December Haiku Share- Day 23

December Haiku Share

dandelion dreams…
I close my eyes
and make a wish
— Cara Holman

NaHaiWriMo, August 2011

“Things with Wings”, edited by Aubrey Cox, June 2012

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dandelion puffs…
my vacation jaunt winds up
oh so quickly
— Gillena Cox

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in the seeds
of a dandelion
the shape of the wind
— Sandi Pray

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becoming cold
a white butterfly drifts
into my dream
Polona Oblak

NFTG 3:3 (December 2011)

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white crow…
i awaken
from the
new year’s dream
breathless
— Pamela A. Babusci

MET & A Thousand Reasons

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stars
not wished upon-
now that the dandelion…
sanjuktaa

Things with Wings, edited by Aubrie Cox
You can see the doodle by Aubrie here

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through the cracked blind
a slice of moonlight
gently caroms off my bottle
into my baby girl’s eyes,
glowing green
— S.M. Abeles

RIBBONS, Vol.8 No.1

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each wish
thrown to the wind
thousands more
Billy Howell-Sinnard

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she advises
I’m at high risk
of a relapse
I breathe in air heavy
with crushed dreams
— Kirsten Cliff

Moonbathing 6, January 2012

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(Iluko)*
maruros manen
rinemmengmo a rosas
ipinas mo man
dagiti tidda ti biag
iti baet dagiti birri

(English)
petals in shreds
those bouquet of roses –
patch if you please
these remnants of life
between fissures
— Alegria Imperial
Published in LYNX XXV (June):2, 2010

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weeping willow
I wake up laughing
from a dream
— Christine L. Villa

Fox Dreams, edited by Aubrie Cox, April 2012

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drifting
toward sleep on the bank
of the pond . . .
can sky-blue darning needles
mend my raveled dreams
— Jenny Ward Angyal

Atlas Poetica 12, summer 2012

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leaving you
to pursue your dreams
I move
to the other side
of the bed
— Lauren Mayhew

Ribbons 7:4, 2011

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she’d like to return
as an oak in the forest . . .
her gnarled limbs
gracefully suspended
in a cloudless winter
— Margaret Dornaus

Ribbons, vol. 7, no. 4, Winter 2011

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wish
for peace
dandelion seeds scatter
— Jone MacCulloch

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winter rain
in my dream, the boat
never arrives
— angie werren

Fox Dreams, ed. by Aubrie Cox (April, 2012)

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*Iluko, one of four major in 87 Philippine dialects, of the northernmost edge of the archipelago. A dialect I was born with but hardly ever spoke as an adult and never written with until three years ago when it awoke in my spirit among members of a yahoo group.  ~Alegria Imperial

the ocean

December Haiku Share

How about a romance, or any kind of relationship, even one that has gone sour. Or the ocean, moonlight, or the color blue again. Or any color eyes.

the ocean
bathed in moonlight
his deep blue eyes

Shiki Kukai, July 2012 
“Sea Bandits” edited by Aubrie Cox, Sept. 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.