September Haiku Challenge – week 1
by poetrydiary
Write – Sept 1
I write electric
words, made wistful or hopeful
by passing seasons.
Mirror – Sept 2
Holding a mirror
to half-hollows in my soul
I see space for love.
Windmill – Sept 3
A golden windmill.
Is it the dying sunlight,
or the autumn corn?
Like waves – Sept 4 (any subject)
Reality breaks,
as imagination ebbs;
my need for love grows.
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I am going to try to participate in the September Haiku Challenge at the suggestion of Heaven (thanks). This means trying to do a haiku a day to fixed prompts (see link). Rather than post each haiku separately, I thought I’d post a week together – so I’ll just add tomorrow’s effort to this post, etc. We’ll see how this goes, but this at least gives me a little bit of flexibility!
The first prompt was “write”.
This haiku is electric too,to me it conveys how our words and verses often reflect the seasons of our heart and mind.
The seasons do modify or heighten the thought patterns and the moods behind them! Lovely!
Nice to see you writing electric words…might try doing what you suggested.
See you~
A power in your words, given by each season? Very interesting.. Thank you!
Each haiku of the week in one post? 🙂 Cool. No issues. Do link the post back each day though.
An enjoyable haiku.
Thanks for a great read.
Loved your take 🙂
I think our words are definitely affected by the weather and seasons, just like our moods. A charming haiku.
Seeing space for love takes great discernment…
Day 2: Mirror
I like seeing spaces for love ~
That space is so important!
perhaps, a bit of both in the windmill?
Loved does make the imagination peak 🙂
And may the spaces get filled soon…for life is too short. A profound thought beautifully put across.
Great job on both haikus…
I find so much can influence our thoughts and emotions … certainly the seasons contribute – especially if the season is one you enjoy or do not enjoy! Well done ~~
lovely so far, cannot wait to see what you ad!
I love number 4, very very good writing!
Difficult to comment individually with them all in the same post. No problem – I like them all!
Sorry – it is an experiment. I may change the theme of my site instead – I don’t like the idea of filling the current one up with lots of very small posts! Thanks for the feedback though.
Loved your Haiku immensely!! The charged ‘write’, ‘Mirror’ reflections showing space for love and the third golden ‘Windmill’ is so very picturesque with the essence of Autumn!!
Loved all three Haiku. Well done my friend. Keep writing.
Melanie
A beautiful one that reflects the season…that’s how haikus were originally written.
number three is the bomb! do you twitter? I would like to share that last Haiku with a link to your blog
Hi Amanda – I don’t twitter (yet) but please feel free to link to this blog if you want. Thanks for the encouragement!
Matthew
Your windmill haiku has such a haunting quality about it. Lovely!
No Windmill Here!
windmill is a beauty
I like them all, and I like the idea of posting a week’s worth.
All of you Haiku are beautiful. Well done my friend.
Melanie
Lovely haiku this …reality does take a toll on the creative mind, shelving things we love for the mundane.
An ebbing imagination–my problem at day’s end!
Day 4: Corn in the Wash
Lovely haiku set…. I think putting them together is a great idea ~
Wonderful set of haiku; I love the images each one evokes. I especially like the windmill prompt haiku.