Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – March 2026 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 15th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2]. Our prompter this month has been Dorna Hainds [3]. She has done so before in July 2025. Thank you for having prompted again, Dorna!

thaw on the grass 
cat’s morning march 
slippery 
~ Cat’s Morning March 

spring procession 
jumping with grim masks 
to ward off evil 
~ March of the Festival 

not heart or herz 
but kokoro or corazon 
rises my heartbeat 
~ March of the Heart 

father's garden 
full of wisteria blossoms 
not minding the rain 
~ March of the Blossom 



fishermen’s march 
heading to the first catch 
but not as the birdman 
~ Fishermen’s March [4]

eternal flame 
still burning brightly 
under ICE 
~ March of the Flame 

buzzing around the willow 
the humble bees and the bumble-bees 
~ March of the Bees 

at the old pond 
neither jump nor splash 
just frogs croaking 
~ Marching Song of Frogs 



white heron 
stepping in the lotus pond 
the frog dives 
~ Heron’s Stiff March

first steps 
into spring 
overgrown path 
~ March of Footsteps 

around equinox 
march of the clock 
back or forward 
~ March of the Equinox 

the dingle-dangles 
and crocuses are blooming 
despite the fierce wind 
~ Crocus Battalion 

rain patting 
the corrugated sheet 
i hear a symphony 
~ Marching Drum of Rain [5]

boustrophedon 
ʍold uǝxo ǝɥʇ sɐ 
and the haiku runs 
~ March of the Plow

down in the valley 
the bushes are in bloom 
here it still snows 
~ March of Deadlines 

amidst cherry bloosoms 
a hello kitty trolley 
and happy parents 
~ March of Deadlines 

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/dorna-hainds 
[4] From my first visit to Easter Island in 1990: 
Orongo and the Birdman 
Together with Toshiyuki [a Japanese friend], I explored Orongo, a historical site overlooking the crater lake of the extinct volcano Rano Kao. The rocks there are covered in symbols (petroglyphs). Stone huts, where those involved in the cult lived, can also be found. Orongo is associated with the cult of the Birdman (Tangata Manu). The title of Birdman, held for a year, went to the person who, or whose servant (Hopu), was the first to bring back a tern egg. To do this, he had to descend the cliffs, swim through the shark-infested inlet, then search for an egg on one of the small islands (Motu Nui, Motu Iti, or Motu Kaokao) and then swim back with it. Much about this cult, which was last practiced around 1867, remains unclear.
Te Pito O Te Henua - Die Osterinsel [Te Pito O Te Henua - Easter Island]
https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2021/10/te-pito-o-te-henua-die-osterinsel.html 
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ihLIM07Bc 

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