EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015
Welcome to the largest collaborative poem on the internet. This year’s theme is the Year of Light, as designated by decree of the United Nations. Please add your poem(s) in the Comment box below, ideally at dawn at your location, but any time that you are able. The timeline for this begins at 12:01 A.M. on April 17 on the International Date Line (which is why it seems to have started the day before, for many of us). Your poem(s) can respond to the “seed” poem:
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
or to any of the poems posted in the Comment box, or you can even start a new thread. All we ask is that you respond to the theme of Light.
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again they twinkle—
new stars beaten out
of an old moon
the sun
exhuming a dead planet
above the flat-line
*
Michael Virga, son of Virginia Ruth
the pen at rest
a shower of stars
my eyes record
my eyes record
a shower of stars
the pen rests
first light
the ethereal phrase
of a wood thrush
before moonrise a pregnant sea
riding on his shoulders moon shadows
stealing
into her harps strings…
moonrise
night owl…
honeymooning
the moon
the silence
of the blinking stars…
radiant moon
a few steps
in a backyard –
the light
25 Bilingual haiku in English and Danish, Handmade 2014.
mid-day meal
my eyes are drawn
to the day-moon
blue sky…
a half-moon
trying to stay awake
opening before dawn…
the morning glories
of my fence
opening before dawn…
the morning glories
on my fence
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
new dawn
stirs new beginnings
promise
fading light
a rainy spell takes
quince petals
spring light
swallows are back today
racing by my window giselle maya – just now got this
i just now received the news of this great project — enclosed are 2 of my haiku, they got printed linked together — i left a space
between them
giselle
the first sun
on the last frost
not yet lilac season
night hush receding
crows calling this silver dawn
this naked pin oak
So ends the EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015.
uniting us
around our vast planet
a thousand fires
Thanks for participating!
thanks for extending the invitation to all
It was fun! :- D
Jonquil
on the hillside
a beacon
a few old hymns
at sunrise
my burden is light
breaking dawn-
my cat leaves a mouse
on the doorstep
moonlight –
the cat steps out
pianissimo
– dedicated to the late John E. Carley, who hated cat poems, but had to admit that Christopher Smart’s ‘My Cat Jeoffry’ was brilliant. 🙂
last light
inside
the fridge
the fridge light burns out
full moon
a flash of white
before the skylark
echoing hills
moonless night . . .
Tasmanian long-eared bats
in my car’s full beam
.
Ron C. Moss
Tasmania, Australia
pipistrelles
above a stubble field
the moon’s cheshire grin
.
– A Hundred Gourds 3,2 (2014)
bus stop
between the twilit reeds
marsh beetles
Summer again…
a rooster crowing
his head off.
.
Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines
rusty sunset the last touch of apprehension
.
Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines
bamboo bloom
the flute notes floating
at dawn
.
Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines
Bach fugue the backlit white blossoms of an apple tree
bamboo thickets
waking up
to the wagtail’s call
miraculous turn
of earth on it’s axis
light of a new day
let sun of new dawn
permeate into spirits;
dark ducks for cover
Mohan Chutani, India
night match
giant bush moths
swirl in the lights
Ron C. Moss
Australia
Early morning, new moon
Visiting yesterday’s light
In 377 moods and times
light alight
the ash of words
ingasped
journey’s end
out on the night’s edge
a robin still sings
.
Billie Wilson – Juneau, Alaska
marsh wren’s trill
the sun ripples onto the mud
escape hatch
I peer into
a blank shell
— Betty Shropshire
Seminole Canyon S.P, TX
autumn moonlight
folded in
the clothes on the floor
on the road…
even the daylight comes
and goes
morning mist
even the road comes
and goes
the way
the light bulb rests
in the rest of the trash
dawn…
at the empty crossroads
the signal blinks
railroad crossing
marsh mud glistens
in the rowboat
the way
light eases
into dawn
chestnut moon–
birthday pudding makes
the baby smile
Cattails, May 2014
old lake–
I feel closeness
to full moon
Iris Haiku Magazine: Award winning Haiku ,UNESCO International Year of Water Co-operation, 2013
mountain sunset
above the shadows
the light
tribal dance–
the moon steps with
everyone
Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Vol.1 No.2 August 2013
light
at the end of the tunnel
his hospital exit
starlight
the cricket’s song
waiting to be heard
Moonlight…
The autumn leaves
Shining
art gallery. . .
