#23 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Etegami ~ Spin Down From the Sky

cartwheels
spin down from the sky
plumeria blossom

Etegami ~ a simple postcard size drawing (with or without color as I see it) with words often evoking season.

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting

Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
ScratchCam App
iPad 2

NaHaiWriMo ABC Prompt Haiku:

Pp Pool

February 16, 2012 – Thursday

reflecting pool
before the moon
Buddha

*

pool moon
beneath my toe
disappears

#22 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Gone Home

gone home

a joy and grief journey

grave markers

Gg Grief

February 7, 2012 – Tuesday

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Photograph

• 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Digital Photography
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

More NaHaiWriMo Alphabet Prompt Haiku:

Mm Mountain

February 13, 2012 – Monday

pine needle path

under a snow blanket

the mountain

*

Nn Nachos

February 14, 2012 – Tuesday

snow crust

I walk on the sound

of nachos

#21 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Butterfly Opera

 

crickets

the silence of butterfly

opera

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Altered Photograph

• 12 x 8 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Digital Photography
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

NaHaiWriMo Alphabet Prompt Haiku:

Oo Opera

February 15, 2012 – Wednesday

two geckos

with cricket rain chorus

opera

*

Ii Ice

February 9, 2012 – Thursday

the winter taste

of an ice cream cone

sunny day

*

ice breath

summer in the sky

I remain cool

*

Jj Jam

February 10, 2012 – Friday

summer jam

blackberry stains

in my backpack

*

the twins grin

a marmalade face

breakfast

*

Kk Kitchen

February 11, 2012 – Saturday

all morning

bits of canning wax

autumn kitchen

*

kitchen window

a finger moon drawn

in winter

*

spring kitchen

seed packets line the table

in rows

*

morning

the kitchen screen door

bangs into summer

*

I rattle

the kitchen window

crow garden

#20 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Centering in a Pool

meditation
centering in a pool
of moