NaHaiWriMo- 2/8/13 (prompt: hiking or hiking trail)
sudden downpour
for a moment
our path obscured
NaHaiWriMo- 2/8/13 (prompt: hiking or hiking trail)
sudden downpour
for a moment
our path obscured
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
in the dark
only the sound
of rain, and my heartbeat
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resolutions…
letting go of what
no longer serves me
streetlights reflected
in wet pavement
winter dawn
— Cara Holman
Mariposa #26, Spring/Summer 2012
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listening
for the silence
between raindrops
yesterday’s blunders
wash out to sea
— Jenny Ward Angyal
GUSTS 15, spring/summer 2012
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winter darkness
we run out
of subjects to change
— Seánan Forbes
Modern Haiku 43:3
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december’s dawn
drops of dew
between the mums
~isabelle loverro
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winter drizzle . .
the sound of sunlight
in a mockingbird’s song
— Sandi Pray
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to return
or not to return
—winter twilight
revenir
ou ne pas revenir
– crepuscule d’hiver
— Lech Szeglowski
(haiku translated into French by I. Codrescu)
* Full publication credits below
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raindrops
fall on still water –
tiny ripples
these subtle longings
of my heart
— Lauren Mayhew
A Hundred Gourds 1:2, March 2012
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frost
turns to dew . . .
his handwritten note
relentless rain
fragments of lotus
fragments of me…
would i do it all again
love him recklessly
— Pamela A. Babusci
A Thousand Reasons
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hailstorm . . .
three red petals left
to scent this rose
— Kirsten Cliff
Caribbean Kigo Kukai, September 2012
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the church bell
has a strange sound to it
freezing rain
— Johnny Baranski
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winter sky–
the white cat’s eyes
bluer
ciel d’hiver–
le blanc des yeux du chat
plus bleu
— Alegria Imperial
Daily Haiku Selection, April 22, 2011
(Mainichi, Japan)
French translation by Serge Tome at tempslibres.com
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cold wind
the front and back
of my hand
— angie werren
the zen space — Spring 2012 Showcase
(it’s a haiga)
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warming my heart
on a winter night
a snowman collection
— Christine L. Villa
See Haiku Here, January 2012
See Kuniharu Shimizu’s artwork here
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winter breaths
and many other things
I’d just as soon forget
— S.M. Abeles
Prune Juice Issue 8
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who will call me now
by my other name . . .
soft rain falling
— Margaret Dornaus
NaHaiWriMo, February 2012
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thawing pine . . .
all it takes to say
I love you
— Kathy Uyen Nguyen
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black clouds
grumble with thunder –
red umbrellas
— Juliet Wilson
Haiku Scotland
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solstice
gray rain
pounds the streets
— Jone MacCulloch
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* Rest of publication credits for Lech Szeglowski:
DailyHaiga, 18 January 2010. Art by Dorota Pyra.
Haiga with haiku in French by Ion Codrescu.
Dreams Wander On: Contemporary Poems of Death Awareness, edited by Robert Epstein, Published by Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, Maryland 2011.
Haïga. Peindre en poésie, by Ion Codrescu, Published by A.F.H. Association francophone de haiku, Barjols, France 2012.
We’ve done summer rain, now it’s time to share a haiku, tanka, or haiga about winter rain, streetlights, reflections, pavement, dawn, rain in general, or winter in general.
streetlights reflected
in wet pavement
winter dawn
Mariposa #26, Spring/Summer 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.
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.
2012 November PAD Chapbook Challenge- Day 10
Another very creative prompt today, by guest prompter Linda Hofke– one I intend to come back to again when I have more time: “use a foreign word in the title of your poem or in your poem”
waking
to the sound of rain
toujours la même chose
“Rain” is a winter kigo. More poetic responses can be read on the Poetic Asides blog.
My fourth (and final) week of being a Daily Haiku Cycle 13 contributor. Please follow along!
lamb’s ear
the softness
of summer rain
I love the feel of Lamb’s ear leaves. I was thinking of that, as I penned this haiku at the beginning of summer, when it was very rainy. Lamb’s ear also has the unfortunate characteristic of becoming somewhat invasive, so with great reluctance, I finally dug it out of my herb garden to make room for some of my other plants. I may attempt to grow it again one day, knowing now that it needs to be pruned severely back each year to keep it under control.