Haiku Heights April Challenge 2013, Candle

Inspired by the theme at

Today our prompt in the A2Z Challenge of Haiku Heights is Candle so I have to write a haiku with that prompt. Hm ... that must be easy ... though I had the need for some time to compose this one.


candle in the wind
dancing shadows on the wall -
souls climbing to Heaven

Well ... It has become a spiritual one today.

Haiku Heights April Challenge 2013, Butterfly

Inspired by the theme at

Today the Haiku Heights prompt is Butterfly, a nice prompt I think and I love to share a few haiku on this prompt.

in the Buddleia
fluttering of fragile wings
waving on the wind

Another one:

waving on the wind
butterflies resting in the sun
on the Buddleia


And a nice set of Butterfly haiku to enclose this post:


the cobweb scattered
by the fluttering of wings
a blue butterfly

on the verandah
a yellowish butterfly
the light of sun down

  Well ... see you tomorrow again.  

Haiku Heights April 2013 challenge, Ascent

Inspired by the theme at

Today the Haiku Heights April 2013 Challenge has started. It's a while ago that I posted a weblog-post for Haiku Heights, but today I will start again with posting for Haiku Heights. I hope to succeed, because my own daily haiku meme Carpe Diem will need my attention too.

The first prompt for this April Challenge of Haiku Heights is "Ascent", not an easy one, but I think I can write a haiku with it.


spiritual quest
leads me towards the mountains
ascension is near

ascension is near
finally I will become
enlightened

Well ... it wasn't an easy start, but I am glad that I succeeded. Hope to see you tomorrow again.

Namaste

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 30 "zest"

We have come at the end of our April Challenge. Today day 30, the last day. I am glad to have participated in this Haiku Heights April Challenge and I loved to be a part of it.

I have read wonderful haiku during this month and really ... it was a challenge. Thank you all for participating and for your nice contributions to it. 

Today the prompt is zest I didn't know the meaning of it so (again) I had to do some research on it. I ran into the following meaning and synonyms:

the basic meaning of it is enthusiasm and I have found a few synonyms for it. For example: sparkle, yearning, devotion, energy and liveliness. This will not be an easy one, but I have to do it to enclose this April Challenge of Haiku Heights. Thank you Leo for giving me (us) the opportunity to be part of it.

with enthusiasm

I started writing for this

haiku challenge

haiku challenge

brought me some new insights

sparkling eyes

Sparkling Eyes (steady shot from War Horse the movie

sparkling eyes

as I read the haiku of our friends

my heart is yearning

my heart is yearning

for another challenge of haiku

feeling sad right now

feeling sad right now

but with devotion I write on

with enthusiasm

Well ... our Haiku Heights April Challenge ends today ... it was a tough ride, but I have enjoyed it very much. See you again ... in another haiku challenge.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 29 "Poet's Choice"

Day 29 Poet's Choice, nice to see you all again here. Maybe some of you have read the haiku which I contribute for today's Poet's Choice, but the most of you I don't think have read this one.
I have contributed it to The Lenten Haiku Journey of Terri/Cloaked Monk and love to share it here with you all. Today is day 29 we have still one day to go and than this Haiku Heights April Challenge will end.
So see you all next day ... the last day of our April Challenge.


dark wintertime
searching for new life
snowdrops bloom


snowdrops bloom
no one can see them right now
a dark winter day


a dark winter day
finally regaining sight
I can see snowdrops


I can see snowdrops
finally spring has come -
dark wintertime

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 28 "clarity"

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There we are again for a new day in our April Challenge of Haiku Heights. This day it's all on clarity, the prompt given by Becca Givens, clarity (in dutch helderheid) has a few synonyms for example brightness, purity and serenity. All words which I can use for today's haiku. So lets start.

bright sunlight

reflects on the white wall

shadows moving

shadows moving

making my kids anxious

I caress them

I caress them

in their purity and serenity

my adult kids

my adult kids

standing in our garden

bright sunlight

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 27 "temptation"

Hello to you all dear Haiku Heights April Challengers. Another day in our challenge. Today the prompt is temptation not an easy one I think, but I have never missed a prompt (here on Haiku Heights or on other sites) so here we go for another challenging day.

what a temptation

all the wonderful people

in the mall

in the mall

gold and diamonds scintillate 

screaming "buy me, buy me"

screaming "buy me, buy me"

time of christmas shopping

what a temptation

See you next day.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 25 & 26, "kismet" & "melody"

Hello fellow challengers, as earlier this week I have to write contributions for two days together. So here we go to catch up.

