Autumn Haiku 2008

Hey folks! Just a reminder, please e-mail me at songofnovember@gmail.com to be included in Fall Haiku 2008!!

Click HERE to see the Autumn Haiku 2008 site.

bronze tipped grass
bent with dew

the leaf's chewed edge releases the moon

Late Summer

Clouds drifting slowly
through the sunny blue sea
late summer breeze
warms my heart and bone
in a peaceful moment.

blood on the pillow -
the mosquito
of my dream

***

sang sur l'oreiller -
le moustique
de mon rêve

Summer Haiku 2008 shutting down a little early

running away from
the fickle guy -
Gustav

Hi Everyone,
This site will shut down earlier than scheduled: on Saturday, August 30, in the afternoon, instead of September 1st.

I am preparing to evacuate before Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall. My tentative plan is to drive from New Orleans to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Right now, the co-administrator, Steve, is busy setting up the Autumn site, so he won't be taking over the Summer one. He has enough to do right now, plus if Hanna heads his way, he might also have evacuation plans.

It's been a pleasure to haiku with you. I hope to participate more in the Autumn.

Isabel

again, she pauses
in front of him
in her new sports bra
his eyes remain focused
on his book

morning jaunt
single yellow rose
waves in the breeze

early
morning tea in bed ~
she stirs

tea party
under the linden tree ~
snails in our shoes

midnight shift
stopped by the smell of rain
at open bay doors

Autumn Haiku 2008

Hello one and all! With such wonderful works of expression abounding, we have decided to help Isabel out with the 2008 Autumn Haiku site!

To be invited to this blog, send your:

your email address
your nom de plume
a link to your blog or website

to Steve at songofnovember@gmail.com

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You can also submit photos or drawings to enhance our experience of reading your one-breath thoughts!

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Postings/day: 3 maximum.

This blog will last from September 1, 2008, and end on December 20th.

Here's looking forward to Autumns wonders!!
All the best,
Steve - Administrator and Alan - Co-Administrator.

Autumn, turning

With a fluttering
Canada geese turn south and
Ginkgo leaves turn gold

autumn blowing in -
leaves
stiffening

morning commute-
mimosa leaves uncurl
and welcome the day

Gathering swallows -
I gave up summer
before it ended.

My friend, Juliet P. went to the Audubon Zoo Insecterium this past Sunday. She was inspried to write:

fitting in
moving about
ants

surrounded by insects
swarms of
children

little pests
here and there
whiny children

spider
in the corner
ran out


(Poet-in-Residence blogspot now has a review of John McDonald's haiku book - The Throu-Gaun Chiel)

last days of summer
chanmpagne grapes in the market
mums starting to bloom

TWO MOONS

Two full moons
and the brightest mars:
summer end

--R.K.SINGH

Two moons
so far away
yet so near
like rain landing gently
on my open arms

--R.K.SINGH

Circles

Summer Olympics competition
a four year circle
for the sake of the world
may it never be unbroken.

clouds, wind and rain
takes my mood from august
to september

gardening today
in front of blood red grass
black sedum blooming

Steve will be taking over

Steve has agreed to become the Fall Administrator! Thank you.

He is in the process of creating the new blog. I am helping him transfer links over to the Fall site.

There will be another post soon, asking for emails, so he can send invitations.

*************************************************************************

Wanted: A c0-administrator
Job-check comments and delete spams, when Steve needs a break or goes on a short vacation.

