Haiku Heights, prompt "gem"

Did you have a good week? I hope so. I had a busy day at work and with writing essays for Wonder Haiku Worlds about haiku written by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) a haikumaster. I also started a new weblog about Matsuo Basho on which I publish the same essays. Every essay tells something about a haiku by Basho and in every episode I write (or try to write) a new haiku in the Spirit of Basho.
Well ... back to this weeks Haiku Heights prompt "gem". Gem or the synonyms jewel, treasure or pearl. Again a challenge to write some new haiku with this prompt, but ... I have to try of course.

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

a gem stone
found among the goods
of grandma

in the moonlit night
walking on the seashore
necklace of pearls

it's my treasure
grandma's necklace of pearls
the jewelry box


the shining stars
of the Milky Way
looking like pearls

inbetween leaves
the twinkling of raindrops
nature's treasure


Well .... I think this was a nice prompt. Hope you did like my haiku :)


'till next week

The Gooseberry Garden Poetry Picnic "children"

The Gooseberry Garden's Poetry Picnic

For The Gooseberry Garden a few haiku about children and their actions. It wasn't easy, but I have search my data base of haiku and found some nice haiku with children as theme (or their actions). There could be a haiku you have read earlier on this weblog, but also new ones:

on the beach
next to the prints of the little boy
an empty shell

peacock throne

my granddaughter
wedged between the cushions
on the peacock throne

a peacock throne is a large chair with a large fan-like back


the little child sobs
'I want to cross it!' -
the rainbow bridge

on bare feet
a street urchin plays
in the snow


the pouring rain
young boys playing on the beach
soaking wet


an abandoned shell
cracks under the foot of a child -
cicadas singing


little birdie, little birdie!
the little child screams
on the golf course

look daddy!
the little child yelled
the full moon

And a last one, about questions of children.

cochlea (or snail house)

empty cochlea
hidden under fallen leaves
'where lives that snail?'

Well I think this has to be it. Children, love them, they are so pure and honest.

Sincerely,

Until the next Poetry Picnic.

Brilliance

Again a week has flown away, surely this new year ... time flies :). This weeks prompt of the Sensational Haiku Wednesday is brilliance. I will see if I can write a haiku with this prompt.

days of brilliance
the cherry trees in full bloom
in my old backyard


my first classical
Basho's haibun Narrow Road
what a brilliance


honeysuckle -
the queen of  mansion's garden
Ah! which brilliance

Until the next week,

Sincerely,

Also published for:

One Single Impression prompt 202 "invincible"

One Single Impression

For One Single Impression I have written the next haiku on the prompt "invincible". Not an easy to do haiku I thought, but I have succeeded.

invincible
the song of the Nightingale
makes my day

in the cobweb
the little spider is waiting
he's invincible


a lonely flower
stands strong in the autumn storm
unconquerable

I loved doing this one on the prompt "invincible"


Sincerely,

HAIKU HEIGHT's prompt 101 "page"

Mm a tough one this weeks prompt "page". How do I write a haiku with this prompt? I don't no yet ... but I have to try of course or else my name wouldn't be Chèvrefeuille :).

on the way home
I read several pages

of Basho's haiku


pageboy renaissance

the pageboy
a young chrysanthemum
for his master

Well ... I don't know, but I think ...



FIRST TIME WITH LAUGHTER

For The Purple Treehouse haiku with a smile :)


This is the first time I will try to write some haiku/senryu with a smile or humour. Haiku and Senryu were always in the classical Japanese literature based on humour. So I have to try this. It will not be easy for me, because I am not such a guy with jokes and humour. I am a serious guy when it's about haiku (my passion), but ... well I never have run away for a challenge ... so let's go.

First I would like to give a haiku by Basho in which I think you can see humour:

ought one laugh or cry
when my Morning Glory
withers up


Credits: Morning Glory


Two by myself:

laugh at me
when I put my glasses on
I am an old man


such a hot day
my shadow needs to cool down
under the willow

Well ... I hope you did laugh :)

Sincerely,

SENSATIONAL HAIKU WEDNESDAY prompt "resolve"

Another Sensational haiku Wednesday. This time the prompt is "resolve". It's not an easy one, but I will give it a try. And I shall try to hold on this time to the classical syllables 5-7-5. It's not really my way of writing haiku, but I have to try that. This also is a challenge ... and maybe sensational too.

puzzle resolved
the sound of a waterfall
makes me happy

Japan: Cherry Blossom Dream Place (credits)

cherry blossoms bloom
resolving bare branches
the first day of Spring

Wow! This wasn't easy, but I succeeded. This was a challenge, and I think maybe I should write more haiku in the classical 5-7-5 form.

Sincerely,

Haiku Heights, prompt "travel"

 

First A Happy New Year to you all.

A new week has come, another prompt to be creative with. This weeks prompt "travel". As you can read on my blog I am a big fan of Matsuo Basho, a haiku master. Basho was a traveller and made several journeys through Japan. His most known journey was his Journey to the Deep North. He wrote a haibun (prose and haiku emerged) about this Journey.

on my way
to the Deep North of Japan
just like Basho

credits: Mother Earth

I am a traveller
through Mother Earth's nature
Ah! Nature

in my dreams
I am a all time traveller
through poetry

Sincerely,

Looking forward a new year has come

The Poetry Picnic

For the Poetry Picnic of The Gooseberry Garden I have written the following haiku.

new years day
the fireworks
are the same

looking forward
listening to the wind of New Year
the rustling of trees

in my garden
on New Years Day
a tree in bloom

a whole new year
lays in front of me
what shall it bring?


Sincerely,


HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

SENSATIONAL HAIKU WEDNESDAY, prompt "review"

Another sensational haiku wednesday ... this week "review", looking back at the end of the year. How was it? This year was ... great ... I became an International known haiku-poet, the first anthology was published of Wonder Haiku Worlds and to that anthology I contributed 8 haiku and 1 senryu. It was a great honour for me.
And ofcourse this website of my. Yes ... I really had a great year.

another year
has passed away again
the same moon

the same moon
behind gunpowder fumes
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve
after the fireworks
Ah! that silence

Ah! that silence
the first day of a new year
the wind of last year

the wind of last year
plays with bare branches
nothing has changed


HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR WITH LOT's OF INSPIRATION


Sincerely,