Haiku for National Haiku Writing Month – January 2026 First 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]. Our prompter this month is Peggy Hall Bilbro [3]. She is doing for the 6th time. Thank you very much, Peggy!

some people 
keep wolves as pets 
how sad 
~ Wolf



green patch 
in the deep snow 
reliable holly 
~ Holly

hypernation 
no sleep, no rest 
no hibernation 
~ Hibernation

hypernation 
neither sleep nor rest 
nor hibernation 
~ Hibernation

don't let phil 
hibernate too long 
punxsutawney 
~ Hibernation

swan lake 
staged in black 
who dares? 
~ Swan

snowwhite 
and the seven 
black swans 
~ Swan

black swans 
in the west of cologne – in the east 
white swans 
~ Swan

a flock of cranes 
flying with the north wind 
I wave goodbye 
~ Crane

white breath 
we keep walking 
taciturn 
~ Breath Vapor

lots of snow 
following the north wind 
my broken shovel 
~ North Wind

between autumn and winter 
even the gods need vacation 
~ Month Without Gods (Kannazuki) 

adele singing 
someone like you 
bitter sweet sake 
~ Spiced Sake [4]

a kid's first sky 
is always painted in blue 
with a yellow sun 
~ First Sky

first chaos 
then the first sky 
and a flower 
~ First Sky

looking at chile's osorno 
first view of mount fuji 
~  First View of Mount Fuji





leaving japan 
mount fuji from a plane 
my first view 
~ First View of Mount Fuji [5]

first day at school 
best of that movie 
the candy cone 
~ First Day


 

first laugh 
after the first smile 
babies and parents 
~ First Laugh

first snow 
on a drab day 
watching “first blood” 
~ First Snow

won't see 
the first sunrise of the year 
much too early 
~ First Sunrise 

still figuring out 
the original mind 
and the first sunrise 
~ First Sunrise

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/peggy-hale-bilbro   
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9YICeYdJBU 
[5] I saw the tip of Mt. Fuji (富士山) from the plane when leaving Japan 1975. The first picture is from 1992; I hiked with friends one or two days after the picture, but a snowstorm made us return early. The second picture is from 2013 out of the Shinkansen (新幹線) from Kyoto to Tokyo.

 

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