Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – November 2023 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 13th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2]. The prompter for November  2023 has been Peggy Hale Bilbro, who was prompting for the fifth time. Thank you very much, Peggy!

longer nights
snow covered silence
... and dreams
~ dreams

don't hear
the music
dancing snowflakes
~ music

at the movies
backrow
you do the math
~ algebra

drops
falling from icicles
never to return
~ icicle

snow-capped mountains
reflected in the lake
don't cast a stone
~ mountain range / sierra

humming above
greenland's glaciers
solitude and peace
~ glacier

rose red
the canyon of Petra
with and without Jones
~ canyon or arroyo

stuck in the desert
the sun is setting
not the spirit
~ desert




into the desert
through an irrigation canal
white sand, however
~ desert




salt desert
hexagonal white slabs
and miles ahead
~ desert

kysylkum
no tree, no shade
outside the restaurant
~ desert



silent clouds
crossing the cliff
roaring surf below
~ cliff or bluff

climate change
the coral reefs are dying
not my memories
~ coral reef

the squab throttle
lured to the nest's rim
now fully fledged
~ bird nest

suddenly
a snore from the bear's den
a nightmare
~ bear's den

a hornet nibbling
at the wooden fence
a growing nest
~ wasp nest



at the dam
contemplating if the beaver
generates power
~ beaver dam



busy mole in the garden
maybe it likes
adam and the ants
~ ant colony

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.

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