Sipping Coffee

sipping coffee
to the sound of dead leaves
sweeping across the path . . .
my definition of success
changing day by day

A Hundred Gourds 3:1 (December 2013)

Autumn Night Alone

                    
                    











                    
                    on this last
                    autumn night alone
                    it hits me --
                    I no longer question
                    my love for him

 Kokako 18 (April 2013)

Tanka & photograph by Kirsten Cliff

Mindful Writing Challenge: Day 9

that bird's call is annoying me today

my fatigue has made me sensitive to its constancy

I look out at the trees to catch a glimpse of its yellow head

 but all I see is branch after branch full of leaves

Enlightenment

August 14th NaHaiWriMo prompt is "enlightenment", provided by Carlos Colón. 

dead leaves...

still, my heart

remains open


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

How Did Your NaHaiWriMo Go?

I quietly wrote my haiku-a-day for NaHaiWriMo this February: I didn't follow the prompts by Michael Dylan Welch on the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and I didn't blog about it. Unfortunately, I did miss two days mid-way through due to illness, but as I wrote two haiku a few of the days throughout the month, I have come out with more than 29 at the end of it all, and am pretty pleased with my lot.

March 1st signals Autumn in New Zealand, and so it's time to share the March page of my calendar... 

March 2012 - Kirsten's Calendar of Haiku & Photography

The photo was taken at McLaren Falls near Tauranga last year, and the haiku was written on this blog during April's NaPoWriMo last year. You can click on the image for a larger view. Enjoy!

New Neighbour

          new neighbour

          a peony blooms

          through the fence

paper wasp, volume seventeen, number 3, winter 2011

Haiku and photograph © Kirsten Cliff 2011 

Dragonfly

          within his armful
          of raked leaves
          this lifeless dragonfly

          Red Dragonfly, August 19, 2011

Haiku and photograph © Kirsten Cliff 2011

This haiku was part of Mellisa Allen's illustrated Dragonfly Dreams post on her blog Red Dragonfly last week: a stunning collection of haiku, haiga, tanka and images. Much more than a blog post and one that won't be forgotten in a hurry.