harvest moon
glowing cheeks
in front of the screen


warm day
this leaf
its way down


children in anoraks
asking for
red leaves


these glasses
in these dewdrops
on these leaves

Sketchbook September/October 2009,
kukai-result and the editor's choices (Karina and John)

rainy road
my homebrew
bitter

amidst this heartburn
the sound of my fax

Please join Alan Summer's
1.000-Renga-Project!

Weekend arrangement--
blowing out
candle lights

caribbean kigo kukai #8

Harvest time.
The winegrower checks
the clause

Erntezeit.
Der Winzer prüft
die Paragrafen

Haiku heute October 2009

The Portrait

I am too late. I would like to jolt traffic jam and annoyance out of my coat and to excuse myself. My host passes a hanger to me: "My mistake– I should not arrange appointments for Monday mornings."

In his office I give myself a breathing space with the story of a Native American who went by train for the first time in his life: "My body is already here. My soul, however, isn't yet." My host nods. He starts telling me.

He speaks quietly. It is about the latest news, local events, and people's expectations. Looking over his shoulder I recognise the Dalai Lama's portrait on a desk.

"My colleague has the same picture", I say. My host waits until I look in his eyes again: "Well, I am a practising Buddhist."

We smile. The sound of an indoor fountain.

Chrysanthemum #6

Blue sky--
this cloud
is mine

Chrysanthemum #6

Internet-ticketing–
I buy myself
a piece of London

Autumn half term–
catching the fog
with a butterfly net


French class–
her pencil lost
in Paris

The Shiki Monthly Kukai

WHA, 70th Haiga Contest

picket line the honeydew of a cicada

Cicada Kukai Sketchbook

Flood-meadow--
can't even hear
the main artery

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #7

Haiku-Treffen in NRW

Am Samstag, 26. September 2009, ab 11 Uhr in Schermbeck (Kreis Wesel). Oberthema: Tee. Haiku dazu werden vorgestellt und besprochen. Es soll einen Haiku-Spaziergang geben, vielleicht auch einen Vortrag. Veranstaltet wird das Treffen von Heike Stehr (Moers) und Ralf Bröker (Ochtrup).

E-Mail: kunstlebendigXweb.de (das X bitte durch ein @ ersetzen)


Haiku Meeting in North Rhine-Westphalia

Saturday, September 26th, 11 a.m. at Schermbeck (Wesel district). Principal theme: tea. Haiku concerning to that will be presented and discussed; a haiku walk and a lecture might be added to the agenda. Hosts: Heike Stehr (Moers) and Ralf Bröker (Ochtrup).

Contact: kunstlebendigXweb.de (please replace X by @)

eastmoon's orange
in the silver linden
rustling of rye

Corn harvest--
what does the tractor driver
listen to?

The Shiki Monthly Kukai August

Fireworks--
her eyes tell them
from long ago

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #6

Strawberry breakfast--
calling in sick
at work

Asahi Haikuist Network, August 21th, 2009

kneeling where
granduncle used to say Mass--
Papa, Vater ...

Hot salsa –
my daughter cries
for the moon

against the north wind–
so many questions
on board

The Shiki Monthly Kukai (July 2009)

father's garden mould works in my hand

The Shiki Monthly Kukai (July 2009)

On David Searjeant's blog "Distant Lightning" I found a link to Alan Summers' important-word-project. Have a look at it here: http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Alan_S

Well done, Alan! Thanks a lot, Dave.

And yes: Serendipity!

Drawing a bath--
she pours the whole sea
around her castle

          Asahi Haikuist Network July 31th, 2009

Poplar boulevard–
listening
to the sea
in me

In the high grass–
cast shadow
tells me the time

summer vacation--
telling the children gently
why we stay at home

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #5

blue summer day--
the dog chews
a juicy bone

very accurate
a towel under his chin

Tax return--
on a slip of paper
her perfume

Steuererklärung--
an einem Beleg
ihr Parfum

Haiku heute, Juni 2009

Cold summer day--
having the munchies for
Malaga ice-cream

A drop of my sweat
falls into a puddle--
me again

Summerday--
in the ditch the dog
squats and drinks

This is not the day
to think about haiku.
This is the time
to think about
a yellow leaf
which falls and falls.

This is not the day
to think about haiku.
This is the time
to think about
the tree
and its branches.

May day and night come
may you leave or stay.
I am a leaf
which is green
which will be yellow
once.

Once in my life
is now in yours.

I would like to be strong
but my tears are running.

Water to dry plant.
Salt to slack meal.
Now I know
there is a way to you.
And I feel your warm welcome.

It bursts out.
It is the whole inside of me.

It is
me:

a yellow leaf
it is difficult to fall
there

Haiku-wortART-Forum

Corpus Christi –
neighbours bedight their altar
close to the café

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #4

Cancer--
her last dance
in a new balance

A tribute to Pina Bausch
(thanks for the link, haikushelf)

Packed road--
the pit stain in the convertible
waves me through

Graduation Day—
mother picks off
a dandelion parachute

The Shiki Monthly Kukai (June 2009)

In a circle—
the sound of earth
on wood

The Shiki Monthly Kukai (June 2009)

winking cloudwards
and a check up
where the tabloid is

Late breakfast --
my Stammtisch certainly waits
to raise the toast

An answer to "sunday breakfast" in senryushelf

A plough amidst
the rich land
sparrows spatting

victory monument
French towns in German —
rainy day

Blind date —
I ask for
a glass of peppermint tea

Green berries —
she crushes lunch
in the doll's kitchen

The Shiki Monthly Kukai, May 2009

Sunday in spring
driving home for
a rendezvous

spring forest--
punkies in a sunbeam
sound of pecking

Spring--
the banquette blows
some sun.

Mother's Day--
her mirror refracts
the morning light

Gillena Cox's 3rd Caribbean Kigo Kukai

First hay harvest--
my son misses
his parachutes.

cold night in spring--
neighbours are making
a wedding wreath

Circular pond.
A butterfly
glows.

Funeral.
Forgot his umbrella
after the service.

at the roadhouse
a flock of ravens
forms and forms

Rose Monday
shrink-wrapped popcorn
in a puddle

          Asahi Haikuist Network April 30, 2009

tobacco crumbs
in a wrapped clipping--
beware the raindrops

Gillena Cox: "A Poem in Your Pocket"

Disneyland --- my neighbour steps out for the third time --- no smoking

© rbroeker 04/2009, Haiku-wortART-Forum

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photo: rbroeker 4/2009

springshadows--
the sound of
your watercolour

photo by rbroeker, 04/2009

Dressing the salad--
will probably buy some
borax later

Den Salat anmachen --
kaufe vielleicht etwas
Borax nachher

violet asterisk –
somebody wrote my name
across the Earth's day

veilchenblaues Sternchen –
jemand schrieb meinen Namen
auf den Tag der Erde

Earth-Day-Collection of Gillena Cox, April 2009

In the bed.
The nameless sprout
may stay.

Im Beet.
Der unbekannte Spross
darf bleiben.

Willow catkins
I let them fall behind
the side window

Weidenkätzchen
fallen zurück
im Seitenfenster

          Asahi Haikuist Network April 2009