December Haiku Share
A few housekeeping items. Please let me know how you would like your name to appear with your haiku, if it is NOT the same as the name with which you left a comment. And I’d be happy to add a link to a blog, website, or twitter or Facebook handle– I’ve been picking them off the comments when I can. Finally, if you spot any errors (I’m doing this all through cut and paste, and wrestling with WordPress for formatting), please let me know so I can fix them. This includes hyperlinks that point to the wrong place! I’ve been proofing things the best I can, but still, errors can creep in….
Onto the next prompt. I would be totally remiss if I didn’t include at least one haiku with rain. This is Portland, after all.
lamb’s ear
the softness
of summer rain
Daily Haiku- Cycle 13, August 2012
Suggested themes: herbs, summer flowers, summer (in general), the sense of touch, or of course, rain. If you missed the initial post, click here to read about the month long haiku challenge I am holding right here on my blog this December.
Prose Posies 
stark summer light
I was not always
honest
Acorn #28
Excellent.
Thank you.
I enjoy your website. It is inspiring.
Stunning, Seanan.
a drop of honey
in blueberry rooibos
summer moon
Sketchbook July/Aug 2012
summer again
the dress I wore
to hospital
‘All the Words that Mean Cancer’ rengay sequence with Cara Holman, LYNX 27:3 (October 2012)
It’s so nice to see your haiku from our rengay, Kirsten. They also work quite well as stand-alone haiku. 🙂
Oh, that’s potent.
Thanks, Cara and Seanan.
I can still see/feel this moment: when summer came around and I put on the dress I’d worn into hospital that first time when I didn’t know what was waiting for me there . . .
It’s wonderful, Kirsten!
Thank you, Margaret.
It’s good to know that everyone ‘gets’ it. And I am honoured by the response here today. Thanks again to Cara for this forum. 🙂
Wow. Powerful image.
Yes, this is a very powerful haiku.
Thank you, Jone and Chrissi. Glad I could share it today. 🙂
Very moving, Kirsten.Hugs~
Thank you, Sanjuktaa. (((hugs))) back to you!
The poem dressed in the words that are evoking unexpressed and unstated emotions.
Very great haiku.
Thanks so much, Lech.
evening drizzle
notes from his guitar
perfume the air
Haigaonline (Vol. 12, Issue 2, December 2011)
see haiga here – http://www.haigaonline.com/issue12-2/issue.html
Nice, Chrissi! Couldn’t get to your haiga from that link though. 😦
I just found out that you can’t go straight to the haiga. After you click the link, you have to go to “contemporary haiga”, which is on the left side, and you will see my name among the contributors. That’s the only way you see it. 🙂
Thanks for checking that link, Kirsten. 🙂 If you’d like an easier way to see it, go straight to my blog http://blossomrain.blogspot.com/2012/01/black-and-white-challenge.html
Thanks for this, Chrissi. I enjoyed reading your commnetary about it, too. 🙂
Again, gorgeous blending of image and haiku, Chrissi!
news
from an old friend –
midsummer rain
Acorn No.8 Spring 2002
Lovely . . .
evening rain shower
hits roof
frog sings melody
tender leaves . . .
ladybugs fill the gaps
between the shade
Love this one, Kathy
at Toad Suck
I contemplate syllables
and old ponds
like a child puddle-jumping
loudly through soft falling rain
Ribbons, Back Cover Commentary, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 2011
Oh, I remember those days of child-puddle jumping. 🙂 Love this one! Btw, thanks for appreciating my haiga 🙂
Thankk you, Chrissi!
This one by you is a particular favorite of mine, Cara. And all the poems posted today are beautiful.
Here is mine:
rain
on the balcony
doodling daydreams
Simply Haiku, summer. 2011
Thank you, Sanjuktaa. 🙂 And yes, the haiku, tanka, and haiga selections have been just lovely!
summer sunset
still
my plaits burning
as you entwined
in me
because it’s your turn
autumn rain
Alegria Imperial
DailyHaiku Cycle 14 Dec 1, 2012