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

***

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

 

Failed Haiku March and April 2016

 

 

Enjoy the March issue here.

 

 

Enjoy the April issue here.  

 

Celebrating National Haiku Writing Month 2015 (Part 2)

northwest

forget-me-nots blossoming

in the wrong pot

 

February 11 prompt: northwest

See comments here.

 

uno dos tres

the way I count the stars

after eating paella

 

 

February 12 prompt: numeric

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new negligee . . .

he whispers another

term of endearment

 

 

February 13 prompt: newfangled

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February 14 prompt: neuter

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February 15 prompt: nest

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February 16 prompt: nickel

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blood moon nothing stops my desire for you

 

 

February 17 prompt: nosebleed

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February 18 prompt: neon

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February 20 prompt: notebook

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NaHaiWriMo (January 2015 prompts)

 

a piece of sky

mirroring myself . . .

spring pond

 

 

January 1 prompt: mirror

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marmalade sky  . .

just knowing I'll see you

one day

 

 

January 2 prompt: marmalade

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that feeling of knowing

you were already gone . . .

murmur of stars

 

 

January 3 prompt: murmur

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a squirrel nibbles

the afternoon silence . . .

autumn song

 

 

January 4 prompt: morsel

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purple magnolia . . .

I plunge into the deep

colors of sunset

 

 

January 6 prompt: magnolia

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star magnolias

even on a moonless night . . .

dreaming again

 

 

January 7 prompt: mask

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silent war ends . . .

her jar of mango jam

on my welcome mat

 

 

January 9 prompt: mango

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first date

she hands him

a peppermint candy

 

 

January 14 prompt: mint

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a firefly blinking

through the fountain mist . . .

memories of you

 

 

January 15 prompt: mist

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autumn night . . .

a photo frame on her mantel

still empty

 

 

January 16  prompt: mantel

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NaHaiWriMo (December 2014 prompts)

 

book shelves  . .

if only I could decide

how my story ends

 

 

December 1 prompt: library

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lavender confetti

the scent of wishes

in stars

 

 

December 2 prompt: lavender

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morphine moon . . .

catching what he says

that makes sense

 

 

December 3 prompt: language

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moonlight drips

on my dirty dishes . . .

longest night

 

 

December 5 prompt: liquid

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December 6 prompt: luscious

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afternoon nap . . .

a lace of sunlight

lounges on the couch

 

 

December 7 prompt: lazy

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labyrinth

only to find my way

back to you

 

 

December 8 prompt: labyrinth

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as if his words

were not sweet enough . . .

cake layers

 

 

December 9 prompt: layers

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latte tulip

my heart opens

to a new day

 

 

December 10 prompt: latte

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fall morning

a lily laps up

a ray of sunshine

 

 

December 10 prompt: lap

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sweet pea

I forget all the words

of our song

 

 

December 11 prompt: lyrics

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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. 

NaHaiWriMo Prompt and Dos Por Dos Poetry

     For the all the daily prompts on NaHaiWriMo this February, I'm writing a dos por dos haiku. 
     Here are the following poems that I've written so far and have posted both on NaHaiWriMo and Dos Por Dos.

Feb. 3 prompt: bandaid

open wound 

I let the sunlight

mend me

 

See NaHaiWriMo comments here.
See Dos Por Dos comments here. 

Feb. 2 prompt: brother

brother's visit

once again the daffodils

spring up

See NaHaiWriMo comments here.
See Dos Por Dos comments here.

Feb. 1 prompt: banjo

banjo strings

the night he plucks

the stars

 

See NaHaiWriMo comments here.
See Dos Por Dos comments here.

Ring on Her Finger

 

Inspired by Rick Daddario's 30 Days of Haiga - 

September 14th prompt: a band of stars

and September Heights P#173 - 

prompt: revelation

This photo was originally taken by John Verne Hollingshead. I did some photo effects to enhance it.  

Angelo B. Ancheta's version:

diamond ring...

a symphony of stars

in concert

Wishes or Dreams

     August 28 NaHaiWrimo prompt is "wishes or dreams", provided by Pamela Cooper. I thought "wishes or dreams" is already a worn out subject for me until I surfed the internet for inspiration. I read about wish lanterns so here's my haiku. 
  

sky lanterns
our wishes afloat
among stars

 


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