Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – October 2025 First 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 October 2025 is Hazel Hall [3], who already had prompted during 0ctober 2017. Thank you very much, Hazel! 

leaping 
and hopping on a ... 
the moon 
~ Leap

the frog leaps 
without looking 
plop
~ Leap

the nightingale 
is lilting into 
autumn's colors 
~ Lilt

singing out of key 
or losing my keys 
but not the key to your heart 
~ Key

riding back home 
autumn night and fog patches 
you're humming jazz 
~ Jazz

between leaves falling 
and leaf parachutes popping up 
autumn reigns 
~ Interval

leaves falling 
leaf parachutes appearing 
autumn's interval 
~ Interval

wind, rain, strom 
are improvisations 
of nature's song 
~ Improvisation

improvisations
of nature's song 
wind, rain, storm 
~ Improvisation [4]

St. Patrick's Day 
more bagpipes than harp 
crazy and green 
~ Harp

different 
harp and shamisen 
and not 
~ Harp [5]

at the grave 
fulfilling a last wish 
we release the balloons 
~ Grave

lights on the graves 
flickering in the autumn wind 
still early to leave 
~ Grave

fall's foliage 
flat on the ground 
flat tire, too 
~ Flat

the organist plays Bach 
during the service
but no encore 
~ Encore

drone or 
kamikaze 
so much for glory 
~ Drone

summer evening 
with nature's symphony 
then full cadence 
~ Cadence

autumn rain 
across the bridge 
the sun still shines 
~ Bridge 

jumping 
off the bridge together
or simply walk across 
~ Bridge

across the bridge 
never to return
still in love 
~ Bridge

the woodpecker's beat 
not like depeche mode 
still loud enough 
~ Beat

after 15 years 
an accidental meeting 
when shall we meet again 
~ Accidental

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/hazel-hall 
[4] This variant has been suggested by Subir Ningthouja. I think it's better. Thank you, Subir!
[5] Beer would also have been an option, but I refrained!

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