Our haiku prompts for Sep 21-28.
As always, feel free to use any variation or even not use the word at all.
Please take some time to acknowledge the work of our fellow poets
09/21 Cooling
09/22 Twilight
09/23 Laughter
09/24 Wings
09/25 Puddle
09/26 Spice
09/27 Morning
09/28 Quill
late September is
wearing a sky-colored
lined kimono
--Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for 11/22 - 11/29
Feel free to use any form of the idea.
They're just suggestions.
11/22 Withered Grass Vermillion
11/23 Imbibe River
11/24 Fireplace Wellspring
11/25 Fright Rainbow
11/26 Frost Nightingale
11/27 Yellowing New Tea
11/28 Turnip Pebble
11/29 Withered Reeds Green Reeds
In the eyes of the hawk
over the withered fields
sits the winter storm
—Naitō Jōsō
Our prompts for 13-20 December
Feel free to use any form - or none.
What matters is the attempt
North South
12/13 Dark Cloud Waterfall
12/14 Hare Chimes
12/15 Stew Profuse
12/16 Snow Drift Swallow
12/17 Grebe Moth
12/18 Long Night Ambrosia
12/19 Winter Hydrangea
12/20 Sleet Blooming
Summer cool—
in the green rice fields
a single pine
--Masaoka Shiki
Our Haiku Prompts for 11/29 to 12/06
Feel free to use any form of the word, or just the idea.
Entering the mid-season as the Great Wheel keeps turning.
11/29 Withered Reeds Green Reeds
11/30 Winter Coat Pool
12/01 Tea Fresh Peas
12/02 Cold Night Flies
12/03 Moon Paint
12/04 Juncos Shaved Ice
12/05 Cardinal Spray
12/06 December Cherries
silence
and the deeper silence
when the cricket stops
--Leonard Cohen
Our haiku prompts for Jan 3-10
I'm inspired by your work every day.
Feel free to use any form of the prompt, even if only inspiration.
01/03 New Year Beach
01/04 Bear Languid
01/05 Pheasant Morning Cloud
01/06 Field Cook Out
01/07 Wolf Moon Plum
01/08 Time Glade
01/09 Soup Beetle
01/10 Creek Smoldering
Cover my head
Or my feet?
The winter quilt.
--Yosa Buson
Our haiku prompts for 20-27 December.
While hemispheres each have solstice, the perspective varies.
Something to ponder.
North South
12/20 Sleet Blooming
12/21 Solstice Solstice
12/22 Overcoat Shade Tree
12/23 Quilt Vibrant
12/24 Hay Garden
12/25 Night Maple
12/26 Mirth Profuse
12/27 Bear Trellis
first snow of the year
what happiness to be here
in my own small hut
--Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for Nov 9-16.
As always, feel free to use any variation or simply as inspiration.
Your efforts supporting each other are appreciated.
11/09 Bonfire
11/10 Snowflakes
11/11 Onion
11/12 Silence
11/13 Hawk
11/14 Mittens
11/15 Winter Moon
11/16 Ice
Although there is the road,
The child walks
In the snow.
---Murakami Kijo
Our haiku prompts for Nov 16-23.
As always, feel free to use any variation or simply as inspiration.
Your efforts supporting each other are appreciated.
11/16 Ice
11/17 Coat
11/18 Hot Tea
11/19 Ravens
11/20 Dried Leaves
11/21 Sleet
11/22 Daikon
11/23 Stew
All in calmness —
the earth with half-opened eyes
moves into winter
— Dakotsu Iida
Our haiku prompts for Dec 27 - Jan 03
The new year begins.
May you find fresh inspiration in the turning of the wheel.
North South
12/27 Bear Trellis
12/28 Chestnut Pastoral
12/29 Cold Full Moon
12/30 Icicles Balmy
12/31 Clear Sky Sun Flower
01/01 Thread Grapes
01/02 Plover Cornflower
01/03 New Year Beach
on the temple bell
resting, glowing
a firefly
--Masaoka Shiki
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 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 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
down off dusk's cooling
air, perched on low tree branches —
crows watch paper kites
4 Apr 25 (belated) - 'kite'
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just a rock, just a
perfect sphere suspended — in
the morning twilight
29 Mar 25 - 'new moon'
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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 dFull Moon
03/15 Nirvana Pumpkin
The retreating shapes
of the passing spring—
wisteria
--Kana-Jo
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 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
woman leans, smoking
passing slowly, breathing in —
lost habits linger
27 Apr 25 - 'lingering'
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(徘徊, pacing to and fro - drawing from a poetic phrase I encountered in Tang Buddhist poetry, see below)
Our haiku prompts for May 17-24
Everyone welcome.
Feel free to use whatever form of the prompt you like for inspiration.
North South
05/17 Yellow Early Frost
05/18 Field Silence
05/19 Verdant Rust
05/20 Road North Wind
05/21 Breath Wine
05/22 Nightingale Bonfire
05/23 Pool Leaves
05/24 Tickle Seclusion
People step in the air.
The water wheel
At the green paddy fields.
--Masaoka Shiki
Our haiku prompts for May 31-June 7
Feel free to use whatever form of the prompt you like - or even not at all.
Thank you, all, for playing along at home.
North South
05/31 Sap First Snow
06/01 Hydrangea Winter Grove
06/02 Berry Sparrow
06/03 Spray Bear
06/04 Roots Mountains
06/05 Moth Celery
06/06 Waterfall Quilt
06/07 Pollen Oatmeal
Don’t go! Don’t go!
All their calls are lies
First firefly
--Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for May 24-31
Feel free to use whatever form of the prompt you like - or even not at all.
Thank you, all.
North South
05/24 Tickle Seclusion
05/25 Snapshot Dried Leaves
05/26 Bright Sleet
05/27 Chick Daikon
05/28 Hills Endure
05/29 River Withered Reeds
05/30 Grief Turnip
05/31 Sap First Snow
All in calmness —
the earth with half-opened eyes
moves into winter
--Dakotsu Iida
Our haiku prompts for July 5 - 12.
As always, only a suggestion. Write what moves you.
Rules? Your poem. Your way. Just write it.
North South
07/05 Summer Moon Glisten
07/06 Lightning Drizzle
07/07 Morning Cloud Sea
07/08 Pasture Trees
07/09 Cut Grass Drafts
07/10 Glade Mind
07/11 Cookout Cold
07/12 Languid Uncover
on the mandarin duck’s wings
a dust of snow —
such stillness!
— Masaoka Shiki
slow blood rises warm,
golden green honey nourishing
firm trunk, shaking leaf
31 May 25 - 'sap'
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Our haiku prompts for June 7-14
Remember, the prompt is just a suggestion. Use it, or not, as you like.
North South
06/07 Pollen Oatmeal
06/08 Hot Night Holly
06/09 Shaved Ice Short Days
06/10 Flies Overcoat
06/11 Tall Grass Breath
06/12 Mosquito Cold Night
06/13 Spring Water Dark
06/14 Green Leaves Cardinal
although there is the road,
the child walks
in the snow.
--Murakami Kijo
