'after the rain' #31 May 2012
after the rain
how the lilac turns
heads
May 2012
31 posts
'soil and soul' #30 May 2012
soil and soul
footprints on Eigg’s
singing sands
'touching base' #29 May 2012
touching base
I let the anthill
be
'round question' #28 May 2012
round question -
what is a watermelon
without its seeds?
'Sunday' #27 May 2012
Sunday
after hovering all day
the dragonfly rests
'reticence' and 'dandelion clock' 26 May 2012
.
reticence —
how rose petals curl
back
.
Shiki Kukai, May 2012 kigo: rose(s)
.
dandelion clock —
getting up when
it’s time
.
Shiki Kukai, May 2012 free theme: morning habits
'sunset' #25 May 2012
sunset
the water-lily
still warm
'grandmother's drawer'
grandmother’s drawer
a dried rose and a thimble
full of soil
.
CKK #34: grandmother
'poet's journey' #23 May 2012
poet’s journey
filling your bowl
with stars
.
For Hortensia Anderson
'fountain pen' #22 May 2012
.
fountain pen I drink your words
.
'blue mountains' and 'blue rinse'
1
blue mountains
believing in the here
and now
.
2
blue rinse the time it takes
haiku #18 May 2012
in the mirror world
my reflection smiles back
bamboo shoots
'Instead of' (in the Asahi 4 May 2012)
Instead of
cherry-blossom-viewing
she counts syllables
.
My poem in Asahi Haikuist Network, From the Notebook,http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/ 4 May 2012
haiku #16 May 2012
.
rolling the tense head of his timpani set
.
haiku #15 May 2012
cloistered garden
scent of roses drifts
over the wall
haiku #14 May 2012
south wind
a ball rolls across
the lawn
haiku #13 May 2012
spilling its seeds
a broken pomegranate
bleeds for luck
.
Unfold, 2011 (see http://stellapierides.com/blog/haiku-13-may-2012-and-poet-page-on-the-thf-registr)
