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Our prompts Apr 26 - May 3.
Use them as you will.
Thank you for sharing your works.
North South
04/26 Fresh Breeze Desolate
04/27 Lingering Thatch
04/28 Windmill Gleaner
04/29 Blossoms Deer
04/30 Evening Withered
05/01 Brief Straw
05/02 Melody Raven
05/03 Warming Onion
The white bush clovers
Drop the dewdrops
Frequently.
---Masaoka Shiki
Our prompts for Apr 19-24.
Feel free to explore them.
Thank you for sharing your work with all of us.
North South
04/19 Fire Plenty
04/20 Colt Clear Sky
04/21 Hyacinth Chill Wind
04/22 Spring Sky Lamplight
04/23 Grass Pears
04/24 New Leaves Autumn Rain
04/25 Calf Harvest Feast
04/26 Fresh Breeze Desolate
Spring sun
in every pool of water—
lingering
--Kobayashi Issa
Our prompts for Apr 12-19.
Feel free to explore them.
Thank you for sharing with all of us.
North South
04/12 Drizzle Waning Moon
04/13 Full Moon Maple
04/14 Birth Berries
04/15 Misty Vivid
04/16 Mountain Stern
04/17 Pink Comfort
04/18 Beach Straw
04/19 Fire Plenty
Someone goes by wearing a hood
in his own darkness
not seeing the harvest moon
--Yosa Buson
Our haiku prompts for Apr 5-12.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all
Thanks for all your efforts.
North South
04/05 Plum Crisp
04/06 Warm Sun Squash
04/07 High Tide Foggy Morn
04/08 Late Frost Pampas Grass
04/09 Mustard Grape
04/10 Soft Breeze Sunset
04/11 Kittens Dry Grass
04/12 Drizzle Waning Moon
Spring rain—
just enough to wet tiny shells
on the tiny beach
--Yosa Buson
Our haiku prompts for Mar 29 to Apr 5.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or none at all.
Thanks for all your work.
North South
03/29 New Moon New Moon
03/30 Bee Apple
03/31 Stork Deer
04/01 Spring Rain Cozy
04/02 Pansy Mushroom
04/03 Pheasant Chilly Night
04/04 Kite Leaves
04/05 Plum Crisp
The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly
—Shirao
Our haiku prompts for Mar 22-29.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or none at all.
Welcome to all the new people joining our ranks.
North South
03/22 Night Change
03/23 Catkin Salmon
03/24 Mulberry Grass
03/25 Fern Spice
03/26 Tadpole Geese
03/27 Barley High Tide
03/28 Daffodil Dragonfly
03/29 New Moon New Moon
The spring thunder.
In the dark kitchen
The cherry anthias.
--Mizuhara Shuoshi
Our haiku prompts for Mar 15-22.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or none at all.
Welcome to all the new people joining our ranks.
North South
03/15 Nirvana Pumpkin
03/16 Gusty Willows
03/17 Crocus Sardine
03/18 Swallow Cooling
03/19 Late Snow Rose
03/20 Equinox Equinox
03/21 Hare Pie
03/22 Night Change
the stars
have already opened
their autumn eyes
—Ozaki Kōyō
Our haiku prompts for Mar 8-15.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or none at all.
Thank you for all your contributions and support for each other's work.
North South
03/08 Soil Twilight
03/09 Warbler Orchid
03/10 Fresh Laughter
03/11 Till Sea Bass
03/12 Green Red
03/13 Azalea Walnut
03/14 Full Moon
03/15 Nirvana Pumpkin
The retreating shapes
of the passing spring—
wisteria
--Kana-Jo
Our haiku prompts for Mar 1-8.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or none at all.
Thank you for all your contributions and support for each other's work.
North South
03/01 Plow Chill
03/02 Buds Fruit
03/03 Frog Sparrow
03/04 Willow Fog
03/05 Shell Quill
03/06 Green Deer
03/07 Bloom Harvest
03/08 Soil Twilight
Early autumn—
the evening shower becomes
a night of rain
--Tan Taigi
Our haiku prompts for Feb 22 - Mar 1.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all.
