Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – January 2024 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 14th year. [1] I enjoy writing to the prompts on Facebook. Here are some interesting links: [2]. The prompter for January   2024 hass Steve Ralph, who already had been NaHaiWriMo daily writing prompter for September 2021, July 2022 and April 2023. Thank you very for inspiring and challenging prompts as well as for you helpful comments.

荷尽已无擎雨盖
菊残犹有傲霜枝
一年好景君须记
最是橙黄橘绿时
赠刘景文
蘇軾
The lotus uses no umbrella against the rain
Chrysanthemum stems resist the frost
Don't forget the good times of the year
When oranges looked golden and tangerines jade green
“Winter Scene” by Su Dong Po [3]

no vampires
only the crescent moon
from dusk till dawn
~ dusk

still lingering
the last light of dusk
time for kisses
~ dusk

broken frame
and the ripped picture –
anniversary
~ picture frame [4]

hey ... stranger
want a headstone?
here at tombstone
~ headstone

I leave
the bamboo potted
as it is megalomaniacal
~ potted plant

mother kept
her boys' favorite toys
I won't bury them, too
~ toy

scammers
keep ringing the phone
but I'm out
~ phone

old toothbrush
cleaning the cracks of the sink
still useful
~ toothbrush

annual meeting
of the red kites
mice stay alerted
~ meeting

around the trash can
scattered scraps and boxes
crows like pizza, too
~ pizza

your happy face
is only makeup
of your despair
~ makeup

the green suitcase
never reached the carrousel
at LAX, alas!
~ suitcase

girls at the movies
snapping sheena easton
for your eyes only
~ eyes

the field is clean
as are the red sox
then they pitch
~ socks

duck landing
on the icy pond
just duck feet
~ landing

down to the skin
through the wintercoat's layers
your fragrance
~ skin

snowing outside
sipping tea inside
but where's the cat
~ breakfast

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] The poem “Winter Scene” [冬景] has been written by Su Shih [蘇軾] (Su Dong Po / 1037－1101) in 1090. Sylvia Chang [張艾嘉], a Taiwanese actress, singer and film director, had sung a setting of the poem on her very popular album “Childhood” [童年] in 1981.
[4] I added the em dash according to a hint by Steve Ralph. Thanks!

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