the light in the landscape
rendered forever
day’s end. . .
picking out faces
in the sunlit clouds
sunlit clouds
a puppy’s dream
licking its tail
photons off matter
matter
love at first sight
dawn watch
as we hold hands
love at first light
into the dark
how your shadow becomes
footsteps
— Brendon Kent
oceans apart. . .
we write by moonlight
and sunlight
Soft starlight shining
Across the skies between us,
My tiny lamp glows.
the cusp of the storm approaches sunflowers reaching for blue
MRI tomorrow
I listen to the light of
Huge-LQG
it stretched
over the wall –
a candle light
after midnight –
under starless sky my dreams
en route to light
.
.
river reflection
he watches himself
watch the sunset
.
Alan Summers
.
Publications credits: paper wasp spring/oct (3:4) 1997; Haiku Enlightenment, Gabriel Rosenstock Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009) ISBN (10): 1-4438-0521-1, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-0521-6; Paper Wasp Vol. 20 no. 1, autumn 2014
.
dying summer light
the last dance
of ephemera
it rained –
cherry in my garden
with much less light
bamboo leaves glisten
a breeze shakes and stirs the dew
early morning rain
-Honorable Mention, 13th Mainichi Haiku Contest
dawn
dripping in rain
in silent retreat.
first light the uneven path of a honeybee
reply to ‘seed’ poem
last night – moon hidden
but morning’s sun glorious
pen flowing…
full moon
flickering in the ocean
a ball of sardines
— collaboration Margaret Rutley and Sidney Bending
— Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
below the shafts of light whale song
I love the music to this haiku and how the middle line goes with the top or bottom line. It pulls me under the water to see the flash of the fish.
wild rose–
reflecting on the problem
of thorns
shadows fold within shadows of the rose
crossing the lake as waves sunlight
.
Dave Read, Canada
the ligt of the lamp-
the shadow of a butterfly
running on the walls
under the blessed icon
just near the candle
a moth resting
between the moon
and the light of candle
a red geranium
in no time
her face is lighting=
poetry colour
inner light-
this haiku poetry day
within our souls
a frog jumps in
intertextuality
for beginners
the frog jumps
scattering the moon’s reflection
in Basho’s pond
sunlit pollen
a frog jumps
into the sneeze
lost in translation
sparks form Basho’s moon
in the puddle
🙂
My poem
on the tip of the pen.
Eager by moonrise.
My poem
on the tip of the pen.
Eager for moonrise.
How bright the darkness
when once all was time’s shadow
Eternity, born
a Year of Light dawns —
even the wet coffee grounds
glitter!
sun strokes the paint peeling away borders
— Betty Shropshire
Seminole Canyon S.P, TX
across the blue dome of the great basin mustang’s eye
dawn meditation
filling empty spaces
with river song
each new dawn
fire in her eyes
lifting …
the veil of dawn
impatient robin
waking…
the robin’s spirit
within me
when the robin sings a totem of dreams
nightjar dreaming
the dawn comes
just the same
flashlight a few white iris
the fog takes form
as the day breaks
haiku poet
300 years old
this light from another
poet’s pen
dog days
my son paints
red suns
.
Brass Bell 08.2014
Rooster’ s crest so proud
but the rising sun’s red light
is more beautiful
midday heat
the grasshopper jumps
off his shadow
.
World Haiku Review
morning light
the prairie dog stretches
his shadow
Spring-moon cupped
by the bull-elk’s antlers–
pearl in a bracket of horn
light and shadows
a never ending painting
when I wake
painting
the sky peach
dawn
red sky
a sandpiper pecks
the foam
sudden breeze
shimmer of magnolia blooms
in the last light
Light of firework
as bright as the first page of
the new calendar
shining bright
in the gloaming
new laptop’s keys
Highway 55 *
a glimpse of the setting sun
each hairpin bend
Highway 55: Darjeeling, India
light wind in the chimney
embers pulse
black and orange
Highway 55 *
a glimpse of sun-lit peaks
each hairpin bend
Highway 55: Darjeeling, India
roadside museum
above the curator’s crew-cut
flat top mountain
all of us on a strand the sun shines on
dim lights
in a dead of night-
childbirth in progress
newborn child
first encounter
with light
sunlight
on green leaves
for breakfast
– Patricia Donegan
riding the sway-backed barn setting sun
(Frogpond 37:3, Autumn 2014)
a dragon kite
carries the sun
in its mouth
(Tinywords 15.1, February 2015)
moonglow . . .
