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]. The prompter for September 2023 has been Mick Mezza, who had previously done so in March 2022.
憶君迢迢隔青天，
昔日橫波目，
今成流淚泉。
不信妾腸斷，
歸來看取明鏡前。
長相思二首。
李白。
Enlessly I think of you far beyond the blue sky.
Once my eyes had been pleasing,
No they are a spring of tears.
If ever you doubt my aching heart,
Come back and look from the bright mirror at me.
Endless Yearning (2)
Li Bo [3]
the myth of Sysiphus
weeding the garden
recurring success
~ success
threading the needle
I curse my bloody fingers
- then bloody fingers
inspired by a haiku by Sharon Ferrante
at the beach
the sea retreats quickly
RUN RUN RUN
~ running away
first alarm rings
back to dreamland
oh, no – no second alarm
~ alarm
overlapping contrails
crossroads
on the sky
~ crossroads
jugglers or
windshield cleaners
crossroads nowadays
~ crossroads
autumn rain
reaching for an umbrella
I grab dad's old cane
~ walking stick
taking the first step
backwards
at the edge of the cliff
~ first step
more sand
more friction
railway emergency stop
~ friction
relaxing by the pond
plop
another plum
~ relax
driving past
the fast food temple
not sooo hungry
~ hunger
mowing
the jungle called lawn
equity for a moment
~ equity
well into autumn
an abundance of tomatoes
my love
~ abundance
from the bullet train
recognizing Mt. Fuji
shooting past quickly
~ recognize
the traitor kisses
you on the cheek
offering the other cheek
~ tolerance
near antisana
cold air and steam
from the hot spring
~ hot springs
the fog transforms
everything
still seeing you
~ transformation
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] Li Bai (李白), I prefer the pronunciation Li Bo, is, along with Du Fu (杜甫), the most popular poet of the Tang period. 34 of his poems can be found in the compilation of 300 Poems of the Tang Period (唐詩三百首). He lived from 701 to 762. His birthplace is in today's Kyrgyzstan, near Tokmok, the old Suyab, very far to the west. I was able to visit the area twice. He wrote in a distinctive, romantic style with plenty of freedom, spontaneity and disregard for convention.
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