the air fills with the scent
of rain
.
before the rain the scent of rain
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: scent/smell
.
salmon roe
he rubs his wife’s
pregnant belly
.
.
handiwork –
snowball by snowball
we receive winter
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hands
1
daydream
frost flower
garden
2
foot mirage –
trickling water from the hot
water bottle
3
daydream
how time
flies!
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: daydreaming
time and time again
clocks render me
speechless
.
time piece
a kitten knows when it’s time
to eat
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: here and now (time)
1
long after you left
your warmth on the feather
cushion
2
after the rain –
a ball of fur on
the sunlit sill
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: fur/feather
.
at my door
singing out of tune
three kings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: January first week