Our haiku prompts for 13-20 June
It doesn't take that long to write 17 syllables.
The prompts are only suggestions.
North South
6/13 Spring Water Sparrow
6/14 Cool Water Cardinal
6/15 Source Winter Grove
6/16 Wind Chimes Porridge
6/17 Roots Melancholy
6/18 Maple Fox
6/19 Mild Sparrow
6/20 Grazing Rime
The winter sun—
On the horse’s back
My frozen shadow.
--Matsuo Bashō
Our haiku prompts for 28 Feb - 7 Mar
Day by day. Relentless, isn't it?
Feel free to use the prompt or any variation of it you like.
North South
02/28 Tranquil Lantern
03/01 Fresh Blue Sky
03/02 Wild Rose Flying Geese
03/03 Evening Morning
03/04 New Moon Willow Leaves
03/05 Catkin Orchid
03/06 Geese Salmon
03/07 Nirvana Spice
The light of a candle
Is transferred to another candle —
spring twilight.
--Yosa Buson
Our haiku prompts for 13-21 March
Thank you for your poems each day.
Feel free to use (or not) any form of the prompt you wish.
North South
03/14 Hare Fruit
03/15 Bloom Wings
03/16 Tadpole Pumpkin
03/17 Late Snow Rose
03/18 Horse Tail Change
03/19 Melting Pie
03/20 Equinox Equinox
03/21 Spring Grass Clear Water
Birds sing in the dawn,
Their voices fill the soft air,
A homecoming song.
--Masaoka Shiki
Our haiku prompts for 21-28 March
Thank you for sharing your inspirations.
Feel free to use the prompt or any version of it. Including not.
03/21 Spring Grass Clear Water
03/22 Long Day Puddle
03/23 Warbler High Tide
03/24 Shell Pear
03/25 Stork Pampas Grass
03/26 Gusts Dragonfly
03/27 Swallow Willows
03/28 Thunder Chrysanthemums
The ground with cogon grass.
In the alley,
The golden lace.
--Kawahigashi Hekigoto
Our daily haiku prompts for 04-11 April
Spring hopes eternal. Autumn gives thanks.
Feel free to abuse these suggestions any way you like.
North South
04/04 Seedlings Maple
04/05 Misty Crunch
04/06 Carp Ripe Grapes
04/07 Pond Cozy
04/08 Lamb Stems
04/09 Sowing Wither
04/10 Grass Apple
04/11 Blossoms Foggy
Someone goes by wearing a hood
in his own darkness
not seeing the harvest moon
--Yosa Buson
sun drenched –
the pasture filled
with sleeping foals
#DailyHaikuPrompt | colt (foal)
#SmallPoems
a tiny hole poked
in the silence –
canyon wren
#DailyHaikuPrompt | calm
#SmallPoems
gigawatts more
than the corn –
windmills sprout in the fields
#DailyHaikuPrompt | windmill
#SmallPoems
morning coffee –
fresh snow on the
Abajo Mountains
#DailyHaikuPrompt | mountain
#SmallPoems
Our daily haiku prompts for 25-Apr to 2-May
The seasons shift this week.
Feel free to (ab)use the prompts at will.
North South
04/25 Evening Yellow Leaves
04/26 New Leaves Ghost
04/27 Down Geese
04/28 Hazy Moon Endeavor
04/29 Spring Rain Grain
04/30 Lingering Night Chill
05/01 Moth Crow
05/02 Bright Daikon
The baby sparrows,
Make way, make way.
The horse is going to pass along.
--Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for 16-23 May
I'm not averse to your verses.
Just prompts. Not commands. Enjoy.
North South
05/16 Tickle Koi
05/17 New Tea Withered Grass
05/18 Rainbow Endure
05/19 Ambrosial Yellowing
05/20 Cocoon Scarf
05/21 Airing Out Fireplace
05/22 Chimes Snowflakes
05/23 Green Reeds Mittens
Only the gate
of the abbey is left,
on the winter moor.
--Masaoka Shiki
Our daily haiku prompts for 9-16 May
Use them any way you like, but treat them gently.
I look forward to your verses.
North South
05/09 Grief Raven
05/10 Balmy Rust
05/11 Porch Pine Sap
05/12 South Wind North Wind
05/13 Roots Moon Rise
05/14 Nest Fright
05/15 Thunder Stew
05/16 Tickle Koi
the cool breeze
with all his strength
the cricket
--Kobayashi Issa
box elder seeds –
helicopter races and
noisemakers
#DailyHaikuPrompt | maple
#SmallPoems
field sparrow –
a ping-pong ball bounces
in the prairie
#DailyHaikuPrompt | sparrow
#SmallPoems
three crows kvetch
about an owl –
morning fog in the valley
#DailyHaikuPrompt | morning cloud
#SmallPoems
three centuries –
grooves sanded in the
cemetery stile
#DailyHaikuPrompt | sand
#SmallPoems
Our haiku prompts for 20-27 June
Keep going. Each poem is a step on the path.
Feel free to use whatever form of the prompt you like, including none.
North South
6/20 Grazing Rime
6/21 Solstice Solstice
6/22 Balmy Mountains
6/23 Picnic Icicles
6/24 Long Days Thread
6/25 Vibrant Winter
6/26 Pastoral Tracks
6/27 Toss Quilt
under the evening moon
the snail
is stripped to the waist
--Kobayashi Issa
Our haiku prompts for 30 May to 6 Jun.
Thank you for participating.
Feel free to use any form, including none.
North South
05/30 Curl Pine Needles
05/31 Green Tea Hawk
06/01 Swelter Sleet
06/02 Swallow Snow Drift
06/03 Waterfall Short Day
06/04 Paint Tangerine
06/05 Sweet Peas Weasel
06/06 Pests Mountain
first winter rain—
even the monkey
seems to want a raincoat.
--Matsuo Bashō
near the bud
a gathering of ants –
nodding peonies
#DailyHaikuPrompt | picnic
#SmallPoems
Our haiku prompts for 6 June to 4 July
You can do it.
Use any form of the prompt that moves you.
North South
6/27 Toss Quilt
6/28 Splash Juncos
6/29 Shade Chestnut
6/30 Hot Night Plum
7/01 Morning Dew Cold
7/02 Lightning Lonely
7/03 Pasture Ducks
7/04 Roses Rage
The sun shines
On the distant mountains;
Withered field
--Takahama Kyoshi
humidity on the rise –
a few black flies stuck
in the fresh paint
#DailyHaikuPrompt | paint
#SmallPoems
potatoes
grow slowly underground –
September sunrise
#DailyHaikuPrompt | potato
#SmallPoems
evening mosquitoes –
the whine of a
Razr on the road
#DailyHaikuPrompt | pest
#SmallPoems
giving in to temptation – cold plums
#DailyHaikuPrompt | plum
#SmallPoems
footfalls
on the bridge --
a ripple of swallows
#DailyHaikuPrompt | splash
#SmallPoems
