Our haiku prompts for 7-14 Feb
Thank you for playing along at home.
Do what suits your mood. The prompts, merely suggestions.
North South
02/07 North Wind Grin
02/08 Flurry Milky Way
02/09 Spring Lantern Moon
02/10 Violet Lamplight
02/11 Cloud Vine
02/12 Evergreen Ripen
02/13 Wind Chill
02/14 Pilgrimage Grapes
Birds sing in the dawn,
Their voices fill the soft air,
A homecoming song.
--Masaoka Shiki
A splash of purple
set against a scene of white;
a single violet
some snow yesterday
as I go for donuts clear
skies and frost greet me
Some gaps can't be filled -
like New England street potholes,
centers of donuts
#SmallPoems #SundayHaiku response
some snow yesterday
as I go for donuts clear
skies and frost greet me
some snow yesterday
as I go for donuts clear
skies and frost greet me
Our haiku prompts for 31 Jan to 07 Feb
The haiku season shifts with the new month.
Feel free to shift with it. Or not.
North South
01/31 Glimmer Sand
02/01 Twittering Scarecrow
02/02 Rain Velarian
02/03 Grove Corn
02/04 Barley Soaked
02/05 Warmth Catfish
02/06 Mend Undulate
02/07 North Wind Grin
at any rate,
I leave entirely up to you
at the the year-end.
--Kobayashi Issa
Boreas blasts cold
from the North - a wind brings forth
tidings of winter
single digit cold
starts off this winter month with
more cold days ahead
single digit cold
starts off this winter month with
more cold days ahead
She wakes up and sighs;
the weather forecaster cries
the news of the cold
My wife got up this morning, looked at her weather app, and let loose a huge sigh. She normally walks a few miles every morning but this bitter cold has kept her housebound each morning, with little end in sight.
single digit cold
starts off this winter month with
more cold days ahead
Our daily haiku prompt for 24-31 Jan 2025
Thanks for all your contributions.
Feel free to use any form of the prompt, or even not use it at all.
01/24 Blizzard Light Clothes
01/25 Lonely Summer Sky
01/26 Charcoal Kingfisher
01/27 Hoarfrost Pasture
01/28 Bean Soup Overcast
01/29 Quince Lightning
01/30 Horse Mosquito
01/31 Glimmer Sand
The short summer night.
The dream and real
Are same things.
--Takahama Kyoshi
Lightning strikes, glimmer -
the horizon's simmering
possibilities
I am always pleasantly surprised with a single word takes up an entire line of a haiku poem
