NaHaiWriMo- 2/7/13 (prompt: milk)
milk moon
my baby cradled
in my arms
NaHaiWriMo- 2/7/13 (prompt: milk)
milk moon
my baby cradled
in my arms
The January 2013 Shiki Kukai kigo topic was “first calm”.
quiescent moon
I finish sorting
her last box of papers
The rest of the entries can be read in the Shiki archives.
I think it’s high time for a moon ku. The prompt for this one was actually “anything quirky”.
night sky –
my thumb
eclipsing the moon
1st place, Shiki Kukai, July 2010
3rd place, Shiki Kukai 8th Annual Poets’ Choice Kukai
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.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 30
And I did it again! (Made it to the end of another daily PAD challenge.) Today’s prompt is by guest prompter Violet Nesdoly: write a milk poem. I decided to go with another moon haiku– why not?
milk moon
my newborn baby
stirs in my arms
“Moon” is still an autumn kigo technically, although “Milk Moon” was one of several names given to the May full moon by Native Americans, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 29
Today’s prompt by guest prompter Bonita Jones Knott: write a birth poem. This is sort of a birth poem– a renewal poem anyway:
new moon
starting over again
again
“Moon”, for whatever reason, is an autumn kigo, so autumn it is. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 24
My favorite kind of prompt is one which prompts me to learn something new in order to write it.Today’s prompt, by Amanda Fall was of this type. The prompt was to write a poem with the title “The Truth about [blank]”. I immediately thought of the moon, and while googling some facts about the moon to make sure what I said was correct, I discovered this fascinating NASA article about earthshine. I have witnessed this phenomena in the past, and wondered about it– now I know!
This was the evolution of my haiku, from my first pass, through a 3rd version (which lost “the truth about” phrase entirely). I’m interested to see which version others prefer.
the truth
about the moon
reflected sunlight
earthshine
the truth
about the moon
earthshine
the dark side
of the moon
“Moon”, without a preceding modifying adjective, is an autumn kigo. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 19
Today’s prompt comes from guest prompter Madeline Sharples, and is to write a wheel poem. There are so many kinds of wheels, I hardly knew where to start. In the end I settled for the following two, and decided to go kigo-less today as well:
circle time
another round
of “wheels on the bus”
***
the steady squeak
of the hamster wheel…
awake with the moon
More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 8
Today’s prompt was a very cool one, by guest prompter Daniel Ari: “Talk back to a dead poet. Choose a poem you like by a poet who is no longer living and offer a rebuttal.” There was only one way I could go with this:
Original poem:
old pond…
a frog leaps in
water’s sound
— Matsuo Basho (translated by William Higginson)
My response:
old pond…
after the frog
only ripples
“Frog” is a spring kigo. For 30 more different translations of Basho’s famous frog poem, check out this page. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 7
Today’s prompt: “write a circular poem”. The guest prompter was Eleanore D. Trupkiewicz.
a ripple
within a ripple
halo of the moon
“Halo of the moon” is a spring kigo. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
Another full moon, another full moon haiku…
my thoughts
so far away
harvest moon
More moon haiku can be read on the Haiku Bandit Society October 2012 Moon Viewing Party post.