Wrap the blanket up
around your shoulders and mine -
leave night chills behind
Our prompts for Oct 4-11.
Sorry for the late post.
Prompts are suggestions, not obligations.
North South
10/04 Yellow Leaves Beach
10/05 Flour Late Frost
10/06 Night Chill Fresh Wind
10/07 Avoid Seedlings
10/08 Ghost Hyacinth
10/09 Geese Misty
10/10 Straw Mulberry
10/11 Vivid Field
Spring sun
in every pool of water—
lingering
--Kobayashi Issa
Our prompts for Sep 27-Oct 4.
Not every poem is profound, nor does it need to be.
Prompts are suggestions, not obligations.
North South
09/27 Sea Bass Low Tide
09/28 Eaves Red
09/29 Laughter Till
09/30 High Tide Shoots
10/01 Hunter’s Moon Pink
10/02 Grain Drizzle
10/03 Frost Calf
10/04 Yellow Leaves Beach
Late September is
wearing a sky-colored
lined kimono
--Kobayashi Issa
Red, after yellow,
after green; the chlorophyll
sleeps in cold weather

when darkness falls --
the borrowed light of a
hunter moon
#DailyHaikuPrompt | hunter moon
#SmallPoems

sudden rain –
a dragonfly and I
wait under the eaves
#DailyHaikuPrompt | eaves
#SmallPoems
sudden rain –
a dragonfly and I
wait under the eaves
#DailyHaikuPrompt | eaves
#SmallPoems
when darkness falls --
the borrowed light of a
hunter moon
#DailyHaikuPrompt | hunter moon
#SmallPoems

in the slant-dapple of late
September sun –
time promises
#DailyHaikuPrompt | dapple
#SmallPoems
Here, beneath the eaves,
safe from the threat of rainstorm,
we find some respite
in the slant-dapple of late
September sun –
time promises
#DailyHaikuPrompt | dapple
#SmallPoems
Our prompts for Sep 27-Oct 4.
Not every poem is profound, nor does it need to be.
Prompts are suggestions, not obligations.
North South
09/27 Sea Bass Low Tide
09/28 Eaves Red
09/29 Laughter Till
09/30 High Tide Shoots
10/01 Hunter’s Moon Pink
10/02 Grain Drizzle
10/03 Frost Calf
10/04 Yellow Leaves Beach
Late September is
wearing a sky-colored
lined kimono
--Kobayashi Issa
Our daily haiku prompts for Sep 20-27
Welcome to the new participants and thank you to those who've been here all along.
As always, use the prompts (or not) as you see fit.
North South
09/20 Cascade Cooling
09/21 Somber Crocus
09/22 Chilly Touch
09/23 Salmon Geese
09/24 Footsteps Rock
09/25 Walnuts Fiddlehead
09/26 Dapple Strand
09/27 Sea Bass Low Tide
Wild geese flying high,
A call in the spring twilight,
Reminds me of you.
--Yosano Akiko
The fishing rod sings
with energy and movement;
it's all it and I