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Showing posts with label Caribbean Kigo Kukai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caribbean Kigo Kukai. Show all posts

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #3

Another week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share has past and more participants have joined us in this unique challenge. Below are the links to the last seven days of posts, and the haiku, tanka and haiga I've shared along the way. Come over and take a look! (Here's the link to the latest prompt - garden spider)


spring tide . . .
a layer of dust
on the condom packet
– Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku, Cycle 12, December 16, 2011
Sea Bandits, September 2012 (Ed. Aubrie Cox)



the night he left . . . 
the many sounds
of summer rain
– Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku Cycle 12, November 2, 2011



leaf-fall
i finally have
my head shaved
– Kirsten Cliff
‘All the Words that Mean Cancer’ rengay sequence 
with Cara Holman, LYNX 27:3 (October 2012)



one side of the rose
has no petals:
hoping he’ll return,
I keep to my half
of the bed
– Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 13, September 2010



hailstorm . . .
three red petals left
to scent this rose
– Kirsten Cliff
Caribbean Kigo Kukai, September 2012



no mail today
a taste of woodsmoke
on the wind
– Kirsten Cliff
From ‘Between the Birdsong’ (with Cara Holman)
LYNX 27:3, October 2012



(click on image to enlarge)

Appeared on Angie Werren’s blog as part of her 
National Poetry Month ‘Couplets’ posts, April 2012.
 
 

Monday, September 24, 2012

Hailstorm

This was my entry for the 38th Caribbean Kigo Kukai held in September 2012 with the theme: Stormy Weather.



hailstorm . . .
three red petals left
to scent this rose

Kirsten Cliff


Congratulations to the winners, and my thanks to Gillena Cox for running this kukai each month. You can read all the haiku here.


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Lucky Number Three

Results of two of the kukai I entered in August have come through and I'm surprised and excited to see that I took out third place in both! Many thanks to my peers for giving kudos to my work. :)


Olympics on TV
I sit folding origami
peace cranes
 
 
Third Place
Theme: The Olympic Games
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Place
Photo: Christine L. Villa
 
 
Congratulations to the first and second place getters!
 
I have entered a further two kukai: the Sketchbook Kukai and the Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai. My votes are in, and I look forward to seeing the final results. Doing kukai has been a new experience for me; one that I've found enjoyable and rewarding. I'd encourage everyone to give it a go.