Mindful Writing Challenge – day 27

dry grass still the red of the poppies


Find out more about the January Mindful Writing Challenge here.

Welcome to 2014!

What better way to start the new year than with the first page of my calendar of haiku and photography, which I did jointly with my husband this time round. Below is actually the view from our lounge at this time of year, often complete with a herd of dairy cows chewing their cud. Just click on the image to see an enlarged view and to read Cameron's previously unpublished haiku. Didn't he do well?

January 2014 haiku & photo by Cameron Elliot

If you're a regular reader of Swimming in Lines of Haiku you'll probably notice that I've changed the look of the blog for 2014: a fresh, clean slate to start as I mean to go on. And before I do I'd like to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to all my readers and supporters, to the editors that have accepted and published my work, to those I've written and celebrated with, to those who bought my desk calendars and New Res anthologies: Thank you so much! Let's do it all over again.

Wishing you all the best for a year ahead of reading and writing, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the festive season. If you're looking for a way to kick-start your writing year then join in the January 2014 Mindful Writing Challenge. Maybe I'll see you there! :-)

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

Grass

August 10th NaHaiWriMo prompt is "grass", provided by Melissa Allen.

wild grasses

the patterns
of his anger

Find out more about the 31 Different NaHaiWriMo Prompters for August 2012 here.

Don't Forget the Butterfly!

click on image to enlarge

What We Can Learn From Cows

drought

the cows

still chew their cud

Haiku News (November 28th, 2010)

Haiku and photograph © Kirsten Cliff 2011