a thousand jellyfish
in an ocean of sky
(cattails, September 2014)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
sun returns
to the intihuatana–
a lost city found
(Frogpond)
There was a whisper
A distant winter caller
Lost in the darkness
candescent moon …
buddha dripping
liquid light
Kodak museum
sounds of floor boards
in sunlight
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
*
cat on the neighbour’s roof,
who lights your dreams?
*
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
*
*
wind what song do you carry
*
*
Full moon flares the sun
light’s glare to cornered shadows
all secrets alight.
*
from her dark hip the moon’s curve
*
the storm –
a lighthouse beam
probing the darkness
moonless night
algae glow in the bow wave
a flash of lightning
on a bare tree’s top a nest
just for a moment
Third Prize, The 13th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition, 2008, Japan
embracing the trees
the light takes a stroll
down a mountain path
sunbeam…
spider silk supports
the leaning trunk
.
Under the Basho 2014
Maya Lyubenova
black horse
it’s mane inhaling
the moonlight
A Little World Anthology of Haiku Poetry About Horse, Diogen pro cultura, 2013.
the sparkles
in a stallion’s mane . . .
chestnut moon
.
Simply Haiku
sunlight
between its ears
horsefly
crepuscular rays
a Lipizzan foal
begins to suckle
.
– The Heron’s Nest XIV.4, 2012
moonrise…
I stir my reflection
on the pond
sunlit puddle
the monkey’s reflection stares
at me
low fog
dances atop the river
lucent morning
Overcast day.
Only the clock is knowing
about noon.
rustling
risiris
the leaves on watch
agan-aningas dagiti bul-bulong
for rumored dawn
iti nasao nga bannawag
*bilingual in English/Iluko
*Iluko- one of four major languages in 87 dialects of the Philippines
after downpour
the moonlight flows
down the street
dawn again–
parts of us unscathed
from war mongering
A Hundred Gourds September 2014
collared dove morning turns one shade of grey
stone by stone across the river sunrise
going home…
from puddle to puddle
the sun
cloud to cloud. . .
a spot of sunlight
on the old house
the old house
of pleasant memories
from dusk to dawn
Milky white visage
Compliments the winter sky
Pleasure to my eyes
withered field…,
gusts of north wind
shake the stars
I lived in darkness
But now the green of your eyes
Illuminates me.
Morning comes with dawn
The moon’s mystery undone
Lights bleeds from the sun
waning crescent
the face of my mother
fading away
beachside popcorn stand
a boy pulling seagulls
from the sky
all of those pens sickle moon
my father’s chair
rocking the shine
of the moonlight
a clear night –
the full moon glistening
in a glass of wine
rainbow on the wall
the framework overly
small
.
A Hundred Gourds 4:2
on the horizon
together they blossom
the sun and the cherry
.
the moon at noon
lowtide at the bay
a moonstone pebble
the eye of moon
directing its attention
to me
moonlight on the pavement a silver coin
the only coin
in my pocket…
tramp’s moon
seventh day
the blood moon
foreboding
a playful light
animated the butterflies
on the tapestry
silent pebbles –
light from the lanterns streches
to the open sea
unfinished poem
the shadow of a peppered moth
on my ceiling
pruned grape vine-
so much light
in a single drop
dripping
from the tip of an icicle
m
o
o
n
l
i
g
h
t
.