Thanks for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
02/22 Geese Mist
02/23 Flurry Cricket
02/24 Egg Sandpiper
02/25 Sunrise Lantern
02/26 Thaw Ripen
02/27 Friend Dew
02/28 Mud Peaches
03/01 Plow Chill
Wild geese flying high,
A call in the spring twilight,
Reminds me of you.
--Yosano Akiko
Our haiku prompts for Feb 15-22.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all.
Thanks for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
02/15 Day Crystal
02/16 Grove Window
02/17 Overcoat Joy
02/18 Smile Humid
02/19 Wind Aura
02/20 Evergreen Cover
02/21 Snow Glisten
02/22 Geese Mist
In the autumn night,
Breaking into
A pleasant chat.
---Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Feb 8-15.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all.
Thanks for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
02/08 Serene Web
02/09 Dusk Wrestle
02/10 Carrot Pond
02/11 Wind Spiral
02/12 Blackbird Bend
02/13 Mend Fire
02/14 Tranquil Grow
02/15 Day Crystal
as if from the gods
spring moonlight illuminates
the hillside flower thief
--Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for Feb 1-8.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all.
Thanks for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
02/01 Quilt Fog
02/02 Seed Citrus
02/03 Thaw Rose
02/04 Friend Sail
02/05 Thin Ice Vine
02/06 Pilgrimage Petal
02/07 Violet Catfish
02/08 Serene Web
Withered by winter
one-colored world—
the sound of wind
-- Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Jan 25-Feb 1.
The wheel keeps turning. We pick up the new season this week.
Feel free to use any variation or none at all.
Thanks for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
01/25 Rage Glade
01/26 Owl Sunflower
01/27 Mirth Roses
01/28 Thread Mosquito
01/29 Sable Firefly
01/30 Drizzle Clear Water
01/31 Feast Eggplant
02/01 Quilt Fog
Even the clams
keep their mouths shut
in this heat
—Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Jan 18-25
As always, feel free to use any variation or simply as inspiration.
Thank you for sharing your works and supporting each other.
North South
01/18 Thaw Grass
01/19 Pebble Meadow
01/20 Hibernate Kingfisher
01/21 Time Smolder
01/22 Candle Lawn
01/23 Ocean Parched
01/24 Glimmer Lotus
01/25 Rage Glade
Although there is the road,
The child walks
In the snow.
---Murakami Kijo
Our haiku prompts for Jan 11-18
kigo hemispheres
two halves to make the world whole
it seems only fair
North South
01/11 Peace Swim
01/12 Freeze Hollihock
01/13 Smoke Fruit
01/14 Crust Suntan
01/15 Wolf Moon Wolf Moon
01/16 Bare Trees Picnic
01/17 Quiet Noon
01/18 Thaw Grass
the cool breeze.
with all his strength
The cricket.
---Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for Jan 4 - 11
As always, feel free to use any variation or simply as inspiration.
The first full week of the new year. May all your efforts bear fruit.
01/04 Deer
01/05 Pine Gate
01/06 Charcoal
01/07 Cold Sea
01/08 Drafts
01/09 Bear
01/10 Snow
01/11 Peace
Cold moon —
among the withered trees
three stalks of bamboo
— Yosa Buson
Our haiku prompts for Dec 28 - Jan 1.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or simply as inspiration.
Another year draws to a close. Poetry is hard, but made slightly easier by sharing. Thank you for your willingness to share.
12/28 Cardinal
12/29 Icicles
12/30 December
12/31 Endings
01/01 Beginning
01/02 New Year
01/03 Rooster
01/04 Deer
Year after year
on the monkey’s face
a monkey’s face.
—Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Dec 21-28.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or simply as inspiration.
Our weekly contributions keep growing thanks to all of you sharing your work and supporting each other.
12/21 Solstice
12/22 Long Night
12/23 Snowflake
12/24 Short Day
12/25 Chestnut
12/26 Fox
12/27 Fireplace
12/28 Cardinal
How amusing,
it may change into snow—
the winter rain
—Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Dec 14-21.
Feel free to use any variation of the prompt or simply as inspiration.
Our weekly contributions keep growing thanks to all of you sharing your work and supporting each other.
12/14 Snow Drift
12/15 Crane
12/16 Breath
12/17 Clear Sky
12/18 Dark Cloud
12/19 Tracks
12/20 Juncos
12/21 Solstice
Taking a nap
I hide within myself—
winter seclusion
—Yosa Buson