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Gathering Dark

the sun has a smile
angry - weeping - red passion
the sky wears a grinGathering Dark1 year ago in Haiku & Eastern

The Window Seat

窓際の席

日本の旅はもう三回目だった。
今度シンガポールから上海向けの飛行機に乗った。そして、乗り換えで名古屋の中部国際空港へ行った。
面倒くさいなあ・・・たしかに。
&#The Window Seat2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

quacking jokesthree ducks explode
into laughter:
private jokequacking jokes4 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Poem prayers for Japan.The following haiku are by a number of different deviants. They are posted below as a way of sending our prayers and/or thoughts of love and support, as well as showing our solidarity for the people of Japan, in the wake of the 8.9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami and nuclear crisis.

Please, please send your haiku to me. Leave them as a comment, note me with them, post them as a deviation and link me. I will add them here. The goal? The creation of a beautiful collaborative work of art that shows our LOVE, SUPPORT and SOLIDARITY. Even if you cannot assist the people of Japan monetarily, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF WORDS AND POSITIVE ENERPoem prayers for Japan.2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

haikuwrimo summer 2008

*1*
小夜風や枯れ葉一切れ道渡り
sayokaze ya kareha hitokire michiwatari
the gentle night breeze-
a dried leaf
ventures across the road.

*2*
色褪せた写真を照らす西日かな
iro aseta shashin wo terasu nishibi kana
upon a faded photograph,
the westerly sun.

*3*
のどけしや車輪の前で鳩集う
nodokeshi ya sharin no mae de hato tudou
tranquility-
pigeons gather
in front of car wheels.

*4*
傘haikuwrimo summer 20085 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Haiku 12late spring storm
the wet robin rests,
chest heavingHaiku 122 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

February 2009 Haiku-Wrimo1.

winter rain-
an old pot fills
with moonlight

2.

sunrise...
birdsong falling
from the mountain

3.

just in time
for the newborn-
snow flurries!

4.

gang signs
on the old church door...
winter deepens

5.

stillness...
a cloud
of white breath

6.

deep
in the raven's cry-
southern drawl

7.

midnight walk-
between each star
the cosmos

8.

resting awhile
on Issa's death poem-
the fly

9.

morning thaw-
the bulldog's growl
softens

10.

loneliness...
leek soup cold
in the crock pot

11.

crows
becoming
dusk

12.

one cloud
the shade of mango-
winter's end?

13.

begging
in her February 2009 Haiku-Wrimo4 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

night sky haiku

adorning
the temple's roof
—crescent moonnight sky haiku4 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

elephantasma

this is forgetting:
moon-drenched ivory, and grey flesh
made hollow with lead.elephantasma9 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Winter Againdescends, the final
traveler in autumn’s close
a leaf touches snowWinter Again4 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

復ち返る出会いと別れ花の下

ochikaeru deai to wakare hana no shita.

Again and again we meet and part under the sakura blossoms.Meguriau6 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Tanka Series 101.

the shift
of sparrows mid-flight
again
she tells me
it meant nothing

2.

autumn arrives
less subtle
than last year
the time it takes my father
to stand up

3.

long distance love
ending badly
I return
my phone plan
to the cheaper rate

4.

Nana's new husband
out of nowhere!
a swallowtail
floats
through the open door

5.

autumn clouds
hunched
over email chat
I critique a friend's poem
on wildflowers

6.

dead dog
by the roadside
belly up...
I wonder if he too
became a Buddha

7.

family in bed
after another long day
I linger
for my muse
with a bowl of hot miso

8.

early autumn
a pumpkin patch
newly ripe
ITanka Series 104 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

renga tree- hangoverjust before dawn
the hunchbacked moon
limps homerenga tree- hangover2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

birds and songsin the grass
a sparrow searching
for a song

egret
a pause before
each step

evening falls -
on the fresh cut lawn
primroses

door open
the frog's song
enters in

dust on the keys
the last song
her hands remember

on paper
a smudge of black ink -
raven in the skybirds and songs4 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Thaw spring thaw -
chickadees splashing
in my bootprintsThaw2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Mosquito Songsun ray's spun silver
humming blood-drunk ballades:
mosquito songMosquito Song2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

a window opena window open
to breathe in love
the cricket's serenade

a window open7 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Haikuthon July 1-31, 2009

1 tanka

the hope of
summer rain vanishes
leaving
a neighbor's dog
to water the roses

2 haiku

heat wave chasing
all the birds and blues
from the sky

3 tanka

a cloud of gnats
follows
a child's sno-cone
through
the petting zoo

4 haiku/senryu

old mission archway
black birds napping
in ascending order

5 tanka

lunch at the beach,
businessmen strip
and wade into
childhood

6 haiku

looking out to sea
the sky walks a fine line

7 haiku renga

air ballet
on the breakwater...
fishermen and gulls

under the pier
bait in a plastic pail
holding their breath

8 haiku/senryu

still seeking shade,
mating crabs in the shallows

9 haiku

the Haikuthon July 1-31, 20094 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Haikuwrimo February 200928th

bare trunks

along the forest path -

gravestones in a clearing

------

27th

low tide -

stones piled upon

wet stones

------

26th

silent breeze -

a moorhen passing through

the norfolk reeds

------

25th

winter heathland -

ponds reflecting

pieces of sky

------

24th

break in the traffic -

ducks flapping past

in a line

------

23rd

Hythe canal -

a duck's wake scattering

the trees' reflections

------

22nd

heavy rain

on the playing fields

swans float

------

21st

clear night sky -

a car's engine

fading away

------

20th

thick fog -

dew droplets catch

the faint sunlight

------

19th

between fir

and pine -
Haikuwrimo February 20094 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Yellow haikuWind catches
the yellow sail
of the tulipYellow haiku5 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Heavenly Fire

The sky, consumed by
a spectral conflagration;
embers glow briefly

before the night's rising tide
completely quenches the fire.Heavenly Fire5 months ago in Haiku & Eastern

across the meadow
every step erupts
with grasshoppersBoing7 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

Deceptive:

Little butterfly,
Tempting with beautiful wings;
Poisons quickly.

-Chen Yuan Wen, 4th January 2013Deceptive5 months ago in Haiku & Eastern

Lilac II - tankaa star-glow
connects their breaths -
a river path.
in lilac light
she forgets to sigh.Lilac II - tanka2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern

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