Journey: Few Miles Haiku Challenge

my journey begins

writing haiku everyday,

a white seagull flies 

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a white seagull flies

towards warm voices of home,   

sunset on the beach

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sunset on the beach,  

flaming gold as daffodils,

a journey eastward

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a journey eastward,

with haiku kindred souls, friends,

my journey begins

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To all my Haiku Challengers :

writing haiku poems, 

February marathon, 

cherry blossoms bow

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 29 - Journey.    This is the last day of the Haiku Challenge.  I am very happy to complete all 29 prompts for this month.   A big thanks for all the support and hard work of SIS of Few Miles.   Here is my journey for this month ~

Day 28                Day 27                  Day 26                Day 25           Day 24 

Day 23              Day 22            Day 21           Day 20              Day 19

                  Day 18          Day 17             Day 16           Day 15             Day 14

Day 13         Day 12         Day 11                Day 10           Day  9

 Day  8               Day  7               Day  6                Day  5         Day  4

   Day  3                    Day  2                     Day  1

Thank you for your comments and visits.  I appreciate them.  See you ~

Update:    Thank you for the Queen of Haiku Challenge Award

Picture Credit :   Reena of Missing Moments

Everyday

words to celebrate

everyday is amazing,

white pink orchids bloom

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a maple leaf buds 

on this grey winter morning,     

every day is spring    

  

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the leaf falls today,

like everyday, but I see

blue butterfly wings

~ My favorite poetry form is couplet ~

I am fragile glass

in summer storm

I am torn wing

in autumn wind

I am folded page

in winter snow

I am blushing pink

in spring's ardent arms

I am everyday

beautiful in your eyes.

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 28 - Blog Name Prompt. We also have to include another poetry form.   Thanks for the visit and comments.

 

picture credit:  http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/orchids

Gate to Spring

open gate to spring,

throw out the sunflower seeds,

grey pigeons hover

grey pigeons hover

 muddy stones and barren wells, 

winter frost melting  

winter frost melting

locked windows and bolted doors,

open gate to spring

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 27- Paint the Image-  Thanks for the visit and comments.

    

Broken

empty cup, gnawing 

rumbling stomach, hands dirty

black volcanic ash 

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dirty brown cardboard, 

chair, bed and table, pieces  

broken furniture

  
Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 26- Paint the Image -  Thanks for the comments and visits ~  

    

Lost boys

young lost boys
unloved, forgotten,
black tattoo


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calls of hate,

needles of venom,

dead peacock

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cult of love,

winds of forgiveness,

redemption

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 25 - Cult Form: - Haiku Structure: - 3-5-3 .   Thanks for your visits. 

    

Air of spring

tiny leaf uncurls, 
soft as a baby's pink hand, 
bark of chestnut oak 
           

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bark of chestnut oak,
touch of green bud, bold as red
ripe plums on table



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ripe plums on table, 
beside pink wax flower blooms, 
buzzing yellow bee 


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buzzing yellow bee, 
garden bed of white snowdrops, 
tiny leaf uncurls 





Written for: D'verse Poets Pub - Writing Visuals - An interesting article on Japanese and Chinese Poetry - I encourage everyone to read it.
and Haiku Heights:   Prompt is Spring 


picture credit:   http://little-beauty.tumblr.com/

Dream Walk

run towards the moon,
with your dreams curled in your tongue, 
brave as white stallion 


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we dreamwalk through life,
a caterpillar on leaf,   
unfold your wings, fly  




Note:  D'verse Poets Pub:   Writing Visuals - Talks about Chinese and Japanese Poetry - Drop by for an interesting read ~ I feel all of of us will benefit from this article. 

