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WHCbeginners - Haiku

 

Haiku selections by:
an'ya, Director of WHC Beginners, Mentor, Oregon, USA
Alison Williams, Mentor, Southampton, England, UK
Sue Mill, Mentor, Brisbane, AU
Kirsty Karkow, Mentor, Maine, USA

Arne Jerx, Mørkøv, Denmark

havedammen
katten betragter fiskene
under tynd is

garden pond
the cat is watching fish
under thin ice

arne jerx

Ashe Wood, Exeter, England, UK

a silver sixpence
from my mother's hand
the scent of soap  

Ashe

Dagna, Essex, England, UK

Fog on the river --
The ferry pushes upstream
Towards the bright lights

Dagna

Gary Warner, USA

whistling teakettle
the snow on his boots
begins to melt

gary warner

Jason Crickmer, Texas, USA

All night bullfrogs sung
From the flooded dry creek bed.
A Japanese day.

Jason Crickmer

Joachim Sekel, USA

high above the roof
wild geese are flapping, honking --
my neighbors gossip.

Joachim Sekel

Jon Bodnar, Indiana, USA

winter morning --
the crow's caw circles
overhead

Jon Bodnar

Stu Goldman, New Jersey, USA

Peeled orange -
wrapped in a ribbon of rind
memories of my father

Stu Goldman

Louise Linville, Florida, USA

dressing up
and playing hopscotch --
class reunion

louise linville

Lynette M. Arden, Norwood S.A, AU

a shower of twigs
we crane our necks to count
currawong fledglings

Lynette M. Arden

Mike Farley, Montana, USA

stillness
along this snowpacked road
. . . noises of small birds

Mike Farley

Linda Papanicolaou, California, USA

abandoned lot
feral flowers overrun
the sidewalk  

Linda Papanicolaou

Ray Rasmussen, Alberta, CA

purple once
the gray thistle slumps
toward earth

ray rasmussen

Zhanna P. Rader, RU/ USA

 

Coming home...
sawdust remnants where we played
"king of the mountain"  

Zhanna P. Rader

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