Recently, The Haiku Foundation began a new Haiku Dialogue series, this one with photo prompts instead of verbal prompts. Week 2’s photo depicted wild raspberries. Here’s what I came up with:
wild raspberries
childhood memories
ripening
You can read the other poets’ work here!
A few weeks back, The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue concluded with the theme of “a tacky souvenir.”
Here’s my contribution:
a new channel
in the Colorado River
cracked Grand Canyon mug
half a finger short
of a peace sign
Independence Day
The prompt for Week 21 of the Haiku Dialogue was “a broken shell.” I came up with this:
nautilus shell
the fractal
fracturing
self-portrait
the lines
she didn’t draw
Originally published in Presence #57
This week’s prompt for the Haiku Dialogue was “a glass bottle.”
Here’s my poem:
raising the mast
of the ship in a bottle
spring clouds unfurl
Read the other poets’ great work here!
Last week’s haiku dialogue had a great theme: A fallen leaf.
This is what I came up with:
family reunion
the wind returns a leaf
to its branch
Lots of other poets created great work based on the prompt. Read it here!
The theme for this week’s Haiku Dialogue was “a weathered wall.” Here’s what I wrote:
a sunbeam
on my last name
memorial wall
The theme for week 17 of the Haiku Dialogue was “a shiny instrument.” Since Memorial Day was close at hand, I felt inspired to write this:
soldier’s bugle
the gentle tapping
of rain
The theme for week 16 of the Haiku Dialogue was “an empty can.” Here’s what I wrote:
empty paint cans
not enough sun
for a sunset
Edward Cody Huddleston 