Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #2

The second week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share has finished and it's still going strong. Below are the links to the last seven days of posts, and the haiku and tanka I've shared along the way. Yes, that's right--tanka too! Come on over and share your previously published works, or write something new if inspiration hits you. You'll find a group of poets who care about haiku and tanka, enjoy reading it and commenting on it when they do. (Here's the link to the latest prompt - blue eucalyptus)

December Haiku Share - Day 8

cold moon
still the weight of her baby
in my arms
–Kirsten Cliff

DailyHaiku, Cycle 12, January 27, 2012

December Haiku Share - Day 9

shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
– Kirsten Cliff

Moonset 6:1 2010

December Haiku Share - Day 10

lost
in that deepest green . . .
the mountain alone
has left its imprint
on my psyche
– Kirsten Cliff

‘Forever Home’ tanka sequence with Margaret Dornaus, LYNX 27:3, October 2012
see this link for the image that inspired the tanka

December Haiku Share - Day 11 

*waka taua –
paua eyes reflect
the afternoon midges
– Kirsten Cliff

the taste of nashi: New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008)
Bay News, Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar

*Waka Taua is a Maori war canoe.

December Haiku Share - Day 12

winter afternoon
one empty space
in the library carpark
– Kirsten Cliff

Honorable Mention, Haiku International Association 2009 Haiku Contest

December Haiku Share - Day 13

thinking of you –
the light
on a paua shell
– Kirsten Cliff

Kokako 10 (April 2009)
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar

December Haiku Share - Day 14

for today
I have this one wish
not to feel
like I’ll always carry
that scared little girl
– Kirsten Cliff

Presence #44 (June 2011)