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 24- Dream Walk ~  

picture credit:   here

Joy of giving

giving the last coin

from torn and dirty pockets,
a turtle dove sings  

a turtle dove sings
above old house, melody
sweet as red cheeries 

sweet as red cheeries
are kind words from poor widow,
giving the last coin

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 23- 

    February 23rd – Theme: Joy of Giving Form: (ABC, CDE, EFA) - Haiku

picture credit:   here

To dance

foot pointing outward,
chin facing crowd, bold as sun
rising from the clouds


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arms curling in step, 

straight as her back, she pauses

arrow poised to fly

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 22- Paint the Image 

    

Dedication

her gentle hands, touch

children, the sick and dying,

bold dedication

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her calming words, strong

call to love and forgiveness,

my rosary beads

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lifting hearts to God,

limbs to carry the weak, strong

as coast redwood tree 

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 21- Dedication

    

Imagination

an old crumbling house,  
my history, turning page, 
a brown eagle soars  


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searching for the spark
amidst black and decay, breathe
green trees in your hands


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tattered walls in rooms,
spinning tales of love and loss, 
my pen is busy

Photography credit:    Mary Ann Potter, Real Toads Sunday Challenge

Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 20- Live out of your imagination, not your history

    

Afar

when i pass this way of the road
my gaze falls on the faraway lines
trees hugging the mountain sides
shrubs leaning towards break of dawn 


i sometimes cannot catch when
winter frost clouds my car mirrors, 
numbing my hands as i break thin ice
into crystals, my red mittens dewy wet


i grip my car wheel tightly, speeding fast   
urban grey road huddled with cars and trucks
in all makes and sizes, along the freeway
humming engines, like working ants in


the trail i see zigzagging up the steps,
going here, marching to the city radio
pulsing pop music and road updates,
all noise and pollution to keep us busy, 


yet as the sun unravels, i gaze afar 
and wonder how long will i keep on 
driving until i can touch your soft leaves 
and breathe in your fresh pine scent   




Posted for:  D'verse Poets Pub -  Poetics - Visual -eyes -ing- hosted by Brian Miller
My morning and afternoon ritual in the city ~ 


Picture credit: Reena 

Spring or not

pale face in the pond

waits for white swans to glide by, 

yellow tulips bud

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icy images  
falling on water lilies,   
red cardinal sings 

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sunflower seeds near 
nest of pine needles and twigs,
winter deception

Written for Haiku Heights - Prompt is Illusion (using other words)     and

Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 19- Seasons


An early post for FM haiku challenge, please read my post on Famine

picture credit:   here

Famine

ethereal thoughts

float away up to the sky,

as my stomach growls

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a slice of stale bread,

corn grain is manna to eyes,

red-rimmed with ash sands   

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vulture eyes follow
child too weak to walk, snapshots
torturing mind's peace  

Kevin Carter, is a Pulitzer-prize winning South African photojournalist. His winning photo shows a heart-breaking scene of a starving child collapsed on the ground, struggling to get to a food center during a famine in the Sudan in 1993. In the background, a vulture stalks the emaciated child.

Carter was part of a group of four fearless photojournalists known as the “Bang Bang Club” who traveled throughout South Africa capturing the atrocities committed during apartheid.

Haunted by the horrific images from Sudan, Carter committed suicide in 1994 soon after receiving the award.

First part of my haiku relates to the prompt of Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Ethereal 

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 18- Famine

    

Waiting

she waits with her child

beside green walled window, lost 

as a stray kitten   

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she waits for the day

green paint of her wall, splashes 

dusty ground she walks

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 17- Wait and Paint the Image

    

Innocence

Young children should be protected and sheltered against the evils and greed of men and women.  As much as possible, they should sleep peacefully in the comfort and love of their family and home.  Though I understand that poverty and ignorance may push poor  parents to sell or make them work in sweat shops or prostitution, I believe it is a sin to take away their innocence, and let them carry the worldly burdens of their family at a tender age.

eyelids flutter closed,  

dreaming of holding the world,

white moonflower blooms  

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 16- Haibun - SIN 
Note:   Moonflowers only bloom at night

    

picture credit:   here

On the ground

White ball on the ground
mud splattered with children's play
ready for springtime 


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rain falling on grass
washing away frowns and cries,
sunflower blooming


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The long dusty road
is unpaved with stones and sticks,
bring your smile and thirst






Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 15- Paint the Image