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)

December Haiku Share - Day 8

cold moon
still the weight of her baby
in my arms
–Kirsten Cliff

DailyHaiku, Cycle 12, January 27, 2012

December Haiku Share - Day 9

shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones
– Kirsten Cliff

Moonset 6:1 2010

December Haiku Share - Day 10

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

December Haiku Share - Day 11 

*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.

December Haiku Share - Day 12

winter afternoon
one empty space
in the library carpark
– Kirsten Cliff

Honorable Mention, Haiku International Association 2009 Haiku Contest

December Haiku Share - Day 13

thinking of you –
the light
on a paua shell
– Kirsten Cliff

Kokako 10 (April 2009)
Waiariki Institute of Technology 2010 Calendar

December Haiku Share - Day 14

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)

Sharing a Haiku for NaHaiWriMo - day three

I'm writing a haiku a day for NaHaiWriMo offline. Here at Swimming in Lines of Haiku I'm sharing one of my published haiku each day:


shirtless
he weeds
between the gravestones


Published in moonset (2010 Final Issue - Edition 6 / Number 1)

First post back is about haiku, of course!

Hello, hello! It's good to be feeling well enough to start blogging again :)

The world of haiku has been chugging along while I've been in hospital, and the fruits of my labours in late 2009 and early 2010 have now come to fruition. So while I wasn't doing much writing, the past months have seen me receive third place in the Katikati Haiku Contest 2010 (judged by Sandra Simpson), two haiku published in the haikai pages of Bravado 19 (edited by Barbara Strang), and a haiku in, what ended up being, the final issue of moonset. I also saw my first ever tanka published in Valley Micropress (Vol13:Is3) and had my angel photo appear on the following month's VM cover (Vol13:Is4).

I was in between hospital visits when the Katikati Haiku Contest had its prize giving on June 6th so was able to attend and catch up with my fellow lovers of the Japanese poetry forms. The Katikati Haiku Pathway was also celebrating its 10th anniversary that wet and wonderful day and you can read a write up, complete with pics and the winning haiku, here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/node/502 . The Wai Taiko drummers were thrilling once again, but hearing them indoors this time round was a full body experience!

The biggest haiku event, however, to have put a smile on my face since returning to Wordsmith House is my invitation to appear on the Haiku NewZ 'Showcase' of talented haiku writers in NZ. I'm honoured that my name and haiku will sit alongside such great haiku writers, those whose work I have studied, aspired to; some I am lucky enough to have met and call 'friend'. You can see the 'Showcase' here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/node/275 . I have to get organised and choose 10 of my haiku and write a short bio for my inclusion, which should appear online next month. Will keep you updated!