Haiku Sharing on Prose Posies

     This December, Cara Holman is inviting us to share our own haiku every day on her blog, Prose Posies. It may be published or unpublished as long as it is related in any way to her haiku post.

     For her first post, this is what she shared:

a stranger in the crowd

that looks like you

blue mist

(Shiki Kigo Kukai, November 2012)

     My response:

blossoms in her hand

he smiles without knowing

her name

Sketchbook (January/February 29, 2012: Vol. 7, No.1)

     My haiku doesn't convey any longing or loneliness like hers, but it also talks about a stranger. The two haiku matches somehow. Just like Cara said, it's like playing the card game of Crazy Eights. So easy and fun, isn't it? Go ahead and read all the haiku responses for the first post here. I'm sure you wouldn't want to miss it. 

Damselfly Haiku

drifting clouds

a damselfly rests

on a water lily

Sketchbook Haiku Thread

March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2

Duck Haiku

noon heat

a drop of water

from a duck's bill


Sketchbook Kukai
March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2

 

Mallard Duck Haiku

overcast sky

two mallard ducks

splash colors in the pond

Sketchbook Haiku Thread

March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2
 

Sketchbook "Pond Life" Haiku Thread

talking to myself . . .

an eavesdropper

croaks from the pond

Sketchbook Haiku Thread

March/April 30, 2012:Vol 7, No. 2
 

Sketchbook "Swing" Kukai - 12th place

old sneakers

touching the sky

her childhood swing

12th place tie

~

on his rocker

the squeak of a swing

childhood summer

Sketchbook Kukai
March/April 30, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 2
 

Sketchbook "Waters of Spring" Kukai - 8th place

waters of spring

he emails me

once again

8th place tie

Sketchbook Kukai

January/February 29, 2012:Vol. 7, No. 1
 

One of the Editor's Choices

    
Editor of Sketchbook, John Daleiden, selected this haiku for the "pond life" haiku thread.

Hunger is a connecting event between a human and a duck in Christine's haiku:

lunch date
she shares a sandwich
with a mallard duck

# 249. Christine L. Villa, US

This haiku is alive with implied sounds: imagine the sound of the sandwich being unwrapped—imagine the sound of the duck emerging from the water, then "quacking" as it snags food and hungrily consumes the shared sandwich—then perhaps begging for more, and attracting other creatures also...

     See the rest of the "pond life" Editor's Choices here.

Sketchbook "Precious Stones" Haiku Thread

empty wallet

counting diamonds

on a watered cactus

Sketchbook Haiku Thread

       January/February 29, 2012: Vol. 7, No. 1

                              
     Chen-ou Liu's comment:
     Evocative imagery infused with emotion. I like it.

Poem This Picture Contest

hanging thoughts

only the croak of a frog

makes sense

 see photo here: Poem This Picture Contest

 Sketchbook (January/February 29, 2012: Vol. 7, No. 1)

Young Lovers

                                               

                         

Sketchbook (January/February 29, 2012: Vol. 7, No. 1)

     This is one of my "fun" haiga. I created it for my sister, Diane, who has an incurable obsession for hearts.

     The photo was taken one autumn afternoon. Neither the cold nor the wind stopped me from taking this image, which I struggled to keep from blowing away. I should say that I'm at least half crazy as her when it comes to hearts. :-)

Blossoms in Her Hand

 

 Sketchbook (January/February 29, 2012: Vol. 7, No. 1)

Sketchbook (A Journal for Eastern and Western Forms)

     I try to be positive whenever I'm waiting for a current issue to come out, especially when I'm told that my submission is under consideration. I'd like to think that at least one of my haiku or haiga will be accepted.

     Thank goodness, I was right with Sketchbook. It's another first appearance! It feels good to be a part of a journal with a wide global readership. A few days ago, I got an email from the editor of Sketchbook sharing this link with me. Along with my short biography, it shows my two haiga, one haiku in Poem This Picture Contest, three haiku in the "precious stones" haiku thread, and one haiku in the "waters of spring" kukai.

     It was great to find out that for the Haiku Editor's choices, guest Bernard Gieske has selected two of my haiku for Haiku Gems of Meaning. 

     She explains the following....

     "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." I like to think that this notes from Pericles is exemplified in this following haiku:

     in every pearl bead
     of her rosary—
      the secrets of her heart

     At the same time the ruby represents conscious control of emotions, keeping the mind clear and free from lust. It was also believed to have protective powers.

    
     blind date—
     only seeing
     her ruby pendant

     January / February 2012 Sketchbook Vol. 7, No. 1: Issue 40