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics
the world's best athletes
fiercely compete, but in peace
just for a few weeks reigns
sportsmanship

in late summer sun
idle thoughts drift in warm air
-a bouncing tennis ball
back and forth in the distance,
echoes double game of dreams

Genesis

For such as this ray
Of moonlight dusting your face
Were galaxies made

Leaning Toward Fall

cool evenings
keeping fleece in the car
to rode home in

summer shower -
I close my book
to breathe the rain

***

averse d'été -
je ferme mon livre
pour respirer la pluie

eating one ripe peach
every day
until they're gone

kingfisher's
blue streak -
no time for one breath even

evening walk-
moonlight dancing on
freshly watered lawn

one of these days now
at the mall, i'm sure i'll hear
some christmas carols

winter moon
the wolf’s howl floats away

Next to each other:
Thistle fluff--new Queen Anne's Lace--
Going and coming.

trash day chore
hacking away at huge bush
to fill trash can

rain -
from stream to cloud
the one water

Moment of truth

Missing training wheels

sweat and anxiety

Daddy!!! Look at me!!!

a tree branch adrift
all those tangled banks upstream
and yet you are here

(derived from the summer haiku 2008 header)

trash day
new school supplies wrappings
overflow cans

midsummer folly
passionate tango between
sun and rain clouds

early ginko
shawl of morning glories
fill neighbor's fence

on a gentle slope
beside a track
pale Cyclamen were trembling

tree ice—
sunlight inches down
the bedroom chair

this place, the laughter
too quickly summer closes
one more memory

her parting words
don't see me anymore
ending summer

snow brighter than the day moon between the caribou

children playing
secure in the knowledge
more summers will come

through her garden
of sunflowers
the old lady flickers

Doorway To Love

seeds of love must pass
a doorway from now to then
a blossom grows there
sweetest lotus men do seek
to drink of waters so pure

scared haze of gold
an essence beyond compare
strip hearts of men bare
their souls search in lust and pain
while seeds of life bare fruit

first thing to do
take off these sandals
wash away the sand

dark clouds roll in
dress flies up
cool wind

nocturnal symphony
honking sounds
frogs

jewels sparkling at
end of palm leaves
raindrops hanging on

at market today
red and ornage rose trees
waving you inside

mistral evening -
wine drops
on the tablecloth

***

soir de mistral -
des gouttes de vin
sur la nappe

Through the aperture
Of retrospect, prismed past
Shimmers a mirage

They come from the beach
clutching at the last sun rays
defying autumn

After a full year

Liking what I bought

a midsummer moon
its craters deep in shadow
filled with dark longings

a small pool
people sunbathing
last few rays

afternoon on the block
shrieks of laughter
and basketball thumps

familiar smell
with my eyes closed-
summer rain

it's cramped in the back
a thirteen hour road trip -
i can't stop smiling

/

cramped
long road trip
smiling

timid moon, tonight
blushes red, after the rain
-kissed by a rainbow

dog racing
through cut grass:
his green nose

pleasant surprise-
depsite Japanese beetles
rose bush blooms

watching birds
dive down to the river
and back up-
good news and bad news
on the same day

Feather

Feather on the breeze
Unseen hand wafts it aloft
Into the ether

quiet, in the shade
golden retriever twitches -
dreaming of sprinklers

aboard summer clouds,
as I tiptoe on the flowing sky
-fallen under my feet

business district walk
no green, just baking asphalt -
sweating, parched, weary

hot sun up above
white powdered sand underneath -
world passing me by

road trips and beaches
friends, liquor, and a lighthouse -
summers of my past

Ginkgo

Dance of a thousand
Fans, ginkgo leaves' fluttering
Beguiles frenzied light

the alchemy of dawn
steals silent into my dreams
turning them to gold

Weather change

Sweet music
after hot days
rain

silent dawn -
some black ants
some red ants

***

silence de l'aube -
quelques fourmis noires
quelques fourmis rouges

concert
in the park -
leaves dripping

the boy's jar
of ladybirds,smashed:
a red patch spreading

after weeks
it finally comes,
the rain-
watching it alone
from our bed

the gardener
leans over his flowers -
they gaze up at him

rain in the air
wishing it would come
to cut mugginess

wanting to lie
in the curve of the moon-
cooler, quieter

Lake Cayuga
a carp mouths the girl’s reflection

Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck lovers
Surrender to night's siren
Both captive and free

perfect weekend plans-
hanging out with my sisters
with movies and dip

system shock over
new growth on latest plants
mallow soon to bloom

a clean, well-lighted place
shadows of leaves fleck the old man

a summer wedding,
confetti papering the sky
- the seagulls.

