After His Death

     at the roadside
     after his death
     wild roses










          am Straßenrand
          nach seinem Tode
          wilde Rosen

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013

Haiku & photo by Kirsten Cliff

German translation by Editors

 

Orange Sunset

     merging with
     this orange sunset
     frog song










          
          in diesen orangenen Sonnenuntergang
          klingt ein
          Froschgesang

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013

Haiku & photo by Kirsten Cliff

German translation by Editors

 

Winter Willow

                    bare
                    the willow
                    & I

kahl

die Weide

& ich

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013

Haiku & photo by Kirsten Cliff

German translation by Editors

 

Off Road

                    
                    winter walking
                    we venture off-road
                    with my wheelchair

 Winterspaziergang

wir wagon uns ins Gelände

met meinem Rollstuhl

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013

Haiku & photo by Kirsten Cliff

German translation by Editors

spring equinox (haiga)

Chrsyanthemum 13, April 2013 (click to enlarge)

cool spring morning (haiga)

Chrysanthemum 13, April 2013 (click to enlarge)

My Anger

between the rain
and my anger ...
magpie song

zwischen dem Regen

und meiner Wut ...

Elsterlied

Chrysanthemum 12 (October 2012)

Haiku & Photograph by Kirsten Cliff

Translation by Chrysanthemum Editorial Team

 

His Whispers

first crow ...

his whispers through

myrrh incense

erste Krähe

ihr Geflüster durch

Myrrhenrauch

Chrysanthemum 12 (October 2012)

Haiku & Photograph by Kirsten Cliff

Translation by Chrysanthemum Editorial Team

 

 

The Letter

wind gusts —

the letter was not

meant for me

Windböen —

der Brief war nicht

an mich gerichtet

Chrysanthemum 12 (October 2012)

Haiku & Photograph by Kirsten Cliff

Translation by Chrysanthemum Editorial Team

October Round-Up - A Surprise Or Two Or Three...

I had a couple of great surprises this month: I was excited to receive a contributor's copy of paper wasp and to find that four of my haiku and four of my tanka were published inside! And I was absolutely ecstatic to be accepted as a contributor for Cycle 12 of DailyHaiku where 28 of my haiku will appear over the next six months. My first week of haiku started on 30 October and can be read here.

Here's how I'm doing on my 2011 goal of submitting poetry to a publication or competition every week:

• week forty - submitted one haiku to the Polish International Haiku Competition (first time submitting here)
• week forty-one - submitted ten tanka (+1 for the contest) to Moonbathing (first time submitting here), one tanka accepted!
• AND submitted ten tanka to Notes from the Gean, one tanka accepted!
• AND submitted one haiga to Yay Words!, which appeared in Aubrie Cox's Tea with Trolls post
• week forty-two - submitted two haiku, two tanka and one haiga to tinywords (first time submitting here)
• AND submitted six small stones to a handful of stones, three accepted!
• week forty-three - submitted two haiku to the Sketchbook Sep/Oct 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread
• AND I submitted my second set of ten haiku for Daily Haiku

During the month, my haiku, tanka and haiga appeared online at DailyHaiku, Notes from the Gean, Issa's Untidy Hut, Chrysanthemum, Yay Words! and in paper wasp (print). And there's much more to come this November and December as all my diligence in submitting each week, and trying so many new journals, pays off. Only eight weeks left!

But wait, there's more...

I've left the biggest surprise 'til last...

Cameron and I eloped last week and were married at 2pm on 31 October in Auckland (NZ). Here's our favourite photo from the day, which was taken just after our first kiss as a married couple!

Gravity

the gravity of her words wailing moon

*

die Anziehungskraft ihrer Worte Klagemond

Chrysanthemum 10, Oktober/October 2011

 

Haiku ©  Kirsten Cliff 2011

German translation by Chrysanthemum editors

August Round-Up - It Was All In The Cards

August saw me getting crafty making birthday cards for family members: see my mum's one here and the ones for my niece and nephew in Canada here. I also began on a card project of a different kind: thinking about a collage I could make with all the cards I received while in hospital. You can read my post about that here, and I will keep you updated on my (very slow) progress.

I had a haiku appear in Melissa Allen's Red Dragonfly blog post about dragonflies: see my contribution here and the full post in all it's glory here. A recommended read, for sure! And speaking of reading: I'm doing a daily one from Martin Lucas' Stepping Stones: a way into haiku. The haiku are top drawer and I'm learning new things all the time. You can get your copy here.

Here's how I'm doing on my 2011 goal of submitting poetry to a publication or competition every week:

• week thirty-one - submitted five haiku, seven tanka and one haibun to Presence, one tanka accepted!
• week thirty-two - submitted ten haiku/senryu to Chrysanthemum (first time submitting here), one haiku accepted!
• week thirty-three - submitted ten tanka to Ribbons (first time submitting here), awaiting outcome
• week thirty-four - submitted five haiku to the Katikati Mural Festival collaborative arts project

August was a very low energy month for me so lots of resting was done.
This is a sight I saw often: the shadow of the trees and a bird ornament
with a crystal casting many shapes and rainbows on the drawn curtains.

September is already in full swing: the September issue of Kokako has come out with my paper cranes image on the cover, the new edition of The Heron's Nest has been released containing one of my haiku, and my first column as editor of the haikai section of a fine line (the Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society) is in NZPS members' in-boxes and mailboxes. Happy haikuing to you!