NaHaiWriMo June Prompter Alison

‎# 9 space

water balloons

the space between us

filled with laughter

# 12 rain

good night kisses

the first drops of summer rain

on the tunnel tent

# 13 scary

nightmare

the sound of earth

on my coffin

‎# 14 Generate your own personal prompt today ( joint )

so many meanings

and I only knew one

- joint

# 15 Local buildings/statues

clicking cameras . . . 

if only they could hear your song

little mermaid

# 16 human body / four line haiku

shopping list ~

the mindfulness teacher

calls me back

to my right knee

# 17 another planet's season

summer storm 

I consider moving 

from Jupiter to Mars

# 18 sign

summer sun

a middle-aged man ignores

the first signs

# 19 the dark side

darkness

my childhood monsters

seem smaller

# 20 light

for the seventh time

a mother calls ~

midsommer evening

# 21 Smells, aromas, odours, scents.

island dreams ~

afternoon nap beneath 

the blooming elder

When I paddle to the small islands this time of year, I seriously consider moving. Everything just smells better out there. 

# 22 Look up ( haiga )

shortest night

and still no sign of summer

practice practice

# 23 underwear

danish dynamite 

a football player flashes

his underwear

# 24 Something that isn't there. The absence of something.

midsummer chill

the new mosquito balm 

untouched

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# 25 home

grounding

a pair of lambskin slippers

in the hallway"

# 26 line

twilight silhouette

I recognize the way he casts

the line

# 27 something small, a detail.

sunrays

on the bumble bee’s legs

yellow pollen

‎# 28 joking

a joke ....

the weather man keeps talking

of rain and rain

# 29 white

his last hours

I tell my daughter

a white lie

# 30 local

mmm mmm

from one tent to another 

at the food market