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Showing posts with label Decemeber Haiku Share. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decemeber Haiku Share. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #4

The last full week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share is complete, and we're now on the home stretch. Below are the links to the last seven days of posts, and the haiku, tanka and haiga I've shared along the way. Now that the Christmas rush is over, come and join in for the last few days! You'll find a supportive community of folks sharing their love of haiku and related forms. (Here's the link to the latest prompt - afternoon fog)


storm clouds . . .
can hope be caught
in a spider’s web?
– Kirsten Cliff
NaHaiWriMo August 2012



she advises
I’m at high risk
of a relapse
I breathe in air heavy
with crushed dreams
– Kirsten Cliff
Moonbathing 6, January 2012



first spring day this breeze her hair
– Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku Cycle 12, Dec. 12, 2011



he creates
a new centrepiece
for the dining table
a size nine shoebox
full of medications
– Kirsten Cliff
Presence #44, June 2011



on the morning
of her death, I sit
searching
for the small differences
between these wild finches
– Kirsten Cliff
~for Svetlana Marisova
Simply Haiku, January 2012



(click on image to enlarge)

– Kirsten Cliff  
Notes From the Gean, 3:2, September 2011


dragon fire . . .
the way he moves me
this night
– Kirsten Cliff
The Language of Dragons, January 2012
(Yay Words! project edited by Aubrie Cox)

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #3

Another week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share has past and more participants have joined us in this unique challenge. Below are the links to the last seven days of posts, and the haiku, tanka and haiga I've shared along the way. Come over and take a look! (Here's the link to the latest prompt - garden spider)


spring tide . . .
a layer of dust
on the condom packet
– Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku, Cycle 12, December 16, 2011
Sea Bandits, September 2012 (Ed. Aubrie Cox)



the night he left . . . 
the many sounds
of summer rain
– Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku Cycle 12, November 2, 2011



leaf-fall
i finally have
my head shaved
– Kirsten Cliff
‘All the Words that Mean Cancer’ rengay sequence 
with Cara Holman, LYNX 27:3 (October 2012)



one side of the rose
has no petals:
hoping he’ll return,
I keep to my half
of the bed
– Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 13, September 2010



hailstorm . . .
three red petals left
to scent this rose
– Kirsten Cliff
Caribbean Kigo Kukai, September 2012



no mail today
a taste of woodsmoke
on the wind
– Kirsten Cliff
From ‘Between the Birdsong’ (with Cara Holman)
LYNX 27:3, October 2012



(click on image to enlarge)

Appeared on Angie Werren’s blog as part of her 
National Poetry Month ‘Couplets’ posts, April 2012.
 
 

Monday, December 17, 2012

Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #2

The second week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share has finished and it's still going strong. Below are the links to the last seven days of posts, and the haiku and tanka I've shared along the way. Yes, that's right--tanka too! Come on over and share your previously published works, or write something new if inspiration hits you. You'll find a group of poets who care about haiku and tanka, enjoy reading it and commenting on it when they do. (Here's the link to the latest prompt - blue eucalyptus)



cold moon
still the weight of her baby
in my arms
Kirsten Cliff
DailyHaiku, Cycle 12, January 27, 2012



shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
– Kirsten Cliff
Moonset 6:1 2010



lost
in that deepest green . . .
the mountain alone
has left its imprint
on my psyche
– Kirsten Cliff
‘Forever Home’ tanka sequence with Margaret Dornaus, LYNX 27:3, October 2012
see this link for the image that inspired the tanka



*waka taua –
paua eyes reflect
the afternoon midges
– Kirsten Cliff
the taste of nashi: New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008)
Bay News, Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar
*Waka Taua is a Maori war canoe.



winter afternoon
one empty space
in the library carpark
– Kirsten Cliff
Honorable Mention, Haiku International Association 2009 Haiku Contest



thinking of you –
the light
on a paua shell
– Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 10 (April 2009)
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar



for today
I have this one wish
not to feel
like I’ll always carry
that scared little girl
– Kirsten Cliff
Presence #44 (June 2011)



Sunday, December 9, 2012

Decemeber Haiku Share: The Week That Was #1

The first week of Cara Holman's December Haiku Share has finished. Below are the links to the seven days of posts, and the haiku I have shared each day. I hope you enjoy reading all the haiku as much as I have been, and maybe you'll come and join us this week! (Here's the link to the latest prompt - night sky)



coming home
to an empty house
so many stars
Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 12, April 2010
evolution: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2011)




suspended
from an evening cloud
the mountain
Kirsten Cliff
the taste of nashi: New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008)
Bay News, Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar



drifting fog
where does the dream end
and I begin
Kirsten Cliff
“Dream Catcher” rengay with Cara Holman, Fox Dreams, April 2012 (edited by Aubrie Cox of Yay Words)



extinguished
after love-making
a single candle
– Kirsten Cliff
paper wasp 17:3 (October 2011)



summer again
the dress I wore
to hospital
– Kirsten Cliff
‘All the Words that Mean Cancer’ rengay sequence with Cara Holman, LYNX 27:3 (October 2012)



as I begin to sing
in my head
the sparrows scatter
Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 9, September 2008
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar



fallen blossoms –
loading empty beehives
on the truck
Kirsten Cliff
Kokako 8, April 2008