First day of summer vacation, and a new issue of Modern Haiku to enjoy.
mostly cloudy
I add another emoticon
to the email
***
distant starlight
the soft glow
of my electronic devices
First day of summer vacation, and a new issue of Modern Haiku to enjoy.
mostly cloudy
I add another emoticon
to the email
***
distant starlight
the soft glow
of my electronic devices
For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
cotton clouds
dresses dancing
to the tune of the wind
NaHaiWriMo- 2/6/13 (prompt: rice)
winter evening
clouds of steam rise
from our rice bowls
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
lazy afternoon
dipping his paddles
into the clouds
(Doodles provided by HM Yuan.)
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
his faraway look
when he speaks of the farm…
cloud wisps
the waiter asks
if I’m alone –
winter clouds
— Cara Holman
1st place, Sketchbook Kukai, Nov/Dec 2010
***
sun going down-
a lonely boy asking
if I got a son
— Lech Szeglowski
***
the long white apron
of a barman–
the day menu unscrews
— Alan Summers
Snapshots 9 (2001)
***
inside dewdrops
the only time I am
the size I feel
— S.M. Abeles
Shamrock Haiku Journal Vol. 22
***
clouds lie cradled
near the sun
dark december days
~isabelle loverro
***
sudden chill . .
the stillness of a mountain
knee deep in clouds
— Sandi Pray
see haiga here
***
cloud hands
the cat observes
my tai chi moves
— Lauren Mayhew
bottlerockets, 13:1, summer 2011
***
riverbank-
dipping my toes
in winter clouds
— sanjuktaa
2nd place, Sketchbook kukai, Nov-Dec 2010
***
stratus clouds
his slow
recovery
— Polona Oblak
A Hundred Gourds 1:2 (March 2012)
***
writing your name
on a napkin
& kissing it…
the waiter asks
if i desire anything
— Pamela A. Babusci
Eucalypt Issue 3 2007
***
winter silence…
the phone rings
only in my head
— Christine L. Villa
Notes From the Gean (Fall 2011: Vol. 3, Issue 2)
See haiga here
***
each day continues
a journey of loneliness
crows screech overhead
— Marie Shimane
winter afternoon
one empty space
in the library carpark
— Kirsten Cliff
Honorable Mention, Haiku International Association 2009 Haiku Contest
***
cumulus
I realise I’ve lived
all my life on islands
— Alison Williams
Presence #45 January 2012
***
falling snow
and suddenly we stop
for deer
— angie werren
pay attention: a river of stones (April, 2011)
***
winter morning
the stillness
of your face
— Seánan Forbes
Daily Haiku, Cycle 13
***
nimbus clouds
one candle lit
at the confluence
— Jone MacCulloch
***
equinox my glass half-full again
— Margaret Dornaus
Modern Haiku, 43.2, Summer 2012
***
winter constellations
we listen to music
in the dark
— Dawn Apanius
hawks
catching thermals
slow moving clouds
— Cara Holman
1st place, WD Poetic Form Challenge: Hay(na)ku, Aug. 2011
Writer’s Digest, January 2012
***
roads not taken
the shifting shapes
of clouds
— Seánan Forbes
a version of this appeared in Daily Haiku, Cycle 13, Summer 2012
***
cold moon
even the owl
has flown
— angie werren
***
waiting for the moon . .
a hawk weaves
a handful of clouds
— Sandi Pray
***
shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
— Kirsten Cliff
Moonset 6:1 2010
***
passing clouds
the scent of honeysuckle
in a crow’s wings
— Christine L. Villa
3rd place, Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai, September 2012
***
eclipse
a mother
bares her breast
— Polona Oblak
A Hundred Gourds 1:3
***
a hawk’s wingspan
between wire and sky
teacup moon
—Kathy Uyen Nguyen
***
tree-topper
the red-tailed hawk, a lone
winged angel
— Margaret Dornaus
***
sun down the wake of a red-tailed hawk
— sanjuktaa
From Things with Wings, edited by Aubrie Cox
You can see the doodle by Aubrie that inspired it here.
***
autumn wind …
sparrow riding
my car antenna
— Pamela A. Babusci
Heron Quarterly 1:4 (October 1997)
***
hummingbird
dive bombs
her quivering lip
— Jone MacCulloch
***
Red-tailed hawks are a common sight around these parts, although I actually wrote this haiku when I was visiting Arizona two summers ago. This haiku combines two of my favorite subjects: hawks and clouds. It is also a hay(na)ku– a poetry form having three lines, consisting of one, two, and three words respectively. So share a haiku about hawks, other raptors, air currents, clouds, and/or try your hand at a hay(na)ku.
hawks
catching thermals
slow moving clouds
1st place, WD Poetic Form Challenge: Hay(na)ku, Aug. 2011
Writer’s Digest, January 2012
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.
I took 2nd place in the September Caribbean Kigo Kukai #38 (kigo: “stormy weather”) with this haiku:
an unseen bird
begins to trill…
lifting clouds
This is my fourth (and final) week of being a Daily Haiku Cycle 13 contributor. Please follow along!
lifting clouds
a yellow monarch
heralds the sun
Our summer started out with rain and clouds. I was sitting at the breakfast table one morning, trying to decide what indoor activity I would plan for that day, when I caught some movement from the corner of my eye. As I turned my head to look through our French doors onto the deck, I saw a yellow monarch flying towards the house. At that very instant, the sun also came out. It almost looked as if the monarch was carrying the sun on its back.