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.

Emerging music and haiku

For




And their Thursday Think Tank on "music".
And also published for: Haiku My Heart

Music was always my first love until I discovered haiku. Music became less interesting and writing haiku became my passion. In this weblog I will try to combine both. So I will write a few new haiku (impromptu) with music (or an association on it) as theme.
the sound of naturerustling leaves, singing cicadasmusic of Mother Earth
music of Mother Earththe cherry blossoms coming to bloomwithout sound

without sound
winter departs on bare feetsnowdrops blooming
snowdrops bloomingthe drizzling spring rainthe sound of nature

Well I think that I have succeeded in emerging both passions.

Blue Monday "Here comes Easter"

 Published for Blue Monday

Today I ran into the wonderful weblog Smiling Sally and was glad to read this weblog and also to see that Smiling Sally has a every week Blue Monday challenge. As you all know ... I love challenges so I will try to write a few haiku with Blue Monday as theme.

Well .... let's go do it.

Morningglory blooms
in the front of the old mansion
for a Blue Monday

Blue skies
cloud patches
a dragonkite

a dragonkite
high in the blue sky
just like yesterday

'Till next Blue Monday,

Blessed Be,

The Mag # 110

Credits: Duane Michals

For The Mag another paint the picture challenge. I have written a haiku along to this wonderful photograph by Duane Michals. A little bit different from my other haiku I think, but I love doing this painting with words. So enjoy the read.

together as one
mirror mirror on the wall
separated again

 Well ... 'till next week's The Mag.

Spring haiku

cherry blossoms bloom

their perfume is overwhelming

spring rain

Haiku Heights "Endurance" #112

Also published for: The Poetry Picnic of the Gooseberry Garden

Another Haiku Heights Saturday has come. I first thought with this prompt "endurance" I couldn't write a haiku. So I have searched for the meaning of endurance and after that I searched for some synonyms which I could maybe use to write a few haiku at least one haiku.
I found the following synonyms: ability, bearing, cool, courage, patience, strength and guts. I will not use them all, but I have a vision for writing a haiku.

bearing the cross
along the Via Dolorosa -
spring has come


spring has come
her patience was strong
during the winter


during the winter
nature is growing in strength
to bloom again in spring


to bloom again in spring
we need the strength of who was
bearing the cross

Have a good weekend.