Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – June 2025 Second Half

 

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 June 2025 has been Judith Gorgone, who already had been providing prompts for March 2012, October 2016, and October 2022 [3]. Thank you very much, Judith! 

朝聞遊子唱驪歌，
昨夜微霜初度河。
鴻雁不堪愁裡聽，
雲山況是客中過。
送魏萬之京。
李頎。
In the morning, the travelers' farewell song could be heard.
Last night, the first frost came over the river.
The cries of the wild geese sounded sad.
The clouded mountains stood on the way home.
Farewell to Wei Wan on the way to the capital
Li Qi [4]

all these wonderful 
meteor showers 
the moon watches, too 
~ Meteor Trails

ascending through mist 
then the sun's halo 
and the peak 
~ Halo 

across the salt flats 
oh island in the sun 
water, water, what 
~ Mirage

across the salt flats 
oh island in the sun 
the lake, the lake, the ... 
~ Mirage

constant drizzle 
on the thirsty plants 
and the waterspout 
~ Waterspout

above a waterspout 
below a tsunami 
life's cruise 
~ Waterspout

red tide 
defcon red for the ocean 
red flags on the beach 
~ Tide or Tidal Flow

wind and water 
eroding the soil matrix 
the green matrix
~ Erosion




tiny waves 
rolling out on the beach 
some memories 
~ Wave

strawberries, cherries 
and all the summer rain 
as time goes by 
~ Petrichor 

blinded by the light 
a supernova I guess 
or headlights 
~ Supernova

rain and debris 
in the wake of the hurricane 
... and tears 
~ Hurricane

the wind 
harvests green cherries 
that's spring, too 
~ Wind

rolling clouds 
roaring thunder 
ready for rain 
~ Thunder 

falling 
blossoms and unripe fruits 
falling wind 
~ Microburst

wiping off 
the colors of the rainbow 
grey fear 
~ Rainbow

warm afterglow 
the day is ready to rest 
but you ask for more 
~ Afterglow 

our footsteps 
glow on the night beach 
for a while 
~ Bioluminescence

this evening 
no glow worms fly 
we're distracted anyway 
~ Bioluminescence

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/judith-gorgone 
[4] Li Qi (李頎) lived from 690 to 751. Seven of his poems were included in the compilation 300 Poems of the Tang Dynasty (唐詩三百首). Sun Zhu (孫洙), a scholar during the Qing Dynasty, compiled it in 1763. However, 124 of his poems are included in the compilation Complete Tang Poems (全唐詩) from 1705. This compilation, like the well-known dictionary (康熙字典), dates back to Emperor Kangxi (康熙帝), who lived from 1654 to 1722.

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