Baia di Napoli
autumn sunset, wine ~
Torna a Sorrento

 

Originally posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 3/30/2012.  Prompt was romantic trip.

the cod are gone ...
long ago, young folk
moved to the city

The photograph in this haiga was taken in Red Cliffe, Newfoundland & Labrador, on June 21, 2012.  The  haiku is based, in part, on the song "Make and Break Harbour" by Stan Rogers and is intended as an homage to Mr. Rogers, to Newfoundland's outports, and to the people who lived in the outports.  

Here are some of the lines of Mr. Rogers' song:  "And the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's ways / Long ago they all moved to the cities." And the chorus: "In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few / Too many are holed up and rotten. / Most houses stand empty old nets hung to dry / Are blown away lost and forgotten." Stan Rogers can be heard singing it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2DFa18kYI

spilling over the wall

Jupiter's beard ...

ivory, mauve & magenta

Here is a revision suggested by the prompt echo, which was posted for Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page for 5/05/2013.  It is a bit long, but I like the repetition suggested by the word echo and the flowing quality suggested by cascades.  In fact, those qualities attracted me to the scene.

cascades of Jupiter's beard

echo down the wall ~

ivory, mauve & magenta

slow going on
the Garibaldi trail ~
blueberry bushes

Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 5/02/2013.  Prompt was blue.

hitting the haiku wall
time for ... chocolate

Posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 5/01/2013.  Prompt was asperity.

Kristian's rifle

a gift when he was four

kept in the corner

loaded

the Crickett

a little gun for a little boy

Kristian's first gun

Kristian had a sister

Caroline

she was two

when he shot her

dead

 

 

dragonflies graze
the pond's surface
shadows lengthen

Originally posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/27/2012.  The prompt was to start with an automatically generated haiku.  Here is what the machine gave me:

dragonflies graze, flames
dreaming, dumbly, final lamp
embracing shadows