National Haiku Writing Month, aka NaHaiWriMo, which is on Facebook, issued a challenge to write one haiku a day from a posted prompt. The logo for the group consists of a circle with a line through it covering the numbers 5-7-5. The message is that the way we were all taught to write haiku, in 17 syllables (5 syllables on line 1, 7 on line 2, 5 on line 3) misses the point entirely. Read the essay, "
Becoming a Haiku Poet," by the group's moderator Michael Dylan Welch for more on this.
I am behind on posting my haiku here, so I'm playing catch-up by posting the first 9 tonight (a real No-No on NaHaiWriMo). Starting tomorrow, I hope to post here daily.
So far, the prompts have been in alphabetical order.
apple
when the apple fell,
I, too busy to notice,
missed the opening.
(I missed Day 1, so posted my first haiku a day late, thus breaking a NaHaiWriMo rule right off the bat.)
boat
a dream in winter--
boat recedes, casket draws near--
finish your grieving.
catfish
hushpuppies
filets, no whiskers
all you can eat.
dog
too smart for us
can't even spell around him
p-o-o-d-l-e.
egg
loved by all--
dad's only culinary skill:
fried or scrambled?
frame
thought compressed--
few words--
haiku.
grief
at your grave--
the settled ground--
magnolia blossoms.
hat
thrown into the ring
with many promises
later, eaten
ice
February
icicles hang
from our noses
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