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 Robert Kingston [3]. Robert has done so before in May 2024. Thank you for prompting, Robert!
a flock of crows
cackles at the kites
without loudspeakers
~ Tannoy
april 21st
all we see
fog in fog
~ Fog [4]
fog forming
droplets on the coffin
and cheeks
~ Fog
come on in
blow your horns and pipes
the circus is in town
~ Horn
we are silent
the fan in the lift
talks enough
~ Lift
we are silent
the ventilator in the elevator
talks enough
~ Lift (variant)
the mentalist
looking for a diner
as jack reacher
~ Diner
across the bridge
the sun is still shining
I bathe in rain
~ Sun
new wave
splashing across
the dance floors
~ Wave [5]
waving
at the wake
still a scar
~ Wave
at the beach
wave after wave
not alone
~ Wave
modern ships sail
without figureheads
as they lack a soul
~ Figurehead
i could have
figured it out in my head
today it's “figurehead”
~ Figurehead
romance
the figureheads
at titanic's bow
~ Bow
bow & tie
bow & arrow
& a figurehead
~ Bow
lazing aft
on a sunny afternoon
sipping ... tea
~ Aft
good bye love
looking at the stern
then at the wake
~ Stern
aft the sharks
the iceberg foreship
and the midship gone
~ Midship
noah's ark
sailed without crows nest
should we, too
~ Crows Nest
full moon
behind the maypole
the wind moving both
~ Moon
no constellations
on the walk of fame
only lonely stars
~ Constellation
cackles at the kites
without loudspeakers
~ Tannoy
april 21st
all we see
fog in fog
~ Fog [4]
fog forming
droplets on the coffin
and cheeks
~ Fog
come on in
blow your horns and pipes
the circus is in town
~ Horn
we are silent
the fan in the lift
talks enough
~ Lift
we are silent
the ventilator in the elevator
talks enough
~ Lift (variant)
the mentalist
looking for a diner
as jack reacher
~ Diner
across the bridge
the sun is still shining
I bathe in rain
~ Sun
new wave
splashing across
the dance floors
~ Wave [5]
waving
at the wake
still a scar
~ Wave
at the beach
wave after wave
not alone
~ Wave
modern ships sail
without figureheads
as they lack a soul
~ Figurehead
i could have
figured it out in my head
today it's “figurehead”
~ Figurehead
romance
the figureheads
at titanic's bow
~ Bow
bow & tie
bow & arrow
& a figurehead
~ Bow
lazing aft
on a sunny afternoon
sipping ... tea
~ Aft
good bye love
looking at the stern
then at the wake
~ Stern
aft the sharks
the iceberg foreship
and the midship gone
~ Midship
noah's ark
sailed without crows nest
should we, too
~ Crows Nest
full moon
behind the maypole
the wind moving both
~ Moon
no constellations
on the walk of fame
only lonely stars
~ Constellation
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/robert-kingston
[4] The reference is “The Fog “ by John Carpenter [4a]. Two line by Edgar Allen Poe are quoted: “All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.” Quotes from a fictional diary begin with: “April, the twentyfirst”.
[4a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fog and
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fog_%E2%80%93_Nebel_des_Grauens_(1980)
[5] Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema (1964) LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdaFQhS86E
Bossa nova is Portuguese for new wave.
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