Today's prompts "kismet" and "melody" are the themes. First I didn't know "kismet" I had never heard of it, so I had to search for the meaning. As I found "kismet" derives from Turkish and Hindu-Urdu and means fate or destiny. So I will use these for my haiku.

Day 25: "kismet" (meaning: fate or destiny)

was it my fate?

when I ran into my destiny

as a nurse

as a nurse

I am used to sadness

but at home?

but at home

I am the father of two

that's my destiny

that's my destiny

caring for the ill and my kids

was it my fate?

Day 26: "melody"

in the spring breeze

the wind chime sounds 

with every step

with every step

the melody of spring rain

follows me

follows me

the melody of a Buddhist chant

Om Mani Padme Hum

Om Mani Padme Hum

resonates in my heart and soul

in the spring breeze

Credits: Om Mani Padme Hum

I think Day 25 "kismet" isn't really a good one, but it came right from my heart. See you all tomorrow again (I hope).

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 23 & 24 "mesmerize" and "bliss"

Well ... here I am again. I missed a day and have to catch up with all your magnificent poets. So let's go do it.

Day 23 "Mesmerize":

I didn't know the meaning of this word so I had to search for it and I found the next meaning, hypnotize, fascinate and stupefy. With only fascinate I can write a few new haiku, because that's a word I can understand and use in a sentence.

all day long

birds flying to and fro 

so fascinating

so fascinating

to see how birds build their nests

with so little

with so little

leaves, feathers and branches

they fly

they fly

to and fro

all day long

Day 24 "bliss":

Another word I didn't know the meaning of, but ... well you know what I am doing when I don't know the words.

finally spring

happiness all around

what a joy

what a joy

after the dark winter

cherry trees blooming

cherry trees blooming

waving in the soft spring breeze

this is paradise

this is paradise

birds flying to and fro

finally spring

Well I hope to see you again next day, but I don't know if I am going to make it to write a new haiku. I have to work, so I don't think I have time to write.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 22 "still"

For Haiku Heights April Challenge day 22:

silence

listening to the rain

this morning

this morning

the birds celebrate

a new day

a new day

has gone by

silence

See you all tomorrow

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 21 "serendipity"

Day 21 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge is on. The prompt for today is serendipity I didn't know this word or it's meaning. So I had to search for the meaning and maybe some synonyms for it. I ran into the following meaning 'accidental discovery', (in dutch we say per ongeluk, toevallig) I found also a few synonyms for serendipity. E.g. blessing, good luck and good fortune. Well I now know the meaning of serendipity and i will try to write a few haiku with it.

a short verse

with roots in the Far East

found by accident

found by accident

a lovely short poetry form

Japanese haiku

Japanese haiku

a blessing to my writing skills

say more with less

say more with less

I fell in love with haiku

a short verse

See you tomorrow again.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 20 "renovation"

Today's my birthday, I am almost 50 (next year) time to renovate?

Day 20 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge. The prompt for today is renovation. What does this mean? Make old things new I think and beautiful. Is this also something for a human?

almost fifty
time to renovate?

I don't think so

I don't think so
feeling good and looking good
the years will come

the years will come
and it doesn't matter to me
I feel young

I feel young 
writing haiku, enjoy life very much
almost fifty

See you tomorrow again. For another day of the Haiku Heights April Challenge.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 19 "Honeybees"

Another day in haiku paradise of Haiku Heights. Today the prompt is "honeybees". This week I heard a terrible story about honeybees. All over the world they are dying in great groups. Science tries to find the reason, but 'till now they haven't found a reason for it. So today's contribution to the Haiku Heights April Challenge is a sort of memorial haiku for the Honeybees.

all over the world

honeybees are dying -

flowers never bloom again

flowers never bloom again

Mother Earth's face will be 

colorless

colorless

no more fruits to eat

all over the world

Credits: Honeybee

See you tomorrow. 

