We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage / And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, / We Poets of the proud old lineage / Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why ... (James Elroy Flecker)

21.2.18

NaHaiWriMo 2018 Week 3


NaHaiWriMo 2018 Week 3

 More for this years' National (really international) HaikuWriting Month.
PROMPT#15: DAFFODILS IN A BREEZE

daffodils nod
schoolgirls dress up
for the ball


PROMPT #16 CHICKADEE

endearments –
my old cat pants
in the heat


PROMPT #17 WASHING A CAR TO MAKE IT RAIN

no-one
washed their car today –
it didn’t rain

*

please
leave your brolly home –
we need rain


PROMPT #18 OBI SASH

her costume
neatly in place –
new daisies


PROMPT #19 THE RUB-A-DUB-DUB OF A WASHBOARD

grandma
elbow-deep in suds –
good drying day

(*A good drying day is both hot and windy. In Australia that says Summer.)


PROMPT #20 A GENTLE ROCKING MOTION

rocking gently
the tinny at rest –
fish not biting

***

cold beers –
dinghy at anchor
rocking


PROMPT #21 APPETIZERS

 kisses
to neck and earlobe –
early dawn

21/2/18
Shared with Poets United's Poetry Pantry #394

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32 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue Sky11 March 2018 at 10:05

    I could picture each of these scenes as I read, Rosemary, and feel the heat. I especially love the cat panting endearments. Smiles.

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  2. Mary11 March 2018 at 10:41

    Nice haiku, Rosemary. I want to know, however, what a 'brolly' is I think it is an umbrella. Smiles. My dogs don't like walking outside in the heat either. We owners must take care. The last one is very sensual....I like that!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 March 2018 at 12:35

      Ha, we don't know which words won't translate to other "English" speakers until someone asks! Yes, it's an umbrella.

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 March 2018 at 12:38

      PS The one I wasn't sure people would understand was "tinny".

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    3. rallentanda14 March 2018 at 11:04

      I own a tinny. Zip about the shoreline of the harbour in it (rarely these days) When putting it away on the stands...inevitably some friendly chap doing the same will ask "which one is yours?" meaning a moored yacht. ( side splitting laughter response from me)
      Chappie usually not amused having wasted three minutes of his time engaging a person not of his socio economic level (filthy rich:) Love your haiku....you have a gift.

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    4. Rosemary Nissen-Wade14 March 2018 at 12:05

      Yachts are lovely. I have occasionally been a guest on one for a brief sail. But yes, I'm a pleb too, and I love messing about in a tinny, and fishing from one – though it's been a long time now.

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  3. Thotpurge11 March 2018 at 18:45

    Rosemary... excellent images and yes, what is a tinny!???? :)

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 March 2018 at 19:20

      A small metal boat, i.e. a dinghy. The implication is that it's made of tin, but it usually means aluminium.

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  4. Susan11 March 2018 at 18:46

    Kisses and desire for rain. Darling!

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  5. Sanaa Rizvi11 March 2018 at 19:51

    Love this especially; "her costume neatly in place – new daisies"💞

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  6. Old Egg11 March 2018 at 20:35

    Loved the Australian content in this Rosemary. Careful you don't leave the washing out too long otherwise it will be difficult to iron! (or will in South Australia...I had that problem last week)

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  7. Julian11 March 2018 at 22:10

    Enjoyed reading your haiku

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  8. Jae Rose11 March 2018 at 22:28

    A sensuous write Rosemary

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  9. Neeraj Khanka11 March 2018 at 23:14

    Delightful read :)

    And a perfect set-up too :

    "cold beers –
    dinghy at anchor
    rocking"

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  10. Donna@LivingFromHappiness11 March 2018 at 23:28

    Oh I am so enjoying these, especially Rub-A-Dub. It reminds me of washing days growing up and helping to hang the clothes on the clothesline, watching them flap in the breeze. Oh what a feeling! Thank you....

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  11. Rommy12 March 2018 at 00:10

    Cute little poetry bites! Thanks for the lessons in Australian slang. :)

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  12. scotthastiepoet12 March 2018 at 00:53

    Lovely, lovely Rosemary - some of these and stellar and most made me smile... Thank you

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  13. Sherri B.12 March 2018 at 02:29

    These are lovely...I really connected with the Grandma one. It brought back wonderful memories of my Grandma!

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  14. brudberg12 March 2018 at 03:32

    Love the complete set, but maybe the appetizers were the best...

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  15. Gillena Cox12 March 2018 at 06:46

    The appetizers are my favourite today
    Happy Sunday

    much love...

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  16. Susie Clevenger12 March 2018 at 08:45

    These are fantastic...I love to have a beer in that dinghy

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  17. Truedessa12 March 2018 at 09:24

    Each of these gives the reader a strong image. I had to laugh at #17. It seems whenever I wash my car it ends up raining.

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  18. kaykuala12 March 2018 at 11:18

    rocking gently
    the tinny at rest –
    fish not biting

    Reminds Hank of the frustrations of holding the line with nary a bite. Ok before but will not do it now

    Hank

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  19. ZQ12 March 2018 at 11:27

    Delightful!
    ZQ

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  20. Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger12 March 2018 at 11:36

    These are wonderful! I love the Japanese forms--and these are sheer perfection

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  21. purplepeninportland.com12 March 2018 at 11:54

    These are delightful, Rosemary. My favorite is the first one.

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  22. dsnake112 March 2018 at 12:06

    totally delightful haiku! enjoyed them all. :)

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  23. Wendy Bourke12 March 2018 at 12:22

    All of them wonderful. The last one - such a tenderly, and delicately rendered evocation - it brought a smile.

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  24. Magical Mystical Teacher13 March 2018 at 03:26

    The broody haiku made me smile. Sweet!

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