NaHaiWriMo August 2012

# 1 heart. Kat Creighton

bearing compass
the subtle movement
in my heart


# 2 full moon. Judith Gorgone

full moon night
I find myself gazing
at a tennis match


‎# 3 Vincent Hoarau: sand.

impermanence~
a sand mandala returns
to the sea


# 4 John Carley: karumi (lightness).

wind shift
children’s laughter carried
out to sea


# 5  Michael Nickels-Wisdom: exploration.

a new island ~
we find the best spot
for the tunnel tent


# 6 Johnny Baranski: hope.

a new drop
in her skinny arm . . .
morning drizzle

job interview
a newly qualified crosses
her fingers


# 7, Linda Papanicolaou: star myths.

rising venus
over the wine we strip away
an old myth


# 8  Sheila Windsor: Spider

moving in
which corner do you prefer
little spider


# 9, Patty Hardin: tidepool.

midnight sun
the universe reflected
in a tidepool



# 10,  Melissa Allen: grass.

passing cars
at the road side
wild grass bows

summer grass
a barfooted child
with a jam jar



‎# 11  Stella Pieredes: Watermellon

sinking sun
a watermelon fits perfectly
into the day hatch


# 12 Holiday activities Annie Juhl

circumnavigation
annother tiny island
in my logbook


# 13 love, Gillena Cox

la luna ~
in his eyes I forget
my own name


# 14 enligtenment from Carlos Colon

meteor shower
for a split second
I know


#15 Paul David Mena: chilli pepper

hot days
I repot the chilli plant
once more


# 16, from Christina Nguyen: Birth.

his first cry
all our priorities
rearranged


# 17, Alee Imperial Albano: Lion.

Lion King
in the dark cinema
I let them roll



# 18 boat ( haiga ) Alison Williams

cockpit dreams
the golden sun sets
in a single malt


# 19, Susan Delphine Delaney: Humidity.

family weekend
on the bathroom mirror
a smiling face


‎# 20, Chrissi Villa: surrender.

feather moon
on a light blue pillow
I surrender


# 21, Kathabela Wilson: driftwood. ( haiga )

catch of the day
we scan the beach
for driftwood


‎# 22,  Alan Summers: forgotten things.

church bells
words I thought
I had forgotten


# 23  Pris Campell: heat

heat wave
I surf in and out
a dream


# 24,  Susan Murata: seam.

Quickstep
a high heel stuck
in a hem seam


# 25,  Cara Holman: summertime childhood memory.

roller skates
we compare the size
of our grazes


# 26,  Jessica Tremblay: time.

sleeping legs
the buddhist teacher talks
about eons


# ‎27 Johannes S. H. Bjerg, is . . . Beatles song

broken wings
in the dead of night
a blackbird



# 28 Pamela Cooper:  wishes or dreams.

shooting star . . .
a grammatically correct
and fluent English
(please)


# 29,  Dave Serjeant: healthcare.

cotton candy clouds
a young girl meets the world
braceless


# 30,  Terri L. French: fence.


a stick along the picket fence barking dogs


# 31,  Alex Benedict: moonviewing.

August moon
we gaze at all the stars
on the red carpet









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# 18, from Alison Williams: Boats.

cockpit dreams

the golden sun sets 

in a single malt

# 12 Holiday activites. Annie Juhl

kayak therapy

NaHaWriMo July 2012. Prompter Kathabela Wilson

# 1 something taller than me ( haiga )

deep rumble

I tighten my grip 

on the paddle

# 2 dangles

hospice window

a white angel dangles

from a thin thread

# 3 what's in the nest ( haiga )

monkey tree

how many new lives

in your top

# 4 symmetry

grain by grain

the sand mandala takes form~

kalachakra moon

# 5 clover

clover fields

the honey bee and I

barefooted

# 6 my name

that’s not my name. . .

the neonatal nurses

call me Annie

# 7 flight

distant skies

a young man searches 

for his roots

My adopted nephew is participating in a Danish TV program. They are flying to the Philippines, trying to find his roots ;-)

# 8 repetition ( haiga )

deeper

stroke by stroke

into silence

# 9 sparkle

the final dot

in her master’s thesis . . .

sparkling champagne

My daughter just finished her Master’s degree in Psychology. That was all together a very sparkling moment ;-))

# 10 playing with natur

chocking pink

a chestnut spider dangles

in a woolen web

# 11 broken ( haiga )

future dreams ~

he gently helps her 

with the oxygen

# 12 Two

coffee on the top

one mountain bike leans 

against another

# 13 arch

archin my back

over the pilates ball ~

noon break

# 14 new from old

scent of sawdust

an old floorboard takes shape

as a paddle

My first Greenland paddle ;-)

# 16 fog / mist /

down stream

in the evening haze

a beaver's head

# 17 using words for sounds

guinea pigs

I wonder how to spell

youm youm….

# 18 hidden inside

this one or...

an extra large box

of filled chocolate

# 19 collections of objects

non attachment ~

a floor to ceiling bookcase

with Buddha’s teaching

# 20 umbrella

puff puff

green and blue fade away

in the summer rain

# 21 recurring dream

falling

.

.

.

the 

moment

I hit

the 

bed

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‎# 22 mask

masquerade

I close my eyes and look

behind

# 26 and 27 upside down / use a word from another language

kayak roll

I sweep my greenland paddle ~

voilá

# 28 something that starts with an S and is shaped like an S

summer heat

the soft ice stream down

the toddler’s chest

# 29 close up

a trunk 

tickling my arm 

summer fly

# 30 cosmic

cosmic love ~

I surf the waves 

of an endless ocean

# 31 birthday energy

winter child ~

in every dark window

a birthday candle

nahaiwrimo: broken

future breams ~

he gently helps her

with the oxygen

piece of cake

piece of cake

the noble art of sharing

with a sparrow