My skin maps
a battlefield -
insect assaults

early commute
trunk filled with flowers
on freshly cut lawn

almost midday
a rumbling reminder
that California
still remains
earthquake haven

over the fence

the evening breeze
and the odour
of barbecue coals and petrol

mingling
with burnt chicken
- or is it fish?

cleaning kitchen
Yuki* pounces on leaves
from flower cuttings


* a white cat

in the shade
of a slatted fence - cat
dreams of being a tiger

in the stifling heat
the night’s oppressive silence
broken by thumping
as my heart beats basso notes
in concert with bare longing

early commute-
lone peach rose
blooming on bush

mountain lake
the night air fills the loon's call

After the storm

tart with tears -
still hanging on limb
lemon with raindrops

Tourists with Cameras

which way to turn
always looking through a lens
not seeing

© 2008, gerald england

See more at Stockholm by Plenty

...

Starless night

Starless night
Cricket song echos in
Ebony stillness

sweltering evening
more wading pools in yards
than last few days

Morning Anomaly

Grey morning dampness

cool breeze on my face

creeping July sun

muffled hum of AC

dog days of summer
the cat and I napping
in front of the fan

for Estelle Getty


hushed laughter
Hollywood bids adieu
to a Golden Girl

long journey

driving home
through the rain
and the cross-winds

.

canalside late lunch

I eye the black labrador
eye my mackerel

weblink:

mackerel recipes

steamy dusk
long line at ice cream truck

After two year wait

My blue satin hibiscus

sniffing the buddleia:
my nose
amongst bees' wings

scorcher weekend*
white wine instead of red
ice cream for dinner


*82 degrees at 2 AM

if the earth
would stop moving
I could stay
in this shaded spot-
restless thoughts

Bodies of water,
Man and sea, all things spring from
Their fluidity

muggy evening -
at the camp store
bug spray sells out

warm afternoon
working in the garden
blunts the toohache

hilltop

hilltop
the cyclist pauses
to analyse clouds

© 2008, gerald england

hot summer day
coleus perking up
after watered

Walking to work

shade for
shade-giver -
paper umbrella

red balloon -
gecko's throat
puffing up

through the window-
children laughing and splashing
beach ball bounces high

DOG DAYS

Sultry heat
midsummer lethargy:
dog star shines

--R K SINGH

...washing his car -
snail cuddles up
to the leaky hose

early commute
red tiger lillies
bounce in the wind

treasure for
garbage men -
cool, clean Gatorade bottles

Thunderstorm

thunderstorm outside-
enjoying the water's power
and plants' litheness

July 14th

the old outpost
shouts
Vive la France!

Isabel of New Orleans

MORNING

Rising late
rushes through morning chores:
mouldy strap

--R.K.SINGH

path of the prowler:
fallen
rose petals

birthday party
the shadow of a vulture
flits by

this ghostly summer
a thin sun shattered by storms
-another false dawn

after the rain-
weeds spring up shin high
in two days

breathing
in warm night air,
cleaning my lungs
but not my mind-
juggling thoughts

Anticipation

mystery hibiscus
almost ready to bloom

staccato of rain
pounds the tin roof
the silence between
two estranged lovers
is deafening

Vic Gendrano

.

For a rainy day


each time
a woman cries
in the street
I want my coffee
without sugar

today
the rain has gone
will come again
will go
just like you

this champagne
was a gift from another girl
who told me
“save it
for a rainy day”

I know a story
that if you drink champagne
and want those bubbles
soft
you add sugar

If you like your champagne
for more than a rainy day
leave a sugar spoon
with its handle hanging inside
just like your perfume is in me

.

mid day rain-
tiny rill full of leaves
rushes to run off

this strange July sun
washed and faded by the rain
is summer's shadow;
faint souvenir of another
when the sun and your smile were one

Seventh Inning

seventh inning
the drunk's jokes
become funny

midnight fox
through the puddled street:
his brush distorting the moon

WRATHER CHANGEE

Besides allergies
so many other complaints:
sudden weather change

--R.K.SINGH

today's gardening-
pulling weeds from flower pots
chatting with the rose bush

summer nights —
falling asleep to the drips
of the day's swimsuits

(Cross-posted over at But Wait, There's More!)

summer heat
the swirling wind lifts
her flowing skirt

Vic Gendrano

From my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves,
but first published in World Haiku Review
Vol. 5, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2005

garden snail
crunched underfoot -
a nut on the path

roses' heads
above the wall -
giggling

dark and stormy night
cat curls on the pillow
after thunder starts

in a shaded corner:
a dandelion-clock
...stopped

Where's Daddy,
she cried - The summer rain
watched him go

SLEEPLESS

Noisy birds
keep me sleepless:
midnight moon

--R.K.SINGH

Sound of water

Water falling, sound
Of God's voice, epiphany
In trickle and roar

Another Argument

another argument
smell of poison
before the wasp's nest

summer midday
the street preacher pauses
to lick an ice cream

In my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves,
but first published in World Haiku Review,
Vol. 2, Issue 2, July 2002

holiday morning
shift from hell at work
trying to cool down

summer roof rack —
two bicycles, a surfboard,
and a rocking chair

(Cross-posted at But Wait, There's More!)

Maintain integrity
grey cell recovering
Summer Holiday

Genskab helheden
og aflaster hjernecellerne
sommerferie

Bach's Cello Suites
leave the room -
corn-stalks trembling

Just Chillin'

Lazy Afternoon

Yuki catching a quick nap

to play hard later

Solo

To silence, a thrush
Calls for her long-distant love
An endless solo

the morning heat comes
in a shroud of cloud today,
a summer in veil,
it spreads hidden and silent
like your caresses at dawn.

coming home at dawn
scarlet daylilly
greets me by the step

tired and running
like water
off a truck's back

the cool
of a sporting goods store
in July

Sway

move book, hit keys -
pendulum
swings

warm weekend-
extra long line in front of
Mr.Softee truck

fireflies dance
as the crickets sing
to the moon

summer haze

summer haze
everyone has gone away
open doorway

photo by lori bierly
words by mandy smith
© 2008

encouraged by the doorway prompt at One Single Impression

half the year gone

half the year gone
daisies and buttercups
soon to be mown

© 2008, gerald england

..

Baby birds leaving

Baby birds leaving
their nest today, hesitant.
What awaits us here?

* * *

Nyt lintulapset
lähtevät, epäröiden.
Mikä odottaa?

rabbit's
breakfast of daisies:
sunny-sides up

These strange woods
longing keeps us on the move.
Home. There yet?

* * *

Outoja metsiä
kaipaus pitää liikkeellä.
Koti. Perillä?

Milky Way -
a little stone in my left
rope-soled sandal

***

voie lactée -
un petit caillou
dans mon espadrille gauche

after the rain
red and white rose of sharon
drinks in the last drops

during the warm rain
seeing order emerging
from the chaos

a pine-kissed lily
under a veil of midgets;
on a pond’s mirror

summer reflection,
peeping between sun and cloud
--on a raindrop

listless -
watching grey clouds
do a jigsaw puzzle

SHOWER

In the flower pot
scattered petals of roses--
summer's first shower


--R.K.SINGH

LILAC

Awaits a rickshaw
under the gulmohar tree
a girl with lilac


--R.K.SINGH

COLOUR

Adds colour
to summer blossoms
the heat wave


--R.K.SINGH

morning surprise-
wild strawberries poking out
from new cut grass

PAIN

Left to right
the lump of pain in chest--
lightning


--R.K.SINGH

Remains of the Day

two hard days later
on the east side of the house
new raised garden bed

a lilly blooms
near a makeshift cross
war-ravaged field

Vic Gendrano


Thought I would announce here that I just uploaded to my blog site,
http://haikuharvest.blogspot.com/
my ten best haiku which were recently published in the May 2008 issue of World Haiku Review.

early commute-
coral coreopsis
dancing in the breeze

humid hot air
slowly swirls around me
in hazy moonlight-
pen stops when I hear
a far away riverboat

.

high humidity–
she's in another country
the woman I love

.

Midnight Breeze

summer heat binds soul
dreams float free on midnight breeze
soft moon tides lead home

Mighty summer rain
All these long years we
have grown, together

* * *

Väkevä sade
Nämä pitkät vuodet me
kasvoimme, kaksin

lazy afternoon-
moving the chair once in a while
to stay in the sun

(flickr/ atomicshark)

blue hydrangea —
its specific gravity
pulling me in

(Cross-posted at But Wait, There's More!)

in the scorching sun
the rose bush faints --in envy
of the geranium

the mountain pines
tumbled
into a spilled matchbox

high noon
at the mountain hut
and the day's first visitor

wild flower
hanging blue and yellow
...artist's dripping brush

Back From Vacation...

I just got home yesterday from my four-day trip to Northern Wisconsin, specifically the Ashland to Bayfield area around Lake Superior. (My copy of "dust of summers," the 2007 Red Moon Anthology, made a wonderful travel companion!)

ojibwa blade
obsidian whirls
in tyler forks

summer evening
the fourth bride
on three-bridge trail

thirty feet
above copper falls--
soft wood

bitter coffee
in morning lake-light
the ferry's hum

lake superior downpour
the heat of lantern flame
beneath my hand

crowded wayside
two-ply toliet paper
becomes one-ply

just home
making mac 'n cheese
without the milk

It is so light

It is so light -
I can write to you
all this summer night

* * *

On niin valoisaa -
näen kirjoittaa sinulle
koko pitkän yön


Here, close to the Arctic circle, we now have endless day. No stars, no moon, no lights needed - only sun.

.

canalside brunch–
our dog loses her stick in a pond
to another swimmer


Weblink: Parson Jack Russell
.

Heat wave

heat wave
tempers, temperature rise
global warming near?


lingering heat wave
all designer bras
suddenly on sale

Vic Gendrano

after dinner
we walk down the sidewalk,
looking through windows,
enjoying the warmth-
summer solstice

learning new songs
in the hazy night air-
mockingbird

warm day outside
longer time for garden chores
before work commute

summer solstice
fall clothing catalogues
in the mailbox

cool air on my neck
opening door
first blast of Hades

.

eighteen summers
the glue remains
of a paper heart



A slight update was needed for this haiku. I can just about see some glue left from a couple of paper hearts stuck onto lamp posts from someone who had actually posted over half a dozen hearts (and a few chalk messages on pavements) on my route from work to home. It was very romantic, and her ploy worked, as we went out for a few years. ;-)


The original version:

fourteen summers
the glue remains
of a paper heart

The Haiku Calendar 2004
Snapshots Press ISBN 1-903543-07-X

.

first squash ready to be picked
from this year's garden

Summer night

Thrush's song in summer
night - have you laid your head
on the pillow yet?

* * *

Rastaan kesäyö -
oletko jo painanut
pääsi tyynylle?

morning gardening
Yuki* rolls in the grass
while I deadhead plants


* the white cat

wrong trail turn
the scent and sight
of wildflowers


Tagalog version

maling daan
bango at tanawin
ligaw na mga bulaklak


Vic Gendrano

Wild Crops

abandoned garden
sprouts
colorful caladiums

freight train
rumbles past -
spores leave on the draught

today's garden work-
cleaning out front yard bed
and chatting with kids

Nightfall

In darkening dusk
Sun gives way to moon, hushed world
Surrenders to night

Sun patches on leaves;
Bright dark shadows on the barn;
Yellow dots in field.

Presesnt to self-

Lady In Red

For the Mobile Garden

stifling morning heat
the speeding cars overtake
slow verse in my mind

June rain -
a spider's web
in the watering can

***

pluie de juin -
une toile d'araignée
dans l'arrosoir

summer heat
pulled from the brick wall
after sunset,
surrounding my body,
taking your place

At the Euro 2008 Football Tournament

expensive lager
unsold in the fan zone -
as we drink-in the atmosphere!


This is a huge sporting event. In Vienna beer remains unsold.
The monopoly suppliers are charging €4.50 in the fan zone
in a town where beer normally costs €3.00. Soccer fans refuse
to be ripped-off and are boycotting the product*.

*Carlsberg

lovley surprise-
full grown plant came in the mail
joy and rapture

arriving home...

phone books found
behind the door
something cold & slimy on my thumb

Genteel Messages

friday the 13th
auspicious ?
just published my poetry book!


details including poem and photo of Genteel Messages by Gwilym Williams
at http://www.poetrymonthly.com

weekend plans-
helping friend landscape new house
after garden chores

Yeah Buddy

UPS package
live plants in cool packaging-
extra garden time

Hot Afternoon

hot afternoon
clover heads bending
beneath the bee's weight

Summer in North Carolina

Saturday morning sun, scrutinizing,

9:00 AM, no coffee please

Daddy?

It's too hot to go to the pool.

squabbling
herring gulls
far out on the high seas

steamy morning
moving slowly
while watering the plants

Wish

Baroque fountain
The hopeful child
Casts her copper wish

Wrong Notes

wrong notes
in the piano teacher's parlor
summer breeze

canary song
the piano teacher's dog barks
at my wrong notes


The Reluctant Pianist by William Arthur Breakspeare

Midnight sun

Light, colourful summer night
glancing out of the window
funfair lorries driving past

red flags
big surf
no jellyfishes

the sun
on the beach
cooking the jellyfishes

The moor

the moor
white with cotton-grass
no sign of Keith

© 2008 gerald england

graduation day

100 degrees-
doing the happy dance
when nephew's name is called

running from the sun
shade
from building's shadow

Heat

Lately
I have been dreaming
repeatedly
of gentle rain
touching my body
still I wake up
to another blue sky, heavy sun
and dry mouth

distant rumble -
a moth between
shutter and pane

***

grondement lointain -
un papillon de nuit
entre vitre et volet

Birthday Weekend

my birthday weekend...
a tornado siren
through the sound of the rain

in my in-box, birthday greetings
and news of his death

~

R.I.P. Jim - June 6, 2008

I wrote the haiku/first link around 8:00 this morning, close to the time he passed away. The news reached me in an e-mail about three hours later. Jim was a very active member in my family's parish, and he will be missed dearly.

~

The first week or so of June is full of birthdays for my family. My birthday falls on the 8th, when we will also be celebrating my grandmother's--she turns 99 on the 10th.

grandma and I
on the nursing home porch
never so similar
as when my mother sits
between us

after ninety nine years
what more can we give her?
an afternoon walk
where she calls the apple blossoms
snow

.

recovery week–
I let the summer breeze
out into my hair

.

after the rain
dormant hibiscus leafs up
baby's breath growth spurt

Black Clouds

black clouds
my pages turn
two at a time

gratitude - blowing wind
even though
breeze is hot

Witness

Bearing witness
Willow weeps over
A new grave

summer rain

summer rain storm-
leaves clinging to branches
floating down the street

A spiked dandelion
Stands tall after a long rain.
It's a bad fluff day.

This Year In Paris

in my dreams at night
Paris cafes oft delight
my soul walks there free

Hibernation

reading about
Moscow '41 invasion
with AC on

evening to do-
ordering the garden plants
not found locally

firetruck sirens-
losing my thoughts of her
temporarily

Sherbet sunset

The sherbet sun melts
Orange on the horizon
Like my dripping cone

A far away wind
Echoes like a memory
And then dies away.

Vacation Plans

vacation plans--
on the brochure cover
a garden like mine

after the rain
apple bloosom roses
finally open

swans preening -
loops
of a lovers' knot

Early Morning

early morning
the heat of potting soil
straight through my gloves

A hole in the clouds
Allows the blue sky to shine through;
Then, dark portends rain.

When we first met

When we first met
you looked at me like
apple blossoms

I fix again the net
on strawberry plants -
blackbirds' whistles

***

le filet refixé
sur les fraisiers -
un merle siffle

sunlight

drills into my eyes

as I walk

down the dusty road-

spring fades away

On left, sunny field;
On my right a darkened woods.
I walk shadowed road.

paintng class-
can't get the brush to capture
a lilly's beauty

May Breeze

may breeze
her face brightens
one window at a time

perfect summer's day-
chatting with the neighbors
before work commute

Deep in the dark woods
Bright patch of light blue flowers.
Behind, a crow calls.

summer holidays...

smokers
alight nervously
from buses

the seaside
landlady
vacancy in her eyes

blue seas
and sunshine
in the postcard racks

salvation
and gulls
blow over the pier

among the rubble
dandelions:
their heads blown off

MORNING

Water falling
from the overhead tank--
sound wakes me up


--R.K.SINGH

inverted day-
birds start singing as I sleep
burgers for breakfast

Always the shadows
Etch darkness on road and trees
Celebrating light.

Oak Street Views

refreshment - at a price
10 year old boys
carrying home - kiddie pool

hot, little boy
can't decide -
ice cream or snow-ball

students -
sipping iced coffee
and smoking outside

...the coming water shortage

at the 4-lane
car wash
another one joins the queue

weekend shopping trip
blue rose of sharon and
two new flowerpots

Fireworks

Under moonless sky
Fireworks' breathless arc, their sparks
Short-lived chandeliers

New Moon

     new moon
these thousand summer stars
vanish with my wishes
     even in my dreams
you have ceased to touch me

cat stretched
on the quilt -
one patch of sunlight

still as death
inside a wild rose flower -
a tiny green and yellow spider

butterfly pair
back to back -
the still brown leaf

chasing a swallow
the ripples in the pond;
and they are gone

Reprised rain

Morning wind in trees
Shakes from leaves last night's rain like
Apres-bath Daisy

Delicate vortex:
Dandelion makes ready
Kamikaze flight.

early morning
blackbird
beats the alarm clock

a fly on my page
casts a shadow on "wisteria"
-half a verse remains

In the dead of night
I suddenly awaken
Empty room, no sounds,

through the window...

great summer day
watching the clouds roll by
through the plant window

weeds meet the sun

on the surface of the pond;

out of their depth

spring Sunday -
brand new bicycles
along the towpath


***

dimanche printanier -
des vélos flambant neuf
sur le chemin du canal

Thunder

distant thunder...
closing a door
I didn't open

wandering plant floor-
stopped by honeysuckle's scent
through open door

in the nest's dark bowl:
a shadow
hatching a song-bird

Fourth Watch

home after work
finally getting to bed
while sun rises

Enjoying the Day

lazy morning
Yuki* and I on the porch
watch the birds

*my white cat

Window

ex-lovers...
still we look out
the same window

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, "Spring Flowers"

crabapple blossoms
everywhere
you aren't

LOVE

Unblessed my altar
in bed no waltz of love--
drought of summer

--R.K.SINGH

FULL MOON

Two long hours
under the chinar:
lost full moon

--R.K.SINGH

BUDDHA

Her wrinkled fingers
on the rudraksh rosary:
Buddha Purnima

--R.K.SINGH

through the bluebells
cat's bell
tinkling

deep in the fourth watch
birds seranading the dawn
as I drift asleep

Juliet's Haiku

My friend asked me to post some of her works.

