He Doodles You 'Ku - Day 1-8

     Take a peek at what's happening on Auburie Cox's Yay Words! You won't believe how much the group has grown in a week, not to mention the fantastic haiku and tanka for HM Yuan's doodles that have piled up. 

     Catching  up on the days that I've missed, here's what I came up with. Nothing compared to my personal favorites, but hey, at least I'm trying. :-) 

     Click a specific day to see the doodles and everybody's posts. 

the sinking sun

lingers at the brim

of your cup

how long can I stop you

from leaving

~ 0 ~

no time left 

to say goodbye . . .

withered rose

Day 8

I let the wind

speak for me . . .

winter tree

Day 7

holding on

to what's left of him . . .

fading sun

Day 6

Christmas moon—

the memory of her

peppermint breath

Day 5

winter buds

the morning unfolds

between my silence

Day 4

fork on the road—

his choices

almost identical

Day 3

cloud formation

where do I begin

telling you

Day 2

sudden wind—

her childhood days

snatched too soon

Day 1

Summer Breeze

summer breeze

shadows in the moonlight

rock the boat    

       Above is one of my two haiku (found poems) appearing in Aubrie Cox's latest project Fool's Paradise. 
 

       Credits:
       "Summer Breeze" - The Isley Brothers
       "Shadows in the Moonlight" - Anne Murray
       "Rock the Boat" - Hues Corporation.
       Here's the link again in case you've missed my previous post regarding the free download of this wonderful collection.

       By the way, I'd like to take this chance to invite you to visit Aubrie Cox's blog Yay Words!. There's a doodleku going on! No, it's not her doodles. This January, you can 'ku to HM Yuan's doodles. I haven't jump in yet (not even sure if I'm doing it this time), but you can start catching up by clicking this. Enjoy! 


Related posts:
Fool's Paradise (A Christmas Gift from Aubrie Cox)

     

Fool's Paradise (A Christmas Gift from Aubrie Cox)

     Just when I thought I had unwrapped all my gifts on Christmas eve, I received a wonderful present through the internet - Aubrie Cox's latest project Fool's Paradise!

     I waited for the next morning to unravel this delightful treat. It was worth all the wait! Aubrie put together another splendid collection, but this time she gathered found poems using song titles and/or band names. Isn't that unique or what? 
     Among her projects on Yay Words!, this is the most challenging to me. I spent some time racking my brains to come up with something good. Thank goodness for my muse, I came up with a haiku that I'm very fond of. 

     the way I am

     when you say nothing at all . . .

     cajun moon

     Credits:
     "The Way I Am" - Ingrid Michaelson
     "When You Say Nothing at All" - Alison Krauss
     "Cajun Moon" - Randy Crawford

     To read more found poems, download a free pdf copy of Fool's Paradise here.
     

The New Haiga Editor of A Hundred Gourds

   Aubrie Cox of Yay Words! has just officially announced that she will be the editing the haiga section of A Hundred Gourds starting March 2013. This is exciting news! I'm sure she will be do a fantastic job for this online journal. I was able to participate in a few of her projects on Yay Words! and all of them were a huge success.

    Submissions period is from September 15 to December 15. You can find more details on the submission page. 

  

    Her haiga guidelines:

    On the most  fundamental  level,  I consider  haiga to be the combination of an image and short poem. However, the poem should not explain the picture or vice versa. Rather, the poem should expand upon what’s presented in the image and vice versa. This expansion may play off an emotion, theme, or detail that’s presented in either or both the image and poem; the image/poem may also alter the audience’s perception of the poem/image. The best haiga do not always have an obvious connection between the poem or image, but resonate and create an experience that would not be possible by the poem or image alone—the two art forms come together to create something new when put together that would not exist otherwise. That being said, both the poem and image must be well crafted and be able to carry their own weight.

   I accept the combination of image and haiku, senryu, tanka, kyoka, and short haibun. Play is an important part of haikai to me, so I strongly encourage the use of all mediums for artwork including, but not limited to: photography, brushwork, collage (digital and handmade), pencil/ink sketches, and computer graphics. Please do not send haiga made with stock and/or creative commons images.

     Haiga images must be JPEG/JPG format with a maximum height/width of 750 pixels including any decorative borders and a minimum height/width of 600 pixels. Include your signature as part of the artwork itself. Please make sure the text within the graphics is readable, and keep in mind we may resize images when necessary to fit our format. If a haiga is a collaboration, both parties must give permission to publish and include name and contact information.

