Mindful Writing Challenge – day 26

that little bud of reassurance the grows within me
when I open the blinds at 7 a.m. and find the cows 
walking back to the paddock after the morning milking


Find out more about the January Mindful Writing Challenge here.

Mindful Writing Challenge – day 11

I open the curtains and see the cows
even before I put on my glasses
slowly walking in a line down the track
back to a fresh paddock after milking


Find out more about the January Mindful Writing Challenge here.

Winter Willow

                    bare
                    the willow
                    & I

kahl

die Weide

& ich

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013

Haiku & photo by Kirsten Cliff

German translation by Editors

 

With Each Slow Step . . .

I start again
my search for freedom…
with each slow step
the cow's udder sways
side-to-side 

A Hundred Gourds 2:2, March 2013 

Tanka and photo by Kirsten Cliff

Mindful Writing Challenge: Day 24

summer steps another day forward

the grass turns another shade toward brown

in the distance, the cows moo in another warm evening

Peacocks and Dandelions

Here are two of the pages I made for my 2013 Calendar of Haiku & Photography that didn't make it into the final cut . . .

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I think this is the first image I put together when starting out planning for my 2013 calendar. I really like this combination, but in the end I couldn't find the right place for it. The haiku above was first published as a one-liner on DailyHaiku here. Our neighbours are horse breeders and have peacocks roaming amongst their fields. We don't see them as much as we'd like, but we hear them making their distinct call, more especially in summer. Hubby found this peacock feather on our property not long after we'd moved in. I first photographed it for a tanka that I wrote for Hortensia Anderson, in memoriam (you can read that post here).

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This would have been another summer page, but in the end, I created ones that I liked better. This photo was taken on our property after my husband alerted me to the butterfly. The fence is between us and a cow paddock, and the cows often push through the fence, shifting these posts, to get to our grass. The haiku first appeared on DailyHaiku here. I first paired this photo with another haiku that I'd written as part of a rengay with Cara Holman, "The Scent of Pine". You can view the post here.

I look forward to sharing the pages that comprise my 2013 Calendar of Haiku & Photography here beginning January 2013! :)

What We Can Learn From Cows

drought

the cows

still chew their cud

Haiku News (November 28th, 2010)

Haiku and photograph © Kirsten Cliff 2011