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advent wreath –
wax spreading on the table
counts down the days
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: garland or wreath
Tag Archives: smallstone
Haiku #1 December 2011
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weaver’s hut –
by the loom a goat chews off
threads
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: carpet
Haiku #30 November 2011
Haiku #29 November 2011
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soft afternoon light –
from behind open curtains
purr of a kitten
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: a 5-7-5 haiku
Haiku #28 November 2011
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dance studio –
learning to ignore
wrong moves
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: dance
Haiku #27 November 2011
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crisp
autumn
leaves
musical
chairs
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: write a five-word haiku in five lines
Haiku #26 November 2011
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in synchrony –
only now her silver thimble
fits my finger
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: heirloom/antique tool
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
Haiku #24 November 2011
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breaking bread
the sound of glass clinking
against glass
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: thanksgiving
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
Haiku #19 November 2011
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kindness –
collecting the acer
from the grass
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: weekend activity
Senryu #18 November 2011
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once again
she inverts the hourglass –
Cinderella
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: deadlines
Haiku #16 November 2011
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late grapes –
birds making a meal
of the vine
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: feeding birds
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 #11 November 2011
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running along
the rim of the crater –
old soldier
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: veterans
Haiku #10 November 2011
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weeping meadow –
every time love loses
its dream
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: scene from a movie
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Inspired by Theo Angelopoulos’ film The Weeping Meadow (watch the trailer)
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 #7 November 2011
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dark moon–
at the foot of the Parthenon
last throw of the dice
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: gambling
Haiku #5 November 2011
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changing gear –
instead of inscribing
I tweet
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: social media
Haiku #3 November 2011
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cactus needle –
loneliness turned
inside out
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: tactile
Haiku #2 November 2011
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under the red maple
red maple –
autumn’s harvest
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: autumn foliage
Haiku #1 November 2011
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ant lines –
weaving a pine needle
necklace
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NaHaiWriMo extension; prompts this month by Carlos Colon: sweet indulgence
Haiku #31 October 2011
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ghost-writer
this haiku is written
by its reader
this haiku is written
by its reader
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NaHaiWriMo extension 2011; prompt: ghost/spirit
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 #28a October 2011
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telegraph wires –
swallows too are waiting
for your news
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Nahaiwrimo extension 2011; prompt: migrating birds
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
