# 21 turquoise

arctic sea ~
please may I have
this dance

 

 



# 20 white

 

white breath

cold fingers fumble

with the camera

 

 

NaHaiWriMo  February prompts by Michael Dylan Welch

# 1 pasta

new diet ~
spaghetti carbonare 
so long

  

# 2 eggs

sea breeze ~
black eggs bursting
on my tongue

# 3 cheese

cheeeese ~
a new family portrait
for her cottage

# 4 spice / spices

sea salt . . .
the old wounds
that won’t heal

# 5 vegetables


I straighten my back –
morning sun on snowy rows
of borecole

# 6 rice

turtle doves ~
a handful of long grain rice
for the bride and groom


sticky rice
the old couple nitpick
over tiny details

  

# 7 milk 

baby blue
the same color eyes
as the milk man

milk and honey ~
of all weeks I pick this 
for a diet

what an abundance of tempting food haiku here all week ;-)


# 8 hiking

navigation satellites a red ant climbs my hiking boot


# 9 glacier

ice edge a young boy gazes at the glacier guide


# 10 garden

withered garden
I thank the weather god
for powder snow

# 11 wood

sharp frost -
through the wood the echo
of an ax


# 12 river

quiet stream ~
a pilgrim unties
his boots


# 13 shade tree

campsite booking
I search google map
for a shade tree

In Scandinavia this would not be an issue. But this summer I’ll go kayaking in Croatia ;-)


# 14 harbor

harbor mist
my grip on the tiller
loosens


# 15 orange

close embrace ~
orange flames dancing
in the wood stove


# 16 red

snow angel
a cascade of curly red
frames her face
 


# 17 black ( NaHaiWriMo )

ichi ni san shi . . . .
the guy with the black belt
in my day dream

http://www.shitokai.dk/div/Karate%20Terminologix.pdf


# 18 green

smiling eggs a tuft of the cressman’s hair

In Denmark, smiling eggs are also something between a soft and a hardboiled egg ;-)



# 19 blue

have you spilled
on my sister’s burqa
Afghan sky


# 20 white (haiga)

white breath
cold fingers fumble
with the camera


# 21 turquoise (haiga)

arctic sea ~
please may I have
this dance


# 22 living room

Friday off ~
just me and the whispering
wood stove


# 23 bedroom (haiga)

here there entangled in the remnants of a dream


# 24 bathroom

toilet paper ~
the look on her face when I talk
about recycling


# 25 dining room

Danish smorgasbord
a handfull of St.John's wort
in the aquavit



# 26 closet

snowdrops ~
wool and cotton change place
in the closet


# 27 garage

ice winter ~
a Black Pearl gathers dust
in the garage



# 28 kitchen (haiga)

a boiling kettle
over the dishes we solve
the world situation

 



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      # 26 wisdom / intelligense

      
      

      another grey hair I learn to weigh my words

      
      

      
      

# 20 favorite place

deeper

stroke by stroke

into silence

# 17 stone

ebb and flood

all our sharp edges

rubbed off

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      # 16 fresh water
   
   
   

   frozen pond

   do you still remember

   that summerday

# 11 Intensity/extremes/passion

# 6 colors

chilly nights

a Nordic summer day

still lingers

# 2 ice

on ice ...

when one bucket of roses

is not enough

NaHaiWriMo January 2013. Promts by Violette Rose-Jones

# 1 green

New Year’s morning
an emerald green silk dress
on the kitchen floor

# 2 ice  (haiga)

on ice . . . .
when one bucket of roses
Is not enough

# 3 evoking the season

heavy snow
in every woman's magazine
a new diet

# 4 smoke

open air concert
i move a little closer
to the pipe smoker

# 5 love

my hand
the way it disappers
in yours

# 6 favorite color (haiga)

chilly nights
a Nordic summer day
still lingers

# 7 shoes

dead rats
the neoprene shoes
outside the tent

On longer kayak trips, neoprene boots/shoes can have a strange smell ;-)

# 8 flame

winter darkness
one flame lights another
and another

# 9 soil

old stories
deep in the Danish soil

silver coins

# 10 wind

piercing wind
a red flag
on Tibetan soil

# 11 Intensity/extremes/passion (haiga)

ocean breath ~
thirty ways to roll
a kayak

# 12 religion

in this life ~
the privilege of freedom 

to choose

# 13 your favorite food.

hdhr*
passing the hot dog stand
I hold my breath

*hot dog holic rehab

# 14 concrete/bricks/ general building supplies.

Berlin sky
a tiny piece of concrete
for sale

# 15 storm

snowstorm
a hydrangea nodding
in all directions

# 16 fresh water (haiga)

frozen pond
do you still remember
that summer day

# 17 stone (haiga)

ebb and flood ….
all our sharp edges
rubbed off

# 18 summer or (haiga)

twenty below zero ~
a haiku postcard from
sunny California

# 19 Interconnectedness

a butterfly’s wing ~
we lean against each other
in the storm

# 20 favorite place (haiga)

deeper
stroke by stroke
into silence

# 21 doll

Barbie dolls
two giggling girls
whit scissors

# 22 female

her mantra
again and again
om tare tuttare . . .

# 23 home

deep frozen morning
the crackling wood stove fire
whispers staaaay

# 24 ghosts/the ephemeral/the almost intangible.

jasmine ~
a white shadow
leaves a trail

# 26 wisdom intelligence (haiga)

another grey hair I learn to weigh my words

# 27 favorite flower

frosted vase ~
the squeaky sound
of fresh tulips

# 28 road/path/lane

northbound ~
the road signs change
from deer to moose

# 29 rain

turning a page ~
the sound of summer rain
on the tent

# 30 animal

crisp morning air ~
the baboon and I share
a bag of peanuts

# 31 free

steep mountain path
a smiling Buddha waves
from the ski lift

This was a life changing dream for me ;-)