PS. They have found the cause of the increase of dying honeybees. Clicl on the subscript under the picture and read it for yourself.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 18 "white"

Day 18 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge is on.

white world

in just one long night

finally winter

finally winter

frosty night has carved

wonderful trees

Credits: Ice on window

wonderful trees

covered with fresh snow

crystalizing sunlight

crystalizing sunlight

the backyard covered with snow

white world

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 17 "wonder"

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Wonder the prompt for today. What's wonder, is it a wonder? Jesus did wonders, but what are wonders? We are living in a wonderful world. It's a miracle ...

wonderful spring

nature's coming to life

colors Mother Earth

it's a wonder

winter departed again

cherry blossoms bloom

miracles happen

in the tiniest things

daisies blooming

it's a miracle

to see how nature comes to life

every day again

See you again tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 16 "being"

Day 16 of the Haiku Heights April Challenge, we are on our way for the second part of the challenge. So we have still 15 days to go. Today's prompt being is a nice one. I think I can write a few haiku on that theme.

Let's go doing it ....

love being here

an every day challenge

to write haiku

to write haiku

a poetry form which is part of my being

I am living haiku

I am living haiku

my whole body is breathing haiku

haiku ... my life

haiku ... my life

as once it was the life of Basho

so it's mine

so it's mine

these new haiku for the challenge

love being here

Chèvrefeuille 

See you tomorrow!

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 15 "alive"

I am in the nightshift so on this day 15 I will also write the contributions for  day 13 (warmth) and 14 (aura) .But nevertheless I don't quit of course. The prompt for today is alive and that's an understandable word for me. So this day I could write a bit relaxed and easy. Well ... it wasn't easy, but a lot easier as e.g. coherent as we had on April 12th.

April 13th: Warmth

compassionate
smiling Buddha on His way
to enlightenment

to enlightenment
I hope I will succeed
through writing haiku

 

through writing haiku
I can feel the warmth of nature
deep within me

deep within me
writing haiku for the world
compassionate


April 14th: Aura

circle of light
around all nature
strong energy field


strong energy field
I can feel her strenght struggling
for her life

for her life
still good memories of youth
her heart cries

her heart cries
only child parted from her
dying all alone

dying all alone
with a smile on her face
circle of light


April 15th: Alive

cherry trees blossoming
nature is coming to life
in bright sunlight

in bright sunlight
the sunflowers look like real suns
what a sight!

what a sight
waves rolling over each other
breaking on the beach

breaking on the beach
a sailing ship stranded
in the spring storm

in the spring storm
the fragile young flowers
cherry trees blossoming

Well it wasn't easy to write such a long series of haiku, but I have catched up. See you tomorrow. 

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 12 "coherent"

Day 12 of our Haiku Heights April Challenge is on. The theme is "coherent". I didn't know the meaning of coherent so I had to search (again) for the meaning and synonyms of coherent. Coherent means understandable and I found the next synonyms of coherent crystal, manifest, sharp, plain and simple.

crystal clear

fresh fallen snow in the backyard -

in the full moonlight

in the full moonlight

waving branches sharp and bare

winter landscape

winter landscape

departing geese, leaving the cold,

snow is falling

snow is falling

covering Mother Earth's body

crystal clear

See you tomorrow.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 11 "possible"

Day 11 in our Haiku Heights April Challenge. Not an easy one for today ... possible ... a tough one I think. So I have searched for synonyms for possible and came up with the following series of synonyms: available, breeze (in the non-formal way), desirable, hopeful and promising. So for today I will try to use these in my contribution to the Haiku Heights April Challenge.

promising dreams

in the midst of the summer
her first born child


her first born child
lies in her arms sobbing
hopeful new day


hopeful new day
available in yellowish
a great sunflower

Credits: Van Gogh Sunflowers

a great sunflower
desirable to bright sunlight
bows his head to earth

bows his head to earth
a possible new flower opens
promising dreams

Well ... not entirly what I would like it to be, but ... this is a experiment ... painting with words without saying something ... No not a great contribution I think.

Haiku Heights April Challenge, day 10 "summer"

Another day in the Haiku Heights April Challenge. Today summer is the theme. A little bit early maybe, but why not write a haiku on summer.

in the bright sunlight

seagulls against the blue sky

praying to the sun

praying to the sun

all over the beach sunbathers

trying to become tanned

trying to become tanned

this summer holiday in Spain

in the bright sunlight

Credits: Sunbathing cat

See you tomorrow.

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