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Showing posts with label wind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wind. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2014

Mindful Writing Challenge – day 16


the wind's swirl hugging the house
searching for the cracks in between


Find out more about the January Mindful Writing Challenge here.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Mindful Writing Challenge – day 13


break in the wind
the neighbour's dog barking 
then not


Find out more about the January Mindful Writing Challenge here.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Wind in the Reeds

The autumn kigo 'wind in the reeds' Sketchbook kukai results are now out - view them here. Congratulations to my writing buddy Cara Holman for her 2nd place win - that's the haiku I gave my top points to! Here are my efforts for what was my first Sketchbook kukai:


wind in the reeds
laying out tarot cards
by candlelight



I always used to
get the wishbone
wind in the reeds



wind in the reeds I dare you to love 


 

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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


Monday, August 20, 2012

Surrender

August 20th NaHaiWriMo prompt is "surrender", provided by Chrissi Villa. 


no wind today
the chimes hang limp
and I watching


...And one from my hubby today, too, Cameron Elliot:


treatment ends
the sky yields
a burst of rain


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

Monday, April 16, 2012

Wind Chimes...


















                    wind chimes...
                    that same anxiety
                    rising again




Kokako 16 (April 2012)
Haiku & photography © Kirsten Cliff


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

With Good News



                    each time
                    with good news
                    seems to come bad
                    the wind snatches thoughts
                    of our future

paper wasp, volume seventeen, number 3, winter 2011
 
Tanka © Kirsten Cliff 2011
Photograph by Cameron Elliot

Monday, September 26, 2011

In Memoriam, Svetlana Marisova

Haiku written for friend and fellow haiku poet Svetlana Marisova,
during her illness, and on her passing 7/9/2011

winter sun...
my thoughts again
turn to you




winter breeze...
your haiku song in
these wind chimes




                 winter's end...
                         the world through this
                         blackbird's song


Please do take the time to read some of Svetlana's haiku on her website here and as Featured Poet in Simply Haiku here.