Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – 17.04.-29.04.2023

 

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 13th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2].

晚風吹行舟，
花路入溪口。
春泛若耶溪
綦毋潛
The evening breeeze drives on our boat,
Between blossoms we reach the estuary.
A Boat Trip on the Ruo Ye River in Spring
Qiwu Qian [3]

behind my garden gate
this footpath into the forest
it doesn't end  
~ footpath

waiting for the beloved
with thorny roses
sweet aches
~ ache

black robe [3]
fleeing into the forest
never entering dreamland
~ robe

overboard
the painted toenails
not dried yet
~ toenail

predicted snowfall
but it's spring !!!
copy that
~ spring

has been a janitor
now a house whisperer
next a house doctor
~ doctor

rising sun
across the valley
spring still needs support
~ the sun

Caine with a cane
kung fu fighting ... /
fast as retirement home
~ cane

portrait of the artist
as an old man
not written yet
~ portrait

busy morning
pouring water into the sink
no time for tea
~ tea/coffee

always searching
for glasses or passport
hopefully not at once
~ glasses

16 tons
labor of the past
still a good song
~ labor

we have to eat
all cookies at once
just to reduce temptation
~ cookies

Links and Annotations:
[1] https://www.facebook.com/NaHaiWriMo  
National Haiku Writing Month
[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. And please review the "Haiku Checklist" at https://www.graceguts.com/essays/haiku-checklist.
[3] Qiwu Qian (綦毋潛 - Qiwu is the surname; two-syllable surnames are rare in China, often the first name consists of only one character then). He lived from c. 692 to c. 755 or just 749, but all dates are uncertain. There is a laconic article on Wikipedia (Chinese) and a longer one on Baidu (百度百科) that even lists the text of 25 other poems by him, since only one poem appeared in the compilation 300 Poems of the Tang Dynasty.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Robe_(film)

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