Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – July 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 July 2025 has been Dorna Hainds [3], who has been doing so for the first time. Thank you very much, Dorna! 

蘭葉春葳蕤
桂華秋皎潔
感遇（ 其一)
張九齡
In spring, orchid leaves sprout.
In autumn, cinnamon trees glow brightly.
Thoughts (1)
Zhang Jiuling [4]

the greenish soap 
in the too high sink 
but what color was my shirt? 
~ Color of a Memory You Can’t Quite Recall 

the golden domes 
are silent like the churches 
beneath them 
~ Color of Silence 





midnight sun
the receding rain 
and a puffin's beak 
~ Midnight rainbow

the scintillating 
colors of hummingbirds 
the jungle's song 
~ Colorful Song 

all tastes 
and all colors make 
a chinese feast 
~ Color(s) of Taste 

mimosas' yellow 
lavender's violet 
fragrances of france 
~  Perfume Colors 

chanel no. 5 
the color of skin 
as nightgown 
~ Perfume Colors 

tibetan viallage 
the women wear turquoise 
chanting along 
~ Sound/Smell/Touch of Turquoise 





like to see 
the sun blotted out from the sky? 
just listen 
~ Is Pitch Black Black? 

darker than pitch black 
only the black hole 
~ Is Pitch Black Black? 

wednesday addams 
will wear another color 
if darker than black 
~ Is Pitch Black Black? 

voting for 
more black and white 
in all the grey 
~ Opposing Colors / Balancing Colors 

the bees visit 
all flowers in the garden 
purple and vellow 
~ Opposing Colors / Balancing Colors 

not feeling blue 
on the beach with you 
at the blue hour 
~ Hourly Colors 

so thick 
today's sunset colors 
to walk on 
~ Immortalized Sunset Colors

even the tattoo of lola 
is fading away 
she was a show girl 
~ Colors of a Faded, Memorable Tattoo

over the years 
the color of her wedding dress 
not changing much 
~ Wedding Dress Colors 

separation 
all these tears running 
but not a rainbow 
~ Emotional Rainbow 

colors of spells 
leaving the magician's wand 
just a distraction 
~ Color of Spells 

misty mornings 
and blushing foliage 
rest in pram 
~ Your Birth Month Color(s) 

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] Dorna Hainds / NaHaiWriMo daily writing prompter for July 2025
https://www.nahaiwrimo.com/meet-the-prompters/dorna-hainds 
[4] Zhang Jiuling (張九齡) was a minister and chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗), but also a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty. He lived from 678 or 673 to 740 (he died on May 6). Five of his poems are included in the collection "300 Poems of the Tang Dynasty" (唐詩三百首).  I found a total of three books of his poems in the collection Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty (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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