I’m pleased to have a couple of haiku in the June issue of A Hundred Gourds. In keeping with their policy of not reposting our works for a period of 40 days after they are first published in AHG, I will post my haiku from the March issue instead.
winter solitude
the click of my fingers
on the keyboard
yielding
to a sudden impulse
butterfly in the wind
end of summer
the dog’s bully stick
chewed down to a nub
For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
cotton clouds
dresses dancing
to the tune of the wind
The results of the February Shiki Kukai have just been posted to the Shiki Kukai archives. The kigo topic was “withered plants” and the free format topic was “cover”.
a robin’s remains
beneath the bramble
chill wind
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early dusk –
slipping between the covers
of my favorite book
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
butterfly wind
counting the days
until summer
(response to doodle by HM Yuan)
It was almost exactly five years ago that I received the devastating news that my mother was approaching the end of her time. Those last few weeks were very intense, but were also full of love and laughter, right up until the very end. I just learned that the following haiku of mine received an Honorable Mention in the 16th Mainichi Haiku Contest:
leaning in closer
to catch her words
wind in the reeds
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
wind whispering
through the pines
how seamlessly
one day flows
into the next
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
chill wind
i drift away
on my thoughts
For the He Doodles, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:
secrets…
what the wind knows
of the swallow
I’ve been smiling all morning, all because of a little (no, make that a lot of) sunshine. Is that really all it takes to make me happy? Apparently, yes!
… the sound of the wind, all night long…
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