Maya Lyubenova
I love this!
river moon
humming you a tune
tonight
last prayers–
we wrap sunbeams
in a white sheet
the May
connecting to
White Night
ceasefire–
a soldier comes home
wrapped in moonlight
cloudless
a river stone
gathering turtles
sunset…
our wish lamp floats
far into the Ganga
at dusk connecting
to the grandmother Moon –
porch lights off
baby steps…
sunlight slides
on the IV tubes
child’s drawing–
a flare leaves
the other corners empty
April morning…
the sneeze of an old cat
curled in the sun
daybreak
noticeable increase
time to shed your skin
Balanced on life’s wire
We are allowed one mistake
And the chance to fly
Like a spider I’m
Here weaving a wordy web
Catching morning light
I bought the sunset
From a man who laughed at me
Now he begs to watch
gocce di sole
ti innaffiano, cade
luce su luce
hopscotch moon
strewn here to there
globe flowers
— Betty Shropshire
Seminole Canyon S.P, TX
dusk…
the sliding scale
of a the hermit thrush
reply to Onitsura:
will anyone
not be laying aside his lyre?
tonight’s gale
tonight’s moon
in the bare poplars
strobes of light
she gets up and
dances
with the drops of light
fractals emerge
in a kaleidoscope –
first light
Geethanjali Rajan
Chennai, India
TV pixels
break apart
first snow storm
Cyndi Lloyd
Utah, U.S.A.
Neil Armstrong–
baby’s maiden walk
on bright moon day
Commendation Award, The Kloštar Ivanić International Haiku Competition, 2014
wandering tonight
gazing at the distant moon —
my friend in Thailand
JM Reinbold
Wilmington, DE USA
sunset at the creek:
fading colours in the gale
on monitor screen
http://www.met.hu/idojaras/balaton > click “Balaton” monitoring
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
Response:
moon light
through the slatted blinds
stories of childhood
moonbeams
through thin clouds –
the bride whispers
.
Maya Lyubenova
Sketchbook – a Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms
almost dawn –
the light molds a face
in the mud
.
Under the Basho 2014
Maya Lyubenova, Bulgaria
dim morning light
the taped sound of rain
still playing
cloudy sky…
the crow caws out
a sunbeam
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
My response:
window painting
moon close to her shyness
veiled in curtain
Simply Haiku, Vol. 9, No.3&4, Summer 2011
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
My response:
Valentine day—
between you and me
a thin moonlight
A Hundred Gourds, Inaugural Issue, 1:1 December 2011
reddening sky . . .
a radish vendor’s smile
on my face
a yellow leaf
stumbles into the river…
the moon quivers
malgraŭ la nuboj kaj minaca ĉielo… la sun’ revenos #hajko #esperanto / in spite of the clouds and threatening sky… the sun will return #haiku
first light—
the market stall
wet with dew
ripe tomatoes
the stall owner wipes
away a tear
spreading light
a crow let’s go
of it’s first caw
ghost story
a shape beyond the flames
comes towards us
a flicker of light
from my pen to yours
rising sun
nude beach
lingering
sunset
darkness in our soul
Lucifer means the light-bringing –
light is the knowledge
Judit vihar hungary (budapest)
Bright lights and A/C
Sunshine calling through glass windows
Work demanding time
spring lightning!
the rain drop gleam
of a dimple
in the hallways
of the cruise ships
light that never fades
day moon
my pen in violet ink
a wren flutes
day moon…
a seagull over
frosted litter
dull day falling asleep without wishing
night fades
into another dawn
the bruise
kjmunro
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
two bright stars
in the pre-dawn sky:
the hum of traffic
daybreak…
the nightwatchman’s
empty thermos
herring clouds…
the fisherman’s net
heavy with light
.
17th Kusamakura Haiku Contest
Syrupy drawl –
the red sunset
minutes away.
Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines
poems
illuminating the page
another dawn
kjmunro
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
midnight vigil…
the light coming on
one candle at a time
coloring in the dark shapes early dawn
late night bus
the windows lit
with smartphones
EarthRise –
prayer flags flutter towards
sun-lit peaks
A response to:
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
and:
patient lammergeyers
in the cleaver’s sound
blocked sunlight
tonight’s moon
a glint in the eyes
of the lammergeyer
water
in a water glass
three rippling suns
rippling sun
heat wave upon heat wave
of pain
jogging
up a wet-sun hill
hooked on light
in the window the black cat breaking dawn
subtle morning skies
sweep of light across the ridge
dawn wakes to thunder
cry of seagulls
morning moon low in the sky
transparent
morning fog
the sober glow
of street lights
sunrise clouds
red and yellow fossil soils
streak the Badlands
muttering thunder: an annual of fine haiku & art, vol. 1, November 2014
a blue bottle rolls
in the wind
all the things
that wait for us
– Dorothee, Germany
first light
the toddler runs from
his shadow
.
