Our haiku prompts for Dec 27 - Jan 03
The new year begins.
May you find fresh inspiration in the turning of the wheel.
North South
12/27 Bear Trellis
12/28 Chestnut Pastoral
12/29 Cold Full Moon
12/30 Icicles Balmy
12/31 Clear Sky Sun Flower
01/01 Thread Grapes
01/02 Plover Cornflower
01/03 New Year Beach
on the temple bell
resting, glowing
a firefly
--Masaoka Shiki
A scarf full of threads,
woven from the memories
of each year, instead
A pattern of art,
the Chestnut's bark twines itself
all around the tree
Our haiku prompts for Dec 27 - Jan 03
The new year begins.
May you find fresh inspiration in the turning of the wheel.
North South
12/27 Bear Trellis
12/28 Chestnut Pastoral
12/29 Cold Full Moon
12/30 Icicles Balmy
12/31 Clear Sky Sun Flower
01/01 Thread Grapes
01/02 Plover Cornflower
01/03 New Year Beach
on the temple bell
resting, glowing
a firefly
--Masaoka Shiki
On a jaunt through woods,
pause at the tracks of a bear -
the path, disappears
Our haiku prompts for 20-27 December.
While hemispheres each have solstice, the perspective varies.
Something to ponder.
North South
12/20 Sleet Blooming
12/21 Solstice Solstice
12/22 Overcoat Shade Tree
12/23 Quilt Vibrant
12/24 Hay Garden
12/25 Night Maple
12/26 Mirth Profuse
12/27 Bear Trellis
first snow of the year
what happiness to be here
in my own small hut
--Matsuo Bashō
Our Haiku Prompts for 11/29 to 12/06
Feel free to use any form of the word, or just the idea.
Entering the mid-season as the Great Wheel keeps turning.
11/29 Withered Reeds Green Reeds
11/30 Winter Coat Pool
12/01 Tea Fresh Peas
12/02 Cold Night Flies
12/03 Moon Paint
12/04 Juncos Shaved Ice
12/05 Cardinal Spray
12/06 December Cherries
silence
and the deeper silence
when the cricket stops
--Leonard Cohen
A red cardinal
depends too much on the snow,
hiding white chickens
(with apologies to William Carlos Williams)
snow bends the spruce boughs
winter coat
#DailyHaikuPrompt | winter coat
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#winter
On a cold, cold night,
we huddle near the fire;
stories as kindling
Such tiny packets
dipped in hot water, steeped
and set for comfort
snow bends the spruce boughs
winter coat
#DailyHaikuPrompt | winter coat
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An abandoned lawn
dons its winter coat of leaves
and small broken sticks
Our Haiku Prompts for 11/29 to 12/06
Feel free to use any form of the word, or just the idea.
Entering the mid-season as the Great Wheel keeps turning.
11/29 Withered Reeds Green Reeds
11/30 Winter Coat Pool
12/01 Tea Fresh Peas
12/02 Cold Night Flies
12/03 Moon Paint
12/04 Juncos Shaved Ice
12/05 Cardinal Spray
12/06 December Cherries
silence
and the deeper silence
when the cricket stops
--Leonard Cohen
Our haiku prompts for 11/22 - 11/29
Feel free to use any form of the idea.
They're just suggestions.
11/22 Withered Grass Vermillion
11/23 Imbibe River
11/24 Fireplace Wellspring
11/25 Fright Rainbow
11/26 Frost Nightingale
11/27 Yellowing New Tea
11/28 Turnip Pebble
11/29 Withered Reeds Green Reeds
In the eyes of the hawk
over the withered fields
sits the winter storm
—Naitō Jōsō
At the water's edge -
withered reeds, water lilies -
not a frog in sight
