National Haiku Writing Month has been founded by the well known haiku poet Michael Dylan Welch. The goal is to write at least one haiku a day. National Haiku Writing Month is in its 13th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2].
utter darkness
warning croak of a toad
slipping, anyway
~ toad
with a candlestick
on winding stairs
expecting a ghost
~ candlestick
this school of fish
has learned so well
avoiding nets
~ school
hitch-hiking
lots of passing trucks
then squeeking brakes
~ truck
watching
the seasons come and go
fish in the fishbowl
~ fish
passing the pepper
"push it" jingles
with Salt ’n’ Pepa
~ pepper
rough night
the dogs stopped barking
we started coughing
~ cough
be an atheist
or an agnostic
as long as you pray ...
~ atheist
empathy
encouragement
not the gooseberry bush
~ doula
writing haiku
these gossamers of words
poetry into the void
~ poetry or poem
the spring buds open
no butterfly around
yet, a proposal
~ proposal
snowdrops and crocus
looking forward to sit
in the backyard
~ backyard
snowdrops and crocus
looking forward to spring
in the backyard
~ backyard
first autumn frost
the quilt touches
both futon and tatami
~ quilt
route 66 or 61
being on the road
is being there
~ route 66
great and little bear
reaching out for
the chubby panda below
~ panda
Links and Annotations:
[1] National Haiku Writing Month https://www.facebook.com/NaHaiWriMo
[2] „To help with haiku fundamentals, please have a look at "Becoming a Haiku Poet" at https://www.graceguts.com/essays/becoming-a-haiku-poet. And please review the "Haiku Checklist" at https://www.graceguts.com/essays/haiku-checklist.
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