Featuring these wonderful haiku written for the #HaikuSeed burning
burning memories
– sake, rice, companions
flying to the moon
crisp fall air
piles of leaves
colors burning
– Linda, @LinderLeeL
Month: February 2022
Peony / #HaikuSeed / Daily Haiku Prompt
#HaikuSeed / 23 Feb, 2022
peony
Try to use a kigo (seasonal word/reference/context) in your haiku, be it the prompt word itself or something else you find apt. Hoping some great haiku sprout from this Haiku Seed.
A Few Reminders About Writing Haiku:
- A good haiku consists of two images juxtaposed together using as simple a language as possible allowing the reader to visualize the scene and fill all the things left unsaid.
- Usually in haiku, one image acts as a fragment and the other as a phrase. These two are traditionally separated by a keriji (cutting word). In English, we make use of punctuation like ellipses (…), em-dash (—) and other characters to denote a cut/break between the two images. This break between the two images in the haiku has a lot of significance and plays a major role in how deep and vivid your haiku becomes in the reader’s mind. It is not merely a punctuation!
- The #HaikuSeed prompt is just that – a seed. Your haiku need not feature the prompt word as long as the haiku is triggered from the prompt word and contains some aspect relevant to the prompt word.
Mountain / #HaikuSeed / Feature with Commentary
Featuring haiku written for the #HaikuSeed mountain
winter clouds
the mountain I didn’t climb
last summer
again climbing yesterday’s mountain
– Hege A. J. Lepri, @hegelincanada
– Paul M, @pmll3r
Age / #HaikuSeed / Daily Haiku Prompt
#HaikuSeed / 22 Feb, 2022
age
Try to use a kigo (seasonal word/reference/context) in your haiku, be it the prompt word itself or something else you find apt. Hoping some great haiku sprout from this Haiku Seed.
A Few Reminders About Writing Haiku:
- A good haiku consists of two images juxtaposed together using as simple a language as possible allowing the reader to visualize the scene and fill all the things left unsaid.
- Usually in haiku, one image acts as a fragment and the other as a phrase. These two are traditionally separated by a keriji (cutting word). In English, we make use of punctuation like ellipses (…), em-dash (—) and other characters to denote a cut/break between the two images. This break between the two images in the haiku has a lot of significance and plays a major role in how deep and vivid your haiku becomes in the reader’s mind. It is not merely a punctuation!
- The #HaikuSeed prompt is just that – a seed. Your haiku need not feature the prompt word as long as the haiku is triggered from the prompt word and contains some aspect relevant to the prompt word.
Kimono / #HaikuSeed / Feature
Featuring haiku written for the #HaikuSeed kimono
peony blossoms
her youth flowering
in a silk kimono
departing geese
the flutter of her kimono
in the breeze
– Marilyn Ward, @deer_ward
– Arvinder Kaur / @arvinder8
Summer / #HaikuSeed / Daily Haiku Prompt
#HaikuSeed / 21 Feb, 2022
summer
Try to use a kigo (seasonal word/reference/context) in your haiku, be it the prompt word itself or something else you find apt. Hoping some great haiku sprout from this Haiku Seed.
A Few Reminders About Writing Haiku:
- A good haiku consists of two images juxtaposed together using as simple a language as possible allowing the reader to visualize the scene and fill all the things left unsaid.
- Usually in haiku, one image acts as a fragment and the other as a phrase. These two are traditionally separated by a keriji (cutting word). In English, we make use of punctuation like ellipses (…), em-dash (—) and other characters to denote a cut/break between the two images. This break between the two images in the haiku has a lot of significance and plays a major role in how deep and vivid your haiku becomes in the reader’s mind. It is not merely a punctuation!
- The #HaikuSeed prompt is just that – a seed. Your haiku need not feature the prompt word as long as the haiku is triggered from the prompt word and contains some aspect relevant to the prompt word.
Ripe / #HaikuSeed / Feature With Commentary
Featuring haiku written for the #HaikuSeed ripe
not
yet
ripe
I
leave
the
poem
h
a
n
g
i
n
g
– Alex Fyffe / @AsurasHaiku
Sparrow / #HaikuSeed / Feature With Commentary
Featuring haiku written for the #HaikuSeed sparrow
one sparrow —
how big the sky
can be
a pause in the rain
the meadow flooded
with sparrow song
– Luci, @lover__poetic
– Shane Pruett, @HaikuMyBrew
Heat / #HaikuSeed / Feature With Commentary
Featuring two haiku written for the #HaikuSeed heat
summer heat
barefoot dancing
with mosquitoes
soaking heat …
I am the fly’s
sip of water
– Richard Barnes / @NaumaddicArts
House Plants / #HaikuSeed / Daily Haiku Prompt
#HaikuSeed / 20 Feb, 2022
house plants
Try to use a kigo (seasonal word/reference/context) in your haiku, be it the prompt word itself or something else you find apt. Hoping some great haiku sprout from this Haiku Seed.
A Few Reminders About Writing Haiku:
- A good haiku consists of two images juxtaposed together using as simple a language as possible allowing the reader to visualize the scene and fill all the things left unsaid.
- Usually in haiku, one image acts as a fragment and the other as a phrase. These two are traditionally separated by a keriji (cutting word). In English, we make use of punctuation like ellipses (…), em-dash (—) and other characters to denote a cut/break between the two images. This break between the two images in the haiku has a lot of significance and plays a major role in how deep and vivid your haiku becomes in the reader’s mind. It is not merely a punctuation!
- The #HaikuSeed prompt is just that – a seed. Your haiku need not feature the prompt word as long as the haiku is triggered from the prompt word and contains some aspect relevant to the prompt word.