Dave Read, Canada
matins
that much closer to sunrise
a treetop starling
redbreast clouds dawn pays the piper
his spoon
hits the water
sunlight
.
Dave Read, Canada
fog-shrouded dawn the comfort of cooing doves
first light–
suitcases huddle
by the tour bus
April 17, 2015 7:10 am
in the shadow
of the mountain
. . .the still dark. . .the silent
cloudy sunrise
my haiku struggles
with the light
gray dawn
and the piping song
of a Carolina wren
a streak of light…
my cat alarm clock
goes off
absence of clouds
the stranger grins
into his phone
daybreak
floor striped in sunlight—
darkness gone
april morning
the reach of seedlings
toward the sun
warm beckoning kiss
constantly generous star
mother of all life
first light what’s not to believe
my dried-out pen
dents the paper
prayer
a gown of white . .
moonlight follows
the hills and valleys
rolling hill
the crickets’ chirps drown
her starlight
heat lightning
a fox
in the blink of an eye
blink of an eye
the magician’s trick melts
butter in the sun
butter in the sun
her last guests leave
the breakfast table
breakfast table
the sunlight spots
the crumbs
Cyndi Lloyd
Utah, U.S.A.
the sun
comes up
improvising
sunrise . . .
an extra daub
of vermillion
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660
My response:
sunspots
I paint the moon
brighter than the moon
echoes of light
piercing the dawn colours
tremors of silence
( Mainichi Daily News: Haiku in English, December 6, 2012 )
painting the night
with fairies
a ray of light
first light
the third shift
heads home
icy twilight warmed by the glow from home
on this mountain
Gazing at stars
Twilight
glow from home
…the left hand
clasping the right
a lantern
over the village…
full moon
full moon
happy moments dipped
in sunsets
cinnamon sunset
loading more colour
onto my brush
a halo of light
around the pigeon’s wings –
desert heat
– Sandra Simpson (written in Qatar)
desert heat…
desert heated
by a deserted heat
midday heat—
a dove’s shadow etched
in the church step
dawn light the whiteness of David
brush strokes. . .
leaf by leaf
the rising sun
MyPlaceSlowlyTurningTowardsOurStar
the blackbirds
sense it too
:
hands full of light with no effort
:
Surya Namaskar as much as I can
A yard of cat stretched
In the warmest Spring spot, ups
And moves when clouds come.
in this labyrinth
of violence and fear
a tiny light burns
full glow
of a Venice sunset –
Murano glass bowl
.
.
light smashes
through the window blind
birdsong
.
Alan Summers
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And published today:
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corn moon
the jackdaw shifts
its iris
.
Alan Summers
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Publication Credit: Asahi Shimbun (Japan, International Haiku Day April 17th 2015)
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from geysers of Enceladus a spider pauses
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA17191_fig1.jpg
…and published 27 May 2008 on tinywords.com:
salt marsh
sunlight flecks the egret
a red butterfly
quivers on a hibiscus…
shimmering dawn
morning tea
the sky dissolves
into sunrise
twilight
on the village pond
a flurry of white wings
blood moon…
the twitching ears
of a roe deer
shimmering sunlight…
a dark cloud opening
in the silent sky
the sun behind me
a new sun, I walk westwards
I tread on shadows
daybreak…
on the beach just me
and the morning star
twilight
on the village pond
a flurry of white wings
daybreak . . .
seagulls on the lough
replacing stars
light of peace…
a radiant river
in ripples
morning tea
the sky dissolves
into sunrise
shooting star…
too many things
to wish for
throne of freedom…
a bright light flickers
at the crack of dawn
the sunflower faces the sun rises
.
_kala
love dance birds ignoring the sunrise
first light
last night’s rain
cupped in a mushroom
after the rain / fallen camelia / in the moonlight
Mainichi Daily News Sept. 7, 2007
spring offering
heat haze
of butter lamps
lake tide
a duckling returns
to the moonlight
twilight
my child stretches
the end of play
Soft shadows tickle
The terrace, sun dimly
Dapples through Spring leaf growth.
Bright square patch of sun
Slides slowly across the wall.
Summer shining in.
