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]. The prompter for December 2023 is Agnes Eva Savich, thank you very much.
二月黃鸝飛上林，
春城紫禁曉陰陰。
贈闕下裴舍人。
錢起。
In the second month the orioles fly through the imperial garden,
Shadows still lie over the Forbidden City in spring.
Dedicated to the official Pei
Qian Qi [3]
春城紫禁曉陰陰。
贈闕下裴舍人。
錢起。
In the second month the orioles fly through the imperial garden,
Shadows still lie over the Forbidden City in spring.
Dedicated to the official Pei
Qian Qi [3]
the border
365 days long
and a second to jump
~ border
in the desert
slowly the self dies
religion is born
~ birthplace
fresh snow with
footprints into the thicket
the fox is dating
~ thicket
walking in the
sassafras gully
sunshine and I
~ sassafras
despite st. elmo's fire
the brig defies the storm
she is of cedar elm
~ cedar elm
no excuse
to refuse
refuge
~ refuge
Please excuse if I refrained to use a kigo.
my educated guess
the picts did not invent
the pictographs
~ pictograph
an egret landing
on the wild horse's back
salt marsh harmony
~ salt marsh
two ducks flying
above the tram wire
right turn at the crossroads
~ crossroads
tossing and turning
in his riverbed
dreams of inundations
~ riverbed
croaking with frogs
in the emerald forest
for a flash flood
~ flash flood
breathlessly
hiking the rugged mountain
ghostweed at ease
~ rugged
our lake
overgrown with reeds
broken boardwalk
~ boardwalk
time tunnel
or tunnel of love
more than a date
~ tunnel
all though the night
buzz and fight
the mosquito and I
~ mosquito
soaked and sweaty
beneath the bluff
not caring about bugs
~ bluff
365 days long
and a second to jump
~ border
in the desert
slowly the self dies
religion is born
~ birthplace
fresh snow with
footprints into the thicket
the fox is dating
~ thicket
walking in the
sassafras gully
sunshine and I
~ sassafras
despite st. elmo's fire
the brig defies the storm
she is of cedar elm
~ cedar elm
no excuse
to refuse
refuge
~ refuge
Please excuse if I refrained to use a kigo.
my educated guess
the picts did not invent
the pictographs
~ pictograph
an egret landing
on the wild horse's back
salt marsh harmony
~ salt marsh
two ducks flying
above the tram wire
right turn at the crossroads
~ crossroads
tossing and turning
in his riverbed
dreams of inundations
~ riverbed
croaking with frogs
in the emerald forest
for a flash flood
~ flash flood
breathlessly
hiking the rugged mountain
ghostweed at ease
~ rugged
our lake
overgrown with reeds
broken boardwalk
~ boardwalk
time tunnel
or tunnel of love
more than a date
~ tunnel
all though the night
buzz and fight
the mosquito and I
~ mosquito
soaked and sweaty
beneath the bluff
not caring about bugs
~ bluff
Links and Annotations:
[1] https://www.facebook.com/NaHaiWriMo National Haiku Writing Month
[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.
[3] Qian Qi (錢起) lived from 710-782, according to another source 722-780. Three of his poems have been included in the anthology 300 Poems of the Tang Dynasty (唐詩三百首) . Approximately 430 of his poems have been preserved in the compilation Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty (全唐詩). He was the uncle of the great calligrapher Huai Su (懷素), a monk known for his wild style in calligraphy.
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