HOLIDAY HAIKU 2021

from Madasahatter572 to you and your family and friends, dear followers, some holiday Haiku…

scattered clouds
i open a bag of flour
in the kitchen

in the kitchen
with the clouds…
tossed flour

celery sticks
in a straight line
mountain’s green

flower bouquet
in broad daylight
the color of the earth

pouring salt
into the shaker…
November blizzard


WISPY WEDNESDAYS

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August jazz
he plays his saxophone
taken by the wind

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

dense fog
what remains
of my daily memories

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

November rain
the steady flight
of the blue jays

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

dense fog
what remains
of my daily memories

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

mandala
a sunbeam fills
the space between November trees

@ NaHaiWriMo…

prompt: leaves

November leaves
the visible flight
of wind dancers

MUCKY-MUCK MONDAYS

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dense fog…
i notice
a new me

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

autumn chill
the unexpected change
of her conversation #1

OR

winter blast—
the unexpected change
of her words #2

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

raging flood—
the flapping wings
of the bluejay

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

autumn chill
the unexpected change
of her conversation #1

OR

winter blast—
the unexpected change
of her words #2

@ THE DAILY HAIKU…

theme: years/love/

lovers…
an old couple
huddling together #year/ #love

winter roses —
the long stare
of her nipples #years/#love

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

winter sunset…
in a faded color
the yellow rose

@NaHaiWriMo…

prompt: mourning doves/trees

mourning
listened
to the mourning doves #mourning doves

is rain approaching…?
tens of thousands of green leaves
falling down #1 #trees

OR

green rain
tens of thousands of leaves
shedding a tiny drop #2 #trees

MUCKY-MUCK MONDAYS

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bluebells
i attempt to hold
the fallen sky

*inspired by the Henny Penny story

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

a faint light
of memories
autumn haze #1

OR

autumn haze
a faint line
of memories #2

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

orange chrysanthemum
bends and rises—
heatwave

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

a faint light
of memories
autumn haze #1

OR

autumn haze
a faint line
of memories #2

@ HAIKU NUGGETS…

molten lava
crabs in a net
spill out

#11 crab trap

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

aerial graffiti
my eyes following
the blackbird’s flight

@ NaHaiWriMo…

inspired by Angiola Inglese’s Haiku…

free fall
of an apple…
Isaac Newton

my inspired Haiku…

falling apples—
a fine example
of gravity

TWISTED TUESDAYS

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distant thunder disposing of old books

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

cold front
the conversation that we might
have had

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

noted by Nikolay Grankin

Amit Kamma’s Original Haiku…

rainy afternoon
five-thousand jigsaw pieces
litter the table

Amit Kamma, 14 yrs
USA

my inspired Haiku…

boxed jigsaw
shattered into pieces
raindrops

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

cold front
the conversation that we might
have had

@ HAIKU NUGGETS…

early winter—
the frozen waterfall
gathered around the bucket’s rim

#10 tin bucket

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

autumn rain all the falling apples #1

OR

autumn rain all the fallen apples #2

TWISTED TUESDAYS

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fireflies—
from here
to there
the edge of constellations

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

obituary page…
tombstones without names
stand in a line #1

OR

obituary page…
tombstones without names
standing askew #2

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

drifting snow
from a distance
soaring egrets

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

obituary page…
tombstones without names
stand in a line #1

OR

obituary page…
tombstones without names
standing askew #2

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

moonrise
snowy owl
above trees

COLLECTIVE SUNDAYS

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ocean
i color the sea
in a shade of blue #1

OR

ocean
i color the sea
this deep blue #2

@ SENRYU CIRCLE…

night fog…
the shifting shape
of memories

@ BUDS OF HAIKU…

Mark Redfearn’s Original Haiku…

crimson maple leaves,
loosened by an autumn breeze,
flutter to the ground

my inspired Haiku…

ginko leaves
all the remains
of sunshine

@ SENRYU & KYOKA…

night fog…
the shifting shape
of memories

@ VIRTUAL HAIKU…

kimono—
a full moon
into my hands