Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 7 "forgive"

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Day 7 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge is on. Today's prompt forgive is a tough one. But it's a prompt which is especially for this time of year. Why? Because it's Easter. Today it's Silent Saturday (as we call the saturday before Easter) and it's a day of contemplation and meditation.

Today I will try that unique 3-5-3 haiku form.

forgive

meditate today

roses bloom

roses bloom

between bare branches -

broken wings

broken wings

a little bird flew against the window

forgive me please

forgive me please

I have broken the crystal vase

of my grandmother

of my grandmother

I found a youth photo

she was a beauty

she was a beauty

the rose I broke today

forgive me

forgive me

with tears in her eyes

she asked me

she asked me

deep from the heart

forgive

See you again tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 6 "hope"

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Today's prompt is hope it's a nice theme especially as we see in which time we are living. Today it is Good Friday (as we call it here in the Netherlands, it's the friday before Easter) and Easter stands in my opinion for Hope, new life and Spring. Spring the season of hope. Mother Earth is coming alive again. Everywhere I look flowers are blooming, trees are blooming, trees began to grow and you can see that nice touch of young green on the bare branches, buds beginning to open, birds and all other animals begin to reproduce ... it's all new life, it's really spring. And that's a wonderful theme for haiku. So this is my contribution for todays prompt.

Blooming cherry trees at Lake Biwa (Japan)

spring is here again

Mother Earth's face changes

becomes alive

becomes alive

our Lord Jesus Christ has risen 

conquered death

conquered death

all nature's coming to bloom

bringing new hope

bringing new hope

pigeons making love

in the Cherry Tree

in the Cherry Tree

a Magpie building his nest

spring is here again

Credits by Aryma: Thai Magpie

Well .... see you tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 5 "waves"

It's really a challenge to write a haiku (or senryu) every day. But I am a challenger so I have to go on. Today the prompt is waves in my country (The Netherlands) we are living with the sea so this must be an easy one.

waves breaking down

rolling on the deserted beach -

thundering breaker

thundering breaker

seagulls crying high in the sky

searching for food

searching for food

between the garbage

waifs and strays

waifs and strays

seeking warmth together

this cold winter night

this cold winter night

a thunderstorm scourges the beach

waves breaking down

Well ... enjoy the read.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 4 "doubt"

A new day in the April Challenge of Haiku Heights. Again a tough prompt "doubt". I have searched for some synonyms of this .... I found confusion, hesitation and ambiguity with those words I will try to write some new haiku.

I am confused

winter has departed

snow in april

snow in april

without hesitation flowers bloom

colors between white

Tulips in the snow

colors between white

such a strange ambiguity

for Mother Earth

for Mother Earth

no doubts at all today

I am confused

See you tomorrow for another challenge for the Haiku Heights April Challenge.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 3 harbor

Hello all,

Day 3 of Haiku Heights April Challenge. Until now I had no problem to write a haiku on the given prompts, but this one harbor isn't easy. But ... never say never ... so I tried and came up with the following haiku.

young dolphins

stranded in the city harbor

hear their sadness

hear their sadness

lost and alone in shallow waters

without their mother

without their mother

crying their lungs out

young dolphins

Portofino Harbor

Well .... see you all tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 2 "deserted"

Day 2 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge. Today ... deserted. A word I know and maybe can use for a new haiku. Let's go ...

deserted desert

every where you look sand -

the trail of a desert snake

the trail of a desert snake

crafting a wonderful sand sculpture

towards the oasis

towards the oasis

finally found water and man

deserted desert

Credits: dessert snake (sidewinder)

See you tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 1 "eager"

Well ... finally the Haiku Heights April Challenge has started. A new challenge to write haiku every day on a given prompt. Today's prompt is EAGER . English is, as you maybe know (and sometimes can read), not my maiden language. So I am not so familiar with Eager. I have search the internet and found a few synonyms of eager e.g. ambitious, desirous and longing. Those are words I can understand so I will try to write a few haiku with those words and maybe some other synonyms.

Well ... let's do this!!!

yearning for spring

the frost makes nature suffer -

snowdrops are blooming

snowdrops are blooming

they are longing for spring

after the dark winter

after the dark winter

restless cherry blossom buds

starting to bloom

starting to bloom

the old apple tree garden

yearning for spring

See you tomorrow, for another day in the Haiku Heights April challenge.