The Haiku Challenge, day 10

Written for The Haiku Challenge 2012 - Day 10 – February 10th – Theme: Write a Haiku describing about a Special day in your life...

I started writing this day's entrance for the Haiku Challenge a few days ago. It made me feel a little bit sad that I couldn't start with a new haiku, because the theme wasn't known right then. So I wrote 'ins blauen hinein' and go with the flow.

dazzling thunder
in the middle of the night
New Year's Eve

Just an impromptu verse, maybe it fits with the "surprise theme".

Well it didn't fit the surprise theme, but I had to save this one for this day's challenge.

OK ... back to today's theme: describe with a haiku a Special day in your Life. Well ... let me look. I had to thought very deep to find a Special Day in my life. It did cost me some time, but I came up with the following Special Day.
I don't know the exact date, but I was very surprised to learn that a haiku of mine had gotten a honorable mention in the haiku-invitational (a haiku-contest) of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. This international success occurred in 2010. The following haiku was the one which got the honorable mention:

the cooing of pigeons
between blooming cherry trees -
the cool rain

I was, for sure, honored. I had never thought that one of my haiku could win something like a honorable mention. But it did. With this haiku my name as an international haiku-poet was set.

Another Special Day, was last year December 2011, when I got my copy of "Spasms of Life", an anthology of haiku and other Japanese poetry published by Wonder Haiku Worlds, an international website about haiku and other Japanese poetry. In that anthology eight haiku and one senryu composed by me were contributed. I was honored and proud to read my haiku in such a prestigious anthology. It dazzled me. After starting my second blog Basho Revisited I was asked to write essays about Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) for Wonder Haiku Worlds.

Just a few special days in my life. I am happy that my haiku are so well known and it makes me humble ... to see what my haiku can do with others.

I live with haiku
this short Japanese verse
makes me happy

so less words
to say a lot
that's haiku

haiku my life
haiku the air I breath
I am all haiku


See you tomorrow.

Gooseberry Garden: Poetry Picnic week 14 'what I am thankful for in my life

Gooseberry Garden: The Poetry Picnic

Well another Poetry Picnic with a new and nice theme "What I am Thankful for in my life". I have a lot to be thankful for. I have a good health, a nice and wonderful family, I have a job, I became a oncology nurse and my international break through as a haiku poet.
And for sure I am very thankful for all those nice comments given on my haikublog.

a wonderful heart
radiating with intense love
for the world

a world full of
wonderful poetry and friends
precious

thanks to the world
for all the wonderful things
in my life

Credits: Bright Sky

This 'haiku like' poem I wrote for Gooseberry Garden: Poetry Picnic Week 14 come and look for yourself.


Sincerely,

SPASMS OF LIGHT, the Wonder Haiku Worlds Anthology

As you already know, am I a member of the International website Wonder Haiku Worlds This September Wonder haiku Worlds has published her first Anthology of poetry by their members. In that anthology titled "Spasms Of Light", eight of my haiku were selected.
I am glad to know that, however I am already internationally known, this will set the crown on my work as a haiku poet. This means my International breakthrough.

For details go to: Amazon.com

Sincerely,

WONDER HAIKU WORLDS

Hello dear visitors,

In my list of links you can find the website: wonder haiku worlds. It's a great website about haiku and all different Japanese poetry. You can post your poems and give comments on others, but you can also provide translations of the poetry.
I myself am a member of this website and it's always a joy to publish my haiku and to read the comments of my fellow members.
I love to promote Wonder Haiku Worlds Go to the website and look arounf and maybe you will become a member of this website.

Sincerely,

Chevrefeuille

the scent of Honeysuckle
dreaming of my beloved wife -
a Nightingale's voice