photo: (c) 2oo12 Saradunn
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My response to the prompt:
with age ~ time speeds by
a wisp in life flew by
new year ~ be mindful
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Saradunn
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Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
I am looking forward to this year,
but I also love to look back at Last Year (Kozo)
and that’s our prompt for today.
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2014 Was, at least to me, a wonderful year …
let us hope that 2015 will bring us the same happiness …
looking back
2014 has passed away
nice thoughts remain
(c) Chèvrefeuille
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our host Kristjaan Panneman
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my response to the prompt:
in fields
wrapped in a straw mat
who can this great one be?
flowers of spring
© Basho (1644-1694)
With this haiku came a preface “welcoming the New Year in Kyoto”, this haiku is translated by Jane Reichhold and of course I have to share a haiku on straw written by her:
on frozen snow
still warm from the cow barn
broken straw
© Jane Reichhold
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A wonderful, almost Christmas fitting haiku … a nice one … How to write my own haiku on straw? Well here it is … a little bit romance in this dark time before Christmas.
between straw bales
two youngsters exploring love
their first kiss
© Chèvrefeuille
Hm … a nice one I think …. sometimes I have to go outside my normal way of writing haiku … and so I came up with this one … I can imagine how this must be for these youngsters. I still remember my first kiss like yesterday.
Kristjaan Panneman our host
free image: www.thisnext.com
mistletoe and holly
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my response to the prompt:
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laughing her wonderful smile
“kiss me quick”
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My response to the prompt:
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blustery night
dancing to Skater’s waltz
I love to watch ice skating, but figure skating I love more to watch.
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www.winterharborlobstercoop.com
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Winter Wonderland
The prompt by
This week I love to challenge you all a bit more to write a short chained poem
with a maximum of eight stanza following the classical rules
(5-7-5; 7-7; 5-7-5; 7-7; 5-7-5; 7-7; 5-7-5; 7-7)
and your last stanza (classically called “ageku”)
has to close the chain by associating on the first stanza.
Of course you don’t need to use the classical syllables count, but that’s up to you.
Not an easy task I think, but therefore I give you all 24 hours instead of 18 hours … So you have to write a chained poem (Renga) of maximum eight (8) stanza inspired on the image and the prompt WINTER WONDERLAND within 24 hours.
What a wonderful winterland don’t you think too? Look at the snow and that gorgeous color of the Camelia must be a source of inspiration for you all.
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| This southerly view shows Somes Sound as seen from the north end in Somesville, Maine on Mount Desert Island. Bar Harbor is to the north and northeast of this point. |
My response to the prompt:
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| Credits: Grey Glacier Torres del Paine National Park Chile |
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This glacier looks fantastic … let me look at the haiku which Jane uses for example for this modern kigo for winter according to her “A Dictionary of Haiku”:
under low clouds
evening sky glacier
cools the wind
a journey ends
where the glacier melted
a field of stones
© Jane Reichhold
Two extraordinary beautiful haiku I think ….
Our host Kristjaan Panneman aka © Chèvrefeuille shared:
as far as I can see
blueish, greyish and whiteish snow
first glacier contact
© Chèvrefeuille
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Northern Lights as seen from the Northern Provinces of The Netherlands
from the post on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
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My response to the prompt:
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Northern Lights
bright madras palette
sky in jewel tones
royal colors blanket earth
Wise Men travel bringing gifts
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….our prompt for today, Northern Light (Aurora Borealis), extracted from Jane Reichhold’s saijiki
“A Dicitionary of Haiku”.
This month all the prompts are modern kigo (seasonwords) for winter and Jane has gathered a lot of them.
Here is the haiku which she shared for “Northern Lights”:
Northern Lights
a white robed choir sings
to radio static
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A beauty I think … it’s so well build and in tune with the time of year.
This haiku brings a church choir in mind as I know them from the Gospel choirs or Pentacostal Church, enjoying their belief in praising the Lord and that joy and praise becomes even stronger as I see the Northern Lights in front of my mind’s eyes. Gorgeous and such a great image … wow!
Thanks Jane for this wonderful haiku….have sought in my archive and found the following cascading haiku on Auruora Borealis:
treat of Mother Earth
coloring the skies
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis
a palette of colors
treat of Mother Earth
© Chèvrefeuille
1st : You have to use the next five words:
siggiofmaine 
