014-30doh-2015 Thirty Days of September ~ Day 14: midday stroll

midday stroll
shadows sneak up on me
earlier each day

“shady side” a late summer kigo – 30 Days of Haiga -September with Rick Daddario

turning in circles (troiku)

melancholy stage –
casting ghosts and goblins
before the snow

melancholy stage
between lovers
lost in darkness

casting ghosts and goblins
self-pity and delusions
run amok

before the snow –
in all the wrong places
searching for answers

Troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille, a Dutch haiku poet, you can see instructions at his blog, Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where he posts haiku memes every day.

setting sail (haiku)

He had won many trophies in regattas all over North America and yet…

before setting sail
his knees kiss the sand –
crossing himself

Haiku Horizons “before”

loyalty (30 days of haiga – 013)++

unconditional –
hypnotize like no human,
those emerald eyes

30 days of Haiga, Northern Hemisphere – Pets – 013 with Rick Daddario

eclectic art (30 days of Haiga 012)

twisted metal,
unfit for a garage,
art in the city

12. [for Sept. 12]
30 days of Haiga, Rick Diadarrio Northern Hemisphere: Garage or found in a garage Sept 12

unforgotten summer (30 days of haiga 011)

butterfly blue,
one more day
in September

30 days of Haiga – 011 – Rick Daddario – Remembering

Through the thicket, I saw wonder (haibun)

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Walking through the shortcut to work on that regular footpath she noticed so many leaves had fallen with the winds of the night before. Saddened as she saw many of the wildflowers turning different shades of brown. She would miss her walk in this thicket seeing buttercups and wild daisies and that purplish blue butterfly too. A huge tree branch lay across the path and she stood there looking at how one night changed a season…just one night! As she walked further into the thicket and within a few feet she saw her blue butterfly. Surely it couldn’t be the same one she saw in June!! Elated…just filled with childish joy, she slowly approached the butterfly and it closed up its wing sitting on a daisy…her favourite kind of daisy too!! She saw it open its wings a bit gradually and then close them again. She smiled at how smart this butterfly was. It actually thought it was camouflaged enough to trick her. And that game of hide and seek continued for several minutes…Oh, another flutter of those tiny velvety wings…once, twice …such joy to see and feel the beauty of this past season lingering here in September.

September wonder
amid the thicket
a butterfly rests
gracious daisy gives
last of her sweet nectar