NaHaiWriMo April 2013. Prompter: Carole MacRury
# 1 smooth
jazzy nights the way he leads on the dance floor
# 2 empty / emptiness
Heart Sutra . . . .
first the Lama fills my cup
with tea
In memory of my patient teacher Geshe-la, who tried to teach me about emptiness.
# 3 delta
delta alfa november blushing I spell his name
# 4 celestial
her mantra
the color of light
changes
# 5 - a special place
spring hush
when even the smallest word
is redundant
# 6 sport (Tour de France)
faded yellow
another rider’s
confession
# 7 precipice
Preacher’s pulpit
the last two meters
on my knees
# 8 red
spring sun
my nose matches the color
of the kayak
forårssol
min næse matcher farven
på kajakken
# 9 sound ( haiga )
morning silence and then . . . .
# 10 zoo
dark corners I try to read a black widow’s mind
# 11 underwater ( haiga )
morning meditation a glimpse of something beneath the surface
# 12 clown
pale shadows ~
the hospital clown blows up
a heart shaped balloon
April 13 - miss/missing Tips: What have you lost, misplaced, or hope to see again. Take this one where you will.
a set of fast learning brain cells. . . . evening mist
# 14 pond (haiga)
old village pond
how many young lovers
have you reflected
# 15 alley
sun in zenith . . .
an alley cat squints
his eyes
# 16 wild flowers (haiga)
increasing light the different sizes of our circles
# 17 mushroom
baskets and knifes the course is set on Karl Johan
# 18 antique
off track
again the antique glass full
of violets
# 19 dark / darkness
overcast ~
a black labrador guides
his man
# 20 music / musical instrument
thick air ~
a tenor sax ripples
my beer
# 21 clothing
dry or wetsuit. . . .
the grey zone between
winter and spring
# 22 wheel
blooming daffodils
the toddler gets a ride
in a wheelbarrow
# 23 time
ocean blue I push the limit two seconds
# 24 visual art
heat wave
an empty space blown
into orange glass
# 25 garden ( haiga )
projections
time to weed
my garden
# 26 roots
evening ritual the way he packs his briar pipe
# 27 totem/icon/symbol
celebrating ~
the world’s oldest flag
at full mast