Balmy Evening

 

balmy evening

the whisper of her ashes

from the sea

     This is one of my two haiku appearing in Aubrie Cox's Yay Words! project, Sea Bandits. If you haven't downloaded your own PDF copy, click here. 


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Sea Bandits

Sea Bandits

     Sea Bandits is now available for viewing! I've already read it from cover to cover. So delightful as ever! Once again, Aubrie Cox put together another superb collaborative project on Yay Words!. This time it's packed with a little of everything - haiku, haiga, tanka, sequences, haibun, prose poems - from regular and new contributors. I sure miss her doodles, but there are a few added in the mix.

     I'm so pleased to have my two haiku included among the many lovely short poems. Aubrie finds my "mermaid" haiku incredibly endearing, and I owe it all to her wonderful doodle. 

missing home

a mermaid holds to her ear

a broken seashell

     To read more "treasures" from the sea, download the PDF copy here. 

What's Up?

Here are the latest news:
1.) 2nd Haiku My Photo Challenge - I've already received more than a dozen lovely entries. Hopefully, there will be more entries in the coming days. I guess this August, NaHaiWrimo has kept almost everyone I know focused on the daily prompts. I don't blame them because I, myself, have been pouring a lot of time in it.     

     If you haven't read about my contest, please click here to find out more about it. 

2.) September: 30 Days of Haiga - Rick Daddario is hosting his 2nd annual haiga month. He is inviting haiga enthusiasts to create their own haiga daily for the whole month of September. To find out how to join in, read more on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010-2012. 

     I'm hoping to participate. Perhaps, at least once a week. 

3.) Every Road Takes Me to The Sea - Aubrie Cox is cooking up another exciting project. This time the theme is sea and/or thieves/thievery. She welcomes submissions in the form of haiku, senryu, tanka, kyoka, gogyoka, renku, haibun, haiga (doodles most welcome!), small stones, short poems (up to 10 lines), etc. Visit Yay Words! to get more information. 

     I've already started checking out her doodles on her blog and have posted a couple of haiku. No submission list for me yet. Maybe after I've posted my last haiku on NaHaiWriMo, I can relax, recharge, and get my creative juices flowing again for the next challenge. 

     How about you? Is there anything here that appeals to you? Go ahead and find out more. Your September might turned out to be a very creative month for you.
 

Things with Wings

     Finally, Things with Wings by Aubrie Cox is now online! I'm so blessed that several of my haiku are in this marvelous collection. 

    dried leaves . . .

    hoping old letters

    will bring her back

    This is one of my favorite haiku which was inspired by Aubrie's doodles. Other poems included are by Melissa Allen, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Johnny Baranski, Katie Bock, Carmella Braniger, Margaret Dornaus, Terri Hale French, Merrill Gonzales, Cara Holman, Alee Imperial Albano, Susan Nelson Myers, Stella Pierides, Daphne Purpus, Lucas Stensland, Christina Nguyen, Michael Dylan Welch, Angie Warren, and many others. 
     I had to so much fun participating in this. Once you've read it from start to finish, you would surely wish you hadn't missed being a part of it.   

     

Fox Dreams

 

     

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weeping willow

I wake up laughing

from a dream

                                                               

***

     These haiga and haiku are my small contributions to Aubrie Cox's fox dreams on Yay Words!. It's now online so go ahead and read her delightful collection! For sure, you'll end up sharing this to everyone you know who love artwork, haiku, haiga, tanka, and rengay.

     Thanks, Aubrie! I'm so blessed to be in good company. :-)

Hooked on Doodles

     Since the "I Doodle, You 'Ku" challenge on Yay Words! ended last Saturday, I've been having withdrawal symptoms. What's the doodle (sketch) for today??!!! I have to admit that it was really addictive! I'm blaming Kirsten Cliff for posting this unique challenge on her blog Swimming in Lines of Haiku. :-) I caught the doodle fever! hahahaha  

     Seriously, Aubrie Cox did a fantastic job of coming up with 31 days of doodleku. Each doodle elicited new things for me to write about. Not only that, she successfully managed to attract a small comfortable group of talented poets.

     To extend the fun I had, I decided to post one by one the haiku I've written in response to her daily doodle.

     

     I Doodle, You 'Ku - 1

yellow blossom

I capture the sun

in a jar

     See doodle here.