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 ;-)