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 prompter this month is Rick Daddario [3], who is providing prompts for the third time. Thanks very much, Rick! Sorry, for having a stretch of time not writing promptly to your prompts as I had been travelling through Saudi Arabia.
the beauty of
ramshackle sheds
off the beaten track
~ Ramshackle
bamboo and reeds
withstanding the storm
better than oak
~ Bamboo
on the fields
poppy heads show up
just to us two
~ Poppy
dragonflies
above the water lilies
so swift
~ Lily
indian paintbrush
turning the dim days
into a prairie fire
~ Indian Paintbrush
“happiness
is a warm gun”
or a yellow orchid
~ Yellow Orchid
in the wilderness
the lupins burn dimly
then all fades away
~ Lupins
lupins and
across lake tekapo
the snow-capped mountains
~ Lupins
lonely white iris
not hiding in the blue ones
ma fleur de gravité
~ Iris [4]
doctors may talk gibberish
but what they write ...
~ Gibberish
keep listening
to this gibberish
until it's wisdom
~ Gibberish
rhubarb tart
only with a dollop of cream
but thanks
~ Dollop [5]
the owl screeches
and the ruins smell of blood
you don't cringe, though
~ Cringe
kaleidoscope
all that glitters
vicissitudes
~ Kaleidoscope
falling leaves
and shadows miming
autumn's sincerity
~ Mime
frost and foam
water running and stopping
at the cascade
~ Cascade
haiku might have
a tang of tang poetry
just a tangible idea
~ Tang
ramshackle sheds
off the beaten track
~ Ramshackle
bamboo and reeds
withstanding the storm
better than oak
~ Bamboo
on the fields
poppy heads show up
just to us two
~ Poppy
dragonflies
above the water lilies
so swift
~ Lily
indian paintbrush
turning the dim days
into a prairie fire
~ Indian Paintbrush
“happiness
is a warm gun”
or a yellow orchid
~ Yellow Orchid
in the wilderness
the lupins burn dimly
then all fades away
~ Lupins
lupins and
across lake tekapo
the snow-capped mountains
~ Lupins
lonely white iris
not hiding in the blue ones
ma fleur de gravité
~ Iris [4]
doctors may talk gibberish
but what they write ...
~ Gibberish
keep listening
to this gibberish
until it's wisdom
~ Gibberish
rhubarb tart
only with a dollop of cream
but thanks
~ Dollop [5]
the owl screeches
and the ruins smell of blood
you don't cringe, though
~ Cringe
kaleidoscope
all that glitters
vicissitudes
~ Kaleidoscope
falling leaves
and shadows miming
autumn's sincerity
~ Mime
frost and foam
water running and stopping
at the cascade
~ Cascade
haiku might have
a tang of tang poetry
just a tangible idea
~ Tang
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/rick-daddario
[4] La troisième ligne est un hommage à René Char (1907-1988).
[5] Actually with or without a dollop of cream, I don't fancy rhubarb tart too much.
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