Star myths

August 7th NaHaiWriMo prompt is "star myths", provided by Linda Papanicolaou.

nightfall...

I draw from his tarot deck

The Star









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

The XIV Calico Cat Haiku Contest

I entered the Calico Cat haiku contest for the first time last week as it was in honour of the late Hortensia Anderson. The results are now out and I'm very happy to see that I have been awarded an Honorable Mention for:

shooting star

I fold another

origami heart

Congratulations to the winner Sanjuktaa, who also took first place in the Haiku My Photo Challenge that I judged last month. You can view all the award winners and the write up here. A big thank you to Origa for running this wonderful competition.

A Spring 'ku for my Northern Hemisphere Haikuists

                    first spring star...

                    the part of me

                    that wants to cry

Kokako 16 (April 2012)

  Photo & haiku © Kirsten Cliff