Pale grey light scratches
At the edges of night, dreams
Of more sleep over.
sunrise swallowed by fog —
shadowless woods
a waking dream
bare bones of the radiographer’s tale
At the horizon
sunlight springs with the dolphin
from the Black Current
Greetings from Japan, where the sunshine and the Kuroshio (Black Current in the ocean), flows from the East China Sea past Kagoshima and on to the Pacific Ocean.
Hello sunshine. Kagoshima haiku Unesco sunshine await Dr. Arima.
David, can you contact me at 12shotspur34@gmail.com, please?
Dolphin Bay
dawn and volcano
both erupt
I like mine on my toast, personally.
Hi David. I’ve been trying to reach you. Can you email me at 12shotspur34@gmail.com? Concerning permission to republish an essay of yours in the Foundation Digital Library? Thanks!
Garry Eaton
sunrise…
a sip of spring water
from cupped hands
WHA Haiga Contest
slow dawn
I am still writing
poems
silent night only the string lights Morse coding
dawn light
the birth of a haiku
on my notebook
afternoon sun
strands of white dog hair
glint on the floor
Cyndi Lloyd
Utah, U.S.A.
sunset glow –
her chilled fingertips
in his hand
first light
already a gull glides
the ocean
lingering dark
in the turtledove’s coo
the first rays
Grey light and birds’ song
Raindrops on my window pane
Faraway rainbow.
darkness visible a firefly burns itself out
gentle warm rain / stone lantern moss / hides firefly’s glow
Mainichi Daily News October 15, 2008
triumph of light
over clouds of darkness
a flaming deya
ghost moon…
the clickety-click
of a poem
window sill
spring moonlight gathers
on the dust
Diwali night–
a lone lamp flickers
by his framed photo
new moon night…
the streak left behind
by a shooting star
no moon tonight
instead, stars burn brighter
guiding lights
in the length of a breath shooting star
in response to Onitsura . . .
sound asleep
the morning sun shines
on my poem
morning rush
a dewdrop dangles
the sun
.
Ambrosia- Journal of Fine Haiku Summer – 2010
.
morning prayers
the rising sun between
my hands
.
Ambrosia Journal of Fine haiku – spring 2009
.
call to prayer –
the light of a single star
in your eyes
– Sandra Simpson, New Zealand
symphony of light
throbbing on a waterfall…
aroma of dawn
Excellent haiku, Kala!
Thanks a million, Iliyana 😀
Circumnavigation.
My Magellanic haiku
follows the daybreak.
cloudlight –
but still the cicada
sings
*
– Sandra Simpson, New Zealand
mountain lake
twilight fills the loon’s call
the stillness
passing through me
night sky*
*Except for photons, there are gamma rays, neutrinos, dark energy, and other unknown particles that you have to know how to see their light in the Quantum Electromagnetic soup…
seize the day…
too much of the sun
in my sprouts
sunrise
a line of sand
on the windowsill
a waterfall
pouring sunlight
down the mountain
( 21st Ito-En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest – September,2010 – Merit Award )
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
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My response:
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full moon
a glowing taj mahal
on river Yamuna
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Mainichi Daily News Annual Selection 2008
receding wave…
crab holes breathe
the milky way
.
nearly here
leaving the night sounds
Pacific light
single april rain drops
sunrise without color
still the blackbird sings
slipping in
beneath the kitchen door
—first sunlight
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_kala
Earthrise
the gold visor reflects
Orion
d. f. tweney contributed to the writing of this haiku.
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~danielj/teaching/earthrise.jpg
published 14 May 2007 on tinywords
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
my response:
tonight’s moon
the whiteness
of her hair
worm hole
the fading light
of a firefly
black holes
the last light
loses it’s grip
clouds of terrorism
covering the horizon
light in the tunnel
witching hour …
in a flash of lightning
the face of Buddha
the darkness
pauses for a moment-
forked lightning
from the geysers of Enceladus a spider pauses
full moon glow
pale shadows on poem
half finished
writing haiku
by the light from
my neighbor’s window
dawn snow
pink frosting
on cup cakes
the light
is so bright outside today
after the snow
pink dawn airbrush tints bare twigs
daybreak
the sky too
has its song
daybreak…
the birds sound like they are
glad to be alive
Around the world.
A flock of haiku flying
toward the sunrise.
butterflies
with sunlit wings
a spring wind
stretching to the limit,
a gull winks at the ocean . . .
dangling light
distant cries
the light goes out
with the tide
keeping quiet
the day’s last light
on new grass
after the fall frisson of artificial light
.
Neusaess, Germany
silently
closing the front door
cold brass
in light of
wild violets…
nightcap
ruddy glow / rising orange moon / empty glass
Asahi Shimbun Oct. 29, 2010
robin birds—
rising sun in my
morning dream
in silence
the blessing
of a falling star
crowing cocks reach the morning sun
early dawn–
I learn to muse with
the sound of broom
(Facebook and Banega Swatch Bharat, 2.10.2014)
late love–
borrowed light
from the moon
Sun rise radiates
through a dew drop on the limb
a prism rainbow
Joy Acey
Tucson, AZ
pastel sunrise. . .
softening the morning
headlines
maybe love
casts a different light–
bare branches
red embers/ silhouettes gently sway / moon shadows
AsahiShimbun Oct 16, 2009
highrise
every moon
softened by mist
lights out —
shadows on the street
divining stars
equinox sun
how rhododendrons compete
with monal pheasants
conch shell
the colour
of EarthRise dawn
on a bare twig rain beads what light there is
(Shamrock Haiku Journal #3, Sept. 2007)
sun shower a twig settles in the cloud
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Well, this is the only way I can get published now…
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What the hey…
Owner of a small store in Walnut Creek, Ca. named MING QUONG which means, RADIANT LIGHT. Your theme interested me. Ming Quong is named after the Chinese girl’s orphanage where I was raised in Los Gatos, Ca. ————— Here’s is my haiku.
Ming Quong
in all it’s glory
shining forth with light
the light within
shines not only for us – but for
humanity
radiant light
with all it’s rays
may ours glow
light flickering
among the paperbarks
the missing mare
spring window
a butterfly wants to
follow the morning light
moonlit paper-
my words join their
pencil shadows
floating
on its way to light
… a moth’s wing
first bear
a patch of snowdrops
gathering sun
Billie Wilson – Juneau, Alaska
aquarium light
neon tetras
cruise the tank
full moon plunge roar of waterfall
sun moon faced up & about
sky burial
circling lammergeiers
darken the sun
patient lammergeyers
in the cleaver’s sound
blocked sunlight
skylight cobalt blue crow caws
silver sliver sunlit lough
mountain shrine
Buddha of Boundless Light
in solar eclipse
green dawn
the stone dragon
spreads her wings
-Patrick
singing bowl . . .
the time it takes
to hold the moon
sun dog
a scoop of ice cream
for the house guest
rising moon / purplish pink sunset / a la mode
Asahi Shimbun April 19, 2011
breaking dawn-
i wake to a chorus
of native birds
Auschwitz –
blackbird’s beak of sun
pecks the ice
afternoon sun
her open book slips
to the floor
a beacon
far off…
native home
country roads
reflections of light
from new steel roofs
lightening sky
cutting through the mist
an oarsplash
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, UK
glacial peak. . .
the shifting shades
of sunrise
illumination-
on the poetry day writing with
a white crane feather
sunrise. . .
my poem on the wings
of cormorants
sunlight on the lough rising with this seagull
the grey heron’ s wingspan sunrise clouds
once a month
the river of moonlight
across the water
sunlit lough
this desire to walk
on water
river of stars / long green bamboo pole / fishing for dreams
Mainichi Daily News ‘Daily Haiku Selection’ July 17, 2009
early dawn–
millions of stars
in dark
first light
a newborn
opens her eyes
crack of dawn
taking a shot at
a selfie
dim porch light
the white moth scribbles
a death poem
(Acorn, Spring 2015)
nightlight batting of moth wings against my dreams
prison lockdown
an elusive
spring moon
dawn chorus
the night shift spills out
into the street
student party –
everyone leaves to study
the sunrise
early spring light
the wind-chime livelier
than before
Bruce Ross
Maine, USA
will anyone
not be taking up his pen?
tonight’s moon
— Onitsura (1660 – 1738)
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My responses:
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awaken
without alarm,
Spring light
.
springlight –
a quince in a wink
on the tree
Poetry day’s sunrise –
Clasp the hands and know the thoughts
of men in other lands
Jo(sette) Pellet