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 14th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2]. Our daily writing prompter for May 2025 is Andrea Piscitelli Narciso, who already had been providing prompts for May 2017, June 2023, and May 2024 [3]. Thank you very much, Andrea!
故人西辭黃鶴樓，
煙花三月下揚州。
孤帆遠影碧空盡，
惟見長江天際流。
送孟浩然之廣陵。
李白。
At the Tower of the Yellow Cranes in the West I say goodbye to my old friend,
Amidst the blossoms of March, he heads downstream to Yangzhou.
Far away the lonely sail disappears into the blue of the sky,
Until only the Yangtze and the horizon can be made out.
A Farewell to Meng Haoran on the Way to Guangling
By Li Bo (Li Bai) [4]
煙花三月下揚州。
孤帆遠影碧空盡，
惟見長江天際流。
送孟浩然之廣陵。
李白。
At the Tower of the Yellow Cranes in the West I say goodbye to my old friend,
Amidst the blossoms of March, he heads downstream to Yangzhou.
Far away the lonely sail disappears into the blue of the sky,
Until only the Yangtze and the horizon can be made out.
A Farewell to Meng Haoran on the Way to Guangling
By Li Bo (Li Bai) [4]
with love potion
into the tunnel of love
why withou you?
~ Tunnel Of Love
walden pond
literature transforms it
golden pond
~ Golden Pond
golden pond
full of stumphole whiskey
toxic beauty
~ Golden Pond
golden pond
sunshine instead of moonshine
still romantic
~ Golden Pond
pictures of lily
to get you through the night
who'd be so silly
~ Monet’s Water Lilies
blue dragonflies
above the water lilies
this world is art
~ Monet’s Water Lilies
long goodbyes
and the train's whistle
colors in monochrome
~ Long Goodbyes
you don't need
a big yellow taxi
to travel in your mind
~ Big Yellow Taxi
life offers
so many beautiful moments
not security
~ Security
bodygards don't dream
of electric sheep
and ai-ee-ai-ee-aiii ...
~ Bodyguard [5]
stepping stones
across the old pond
covered in moss
~ Stepping Stones
golden lotus
dancing like the wind
so sad, so sad
~ Cinderella’s Slipper [6]
cherry blossoms
dark red and ripe cherries
not forgetting the taste
~ Happy Endings
the baby smiles
Mona Lisa smiles
and you, too
~ Mona Lisa’s Smile
high school
slow dance
swaying & swooning
~ Slow Dance
in blue and white
feeling the dancers
no video
~ Degas’ Dancers
the blackbird sings
into the spring evening
without stage fright
~ Stage Fright
blue irises
with one lonely white one
bleeding
~ Van Gogh’s Ear
ya debe ser mayo
no de La Oreja de Van Gogh
pero podría ser
~ Van Gogh’s Ear [7]
into the tunnel of love
why withou you?
~ Tunnel Of Love
walden pond
literature transforms it
golden pond
~ Golden Pond
golden pond
full of stumphole whiskey
toxic beauty
~ Golden Pond
golden pond
sunshine instead of moonshine
still romantic
~ Golden Pond
pictures of lily
to get you through the night
who'd be so silly
~ Monet’s Water Lilies
blue dragonflies
above the water lilies
this world is art
~ Monet’s Water Lilies
long goodbyes
and the train's whistle
colors in monochrome
~ Long Goodbyes
you don't need
a big yellow taxi
to travel in your mind
~ Big Yellow Taxi
life offers
so many beautiful moments
not security
~ Security
bodygards don't dream
of electric sheep
and ai-ee-ai-ee-aiii ...
~ Bodyguard [5]
stepping stones
across the old pond
covered in moss
~ Stepping Stones
golden lotus
dancing like the wind
so sad, so sad
~ Cinderella’s Slipper [6]
cherry blossoms
dark red and ripe cherries
not forgetting the taste
~ Happy Endings
the baby smiles
Mona Lisa smiles
and you, too
~ Mona Lisa’s Smile
high school
slow dance
swaying & swooning
~ Slow Dance
in blue and white
feeling the dancers
no video
~ Degas’ Dancers
the blackbird sings
into the spring evening
without stage fright
~ Stage Fright
blue irises
with one lonely white one
bleeding
~ Van Gogh’s Ear
ya debe ser mayo
no de La Oreja de Van Gogh
pero podría ser
~ Van Gogh’s Ear [7]
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. Please review the "Haiku Checklist" at https://www.graceguts.com/essays/haiku-checklist. I also recommend to read: https://www.nahaiwrimo.com/why-no-5-7-5
[3] https://www.nahaiwrimo.com/meet-the-prompters/andrea-piscitelli-narciso-2023 BTW, Andrea previously prompted under the name Andi Nicks.
[4] Li Bai (李白), I prefer the pronunciation Li Bo, is, along with Du Fu (杜甫), the star of Tang poetry. At some point, I vowed to read and translate more of his poems. Thirty-four of his poems are included in the compilation 300 Poems of the Tang Period (唐詩三百首). Twenty-five volumes of his poems were preserved in the compilation Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty (全唐詩). Li Bo lived from 701 to 762. His birthplace is in present-day Kyrgyzstan near Tokmok, the ancient Suyab, very far to the west. I was able to visit the area twice. He wrote in a distinctive, romantic style with a great deal of freedom, spontaneity, and defiance of convention. I usually only include a few lines of his poems, but this one is short, and some time ago I've hung up a piece of calligraphy that Mr. He Ming-zhen (贺明真) had created for me 30 years ago in Xi'An (西安).
[5] Ready for some shivers, goosebumps and/or tears?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
[6] Referring to a poem by Su Dongpo (1036-1101) on lotus feet or golden lotus (金蓮), which is the Chinese euphemism for the custom of foot binding (纏足). Su Dongpo (蘇東坡) is in China better known as Su Shi (蘇軾).
[7] it must be may already / not by La Oreja de Van Gogh / but it could be
La Oreja de Van Gogh (English: "Van Gogh's Ear") is a pop band from San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Oreja_de_Van_Gogh
My favorite album is "Guapa" (2006), but the first line alludes to a song from 2016 (Tan Guapa)
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