Wizard of Oz sky
should I head
home

thought
and timing
Zen Garden

difficult yoga pose
streching to the sky
gnarled tree branch

on meeting an acarid

the itch
of the tick
fast in the armpit



please-make-a-quick-tick-in-a-box
at poet-in-residence's blogspot

after the rain

soggy weekend-
weed duty much easier
at start of the week

May meadow

Clover-filled meadow
Bees luxuriate and hum
A colt finds his feet

my heart skips
as I look above-
firefly

Birds building a nest
in the garden tree - we had
so much in common

* * *

Linnut tekevät
pesää - meillä oli niin
paljon yhteistä

Riverdance

A dancing bouquet
Yellow butterflies blossom
On the river's edge

full moon -
on the dark river
a swan

storm warning!

dark clouds
nearer
than on the horizon

headbanger?

go on fly
fly
out of the window

cool and dark
the woodland
with garlic on its breath

May wind -
somebody whistles
in another garden


***

vent de mai -
quelqu'un siffle
dans un autre jardin

warm afternoon
enjoying the garden views
on the back deck

white blossoms, wet grass,
the empty bench... anticipate
the lovers’ arrival

blowing in the wind
she wears proud her summer dress;
shivering in May

after the rain

after a warm rain
grass shoots up slower than weeds
coleus expands

blossoms in his pocket:
the old man
tries to remember...


(scots)

flourishins in's pooch:
the bodach
ettles tae mind...

(one for Alan)

http://zenspeug.blogspot.co.uk

welcome to summer and...

the drone
of bees
and lawn-mowers

morning gardening-
sculpting pockets of beauty
between hot concrete

Poison

like poison
from deep in my veins
I draw out
these days of summer
from a spring without you

I dream in colours
waking up only to find
spring snow on the lawn

Little Changes

Hello Everyone,
I changed the default text color to red, because the green was not standing out against the yellow background.

Per Gerald's request, I reduced the picture of the header (The Miss. River) to 600 pixels (fit to size option).

If anyone is having problems with seeing the site, let me know so I can reduce it more.

I wanted to take pictures of Spanish Moss at Audubon Park and a view from Lake Pontchartrain, but it's pouring right now. The weekend should be sunny and clear and the new pictures should be up by Monday or Tuesday of next week.

I'll work on adding the Poet's links in the next few days.

Happy Haikuing.

Undone

In every wild bud
Summer comes
Undone

Flight

Dandelion seeds:
Fledgling summer
Takes flight

Hi! I'm new and hope to contribute some complementary summer haikus.

denied

distant views
denied by full-leaved trees
the evening sun shines

© 2008 gerald england

summer stillness

summer stillness banked above the shoreline rhododendrons

photo: phill deason
words: mandy smith
© 2008

...

summer mowing -
the tractor starts
the meadow leaps

a May morning stroll,
interrupted by blue blossoms
-in her lover's eyes

May

After little rain
lilies smile with hibiscus--
the sun in May


--R.K.SINGH

SUMMER

Summer
through the hanging creepers
shade and warmth


--R.K.SINGH

MORNING

She sings the morning
with hands between the legs:
summer drenches


--R.K.SINGH

Hi Isabel, and Steve,

Thanks for starting up the summer haiku blog!

talk of tangerines-

Frank O'Hara leaves me

an eager note 

*tangerines is an early Summer kigo

Frank O'Hara's 'Poem' is about an invite

to see a friend in the summer, but by the time

he visits, it's both Autumn and his friend is dead.

My wish is that we "talk of tangerines" for some considerable time! ;-)

all my best,

Alan

The With Words International Online Haiku Competition

Profits go to literacy projects for children.

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Welcome to Summer Haiku 2008

Hi Ya'll from:
Isabel - Administrator and Steve - Co-Administrator.

This blog will last from May 12, 2008 and end on September 1, 2008.

I am still in the process of adding more links, pictures and widgets, but enough of the site is up to start posting.

Have fun. Keep cool!

Rules

This blog is open to all haiku poets! Please submit your FAMILY-FRIENDLY haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga, or haibun.

You can also submit photos or drawings to enhance our experience of reading your one-breath thoughts!

Artwork or photographs should be the original work of the contributor. If not, it is the contributor's responsibility to ensure that they have permission to use the work.

ALL POSTS WILL BE BOLD AND IN DARK RED. If you decide to use another color, please make sure that your text doesn't disappear into the background.

The only requirement for posting is that there should be a Summer theme.

Postings/day: 3 maximum.

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