My November Calendar Page

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This shot was taken about this time last year just down the road from where I live. The haiku appeared in The Heron's Nest volume XV, number 1 (March 2013). Love this page! :-)

You can find other pages from my 2013 Calendar of Haiku & Photography here, and the 2012 one here. Enjoy!

Horses and The Heron's Nest

                    
                          heat shimmer
                    a heron drinks
                    from the horse trough

Haiku and photo by Kirsten Cliff

The Heron's Nest, Volume XV, Number 1: March 2013

Mindful Writing Challenge: Day 26

horse tails flapping away the flies

peacocks trying to harmonise their cries

Mindful Writing Challenge: Day 21

the hottest it's been in a while

this breeze just a whisper in my ear 

still the horses & birds go about their business

and I go about mine . . .

Mindful Writing Challenge: Day 2

as i hang out the washing

this sun pulls at my back

i stop to watch the world for a while

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! :)

A Birthday Renku

My rengay writing buddy Cara Holman, is hosting a renku on her blog Prose Posies to celebrate her July birthday. Come over and join us here. I've just added my ku:

early birdsong

facing the same direction

all four horses

© Kirsten Cliff 2012