Heart Breaths

     Grateful that 11 of my haiku are included in Heart Breaths: Book of Contemporary Haiku. Available to purchase here .

cloud break . . .
a fledgling peeks out
of a cracked shell

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spring dawn . . .
a baby robin's trill
warms the sunlight


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tumbling leaves . . .
I drift where grief
takes me today

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tracing the cracks
on his leather chair . . .
death anniversary

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this feeling of knowing
you were already gone . . .
murmur of stars


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spring buds
his pinky finger
slips into mine

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banjo strings
the night he plucks
the stars

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fall morning
a lily laps up
a ray of sunshine

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sunlight slides
from the mountain top . . .
a seagull's call

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winter dawn
the cry of a hawk
piercing the fog

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empty sea . . .
in a fisherman's boat
a bucketful of stars

 

NaHaiWriMo #22-28 Prompts

   

our fingers touch

on the elevator button . . .

floating clouds

Feb. 28 prompt: button

See comments here. 

between life and death

we meet again . . .

butterfly wings

Feb. 27 prompt: bridge

See comments here. 

coffee stains . . .

what you shouldn't have

told me

Feb. 26 prompt: brew

See comments here. 

our silence

braiding the moonlight . . .

first kiss

Feb. 25 prompt: braid

See comments here. 

empty sea . . .

in a fisherman's net

a bucketful of stars

Feb. 24 prompt: boat
See comments here. 

latest buzz . . .

she spreads more butter

on her toast

Feb. 23 prompt: beehive

See comments here.

barn door . . .

the grunts of horses

slide out into the sunshine

Feb. 22 prompt: barn

See comments here. 

He Doodles, You 'Ku - Day 23

missing the boy

he once knew . . .

the old man

folds his prescription

into a boat 

See doodle here. 

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)

     

September 2012 Dottie Dot Awards

    I'm pleased to know that my haiku was picked by Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, as one of the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for them month of September 2012.     

 

after the storm

a drifting boat

catches the moon

 

     You can read all the moon poems here.  To find out who are the other recipients of the Dottie Dot Awards, click here.

* This winning haiku is a revised version of the haiku that I wrote for the NaHaiWrimo February 2nd prompt - boat.

Boats

     August 18 NaHaiWrimo prompt is "boats", provided by Alison Williams.
  

in the attic
grandpa's boat shoes

winter rain

 


    Comments on my haiku may be found here. Click this for more information on the 31 Different NaHaiWriMo Prompters in August 2012.