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garden spider

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December Haiku Share

I write a surprising number of haiku about spiders, although the prompt for this one was actually “weaving”. Share a haiku about gardens, spiders, weaving, dew, or webs.

garden spider –
weaving the dew
into its web

1st place, Shiki Kukai, November 2010

“haiku Wall”  at the Quarterly HSA Meeting
in Bend, Oregon, June 3-5, 2011


 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.

December Haiku Share- Day 12

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December Haiku Share

the waiter asks
if I’m alone –
winter clouds
— Cara Holman

1st place, Sketchbook Kukai, Nov/Dec 2010 

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sun going down-
a lonely boy asking
if I got a son
— Lech Szeglowski

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the long white apron
of a barman–
the day menu unscrews
— Alan Summers

Snapshots 9 (2001)

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inside dewdrops
the only time I am
the size I feel
— S.M. Abeles

Shamrock Haiku Journal Vol. 22

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clouds lie cradled
near the sun
dark december days
~isabelle loverro

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sudden chill . .
the stillness of a mountain
knee deep in clouds
— Sandi Pray

see haiga here

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cloud hands
the cat observes
my tai chi moves
— Lauren Mayhew

bottlerockets, 13:1, summer 2011

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riverbank-
dipping my toes
in winter clouds
— sanjuktaa

2nd place, Sketchbook kukai, Nov-Dec 2010

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stratus clouds
his slow
recovery
— Polona Oblak

A Hundred Gourds 1:2 (March 2012)

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writing your name
on a napkin
& kissing it…
the waiter asks
if i desire anything
— Pamela A. Babusci

Eucalypt Issue 3 2007

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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 

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each day continues
a journey of loneliness
crows screech overhead
— Marie Shimane

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winter afternoon
one empty space
in the library carpark
— Kirsten Cliff

Honorable Mention, Haiku International Association 2009 Haiku Contest

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cumulus
I realise I’ve lived
all my life on islands
— Alison Williams

Presence #45 January 2012

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falling snow
and suddenly we stop
for deer
— angie werren

pay attention: a river of stones (April, 2011)

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winter morning
the stillness
of your face
— Seánan Forbes

Daily Haiku, Cycle 13

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nimbus clouds
one candle lit
at the confluence
— Jone MacCulloch

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equinox my glass half-full again
— Margaret Dornaus

Modern Haiku, 43.2, Summer 2012

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winter constellations
we listen to music
in the dark
— Dawn Apanius

December Haiku Share- Day 11

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December Haiku Share

sultry afternoon
a spider dangles
by a strand
— Cara Holman

Acorn #29, Fall 2012

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sultry afternoon
beads of sweat
on the Coke can
— Terri Hale French

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tangled in a dream
amid beads of sun
sultry dawn
— Sandi Pray

see haiga here 

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sultry afternoon
all my lipsticks
bleed
into scarlet layers
of this fuchsia heart
— Pamela A. Babusci

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between the building
and the scaffolding
a spider’s thread
— Alison Williams

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overcast . . .
the bloom of spider silk
from a sparrow’s nest
— Kathy Uyen Nguyen

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crawling
from unexpected places . . .
her childhood fears
— Christine L. Villa

A Hundred Gourds (1:2 March 2012)
see haiga here

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*waka taua –
paua eyes reflect
the afternoon midges
— Kirsten Cliff

the taste of nashi: New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008)
Bay News, Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar

*Waka Taua is a Maori war canoe.

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fresh stump
a spider scurries
across aeons
— Polona Oblak

Notes From the Gean 2:4 (March 2011)

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finally free
from that collapsed mine
spider
— S.M. Abeles

South by Southeast 19.3

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summer day
I ask the fruit monger
to spray me too
— Seánan Forbes

Frogpond XXXV:1

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another dream these spider woven strands on my fingers
— angie werren

– “Things with Wings & Other Poems” Yay Words! (June 2012)

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butterfly net . . .
all the words I can’t
take back
— Margaret Dornaus

Modern Haiku, 43.3, Autumn 2012

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tatting shuttle
catches spider silk
story knots
— Jone MacCulloch

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from crocus to crocus-
the spider adding
a new dimension
— sanjuktaa

Frogpond, 34.3, 2011

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sultry sunset
a droplet of shiny sweat
on her navel
—Lech Szeglowski

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threads of silk
by ancient weavers
between the trees
~isabelle loverro

the waiter asks

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December Haiku Share

Share a haiku about restaurants, solitude, loneliness, winter, or clouds. (All are welcome to join in– just leave a haiku in the comments section, with publications credits where applicable.)

the waiter asks
 if I’m alone –
winter clouds

1st place, Sketchbook Kukai, Nov/Dec 2010 

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.

sultry afternoon

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December Haiku Share

We haven’t done spiders yet. Share a haiku about spiders, all sorts of bugs and insects, afternoon, sultriness, or one that uses alliteration. Bonus points for “s” alliteration. 😉

sultry afternoon
 a spider dangles
by a strand

Acorn #29, Fall 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.

NaHaiWriMo Prompt- May 11

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May 11 prompt: spiders and spiderwebs

I don’t know what it is about spiders, but I never seem to get tired of writing haiku about them and their webs. Maybe it has a little something to do with the fact that we have so many of them around these parts!

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all the baby spiders
scatter
to make a living

— Issa



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