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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

# 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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fFf0ClVLao

# 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

http://www.danishpipemakers.com/home.html

# 27 totem/icon/symbol

celebrating ~

the world’s oldest flag

at full mast

http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/theflag/history_of_the_flag.htm

# 28 farm animal

pink sunrise

a newborn pig

against my skin

For a city girl like me, the vacations on some family’s farm was like heaven. I especially enjoyed sitting watch in the stable with a farrowing pig. There was always one among the newborns that needed extra care and warmth ;-)

# 29 train

wrapped in fragments

of foreign conversations . . . .

interrailing Europe

# 30 mountain

جبل سيناء

a bedoin child teach me

at the foot

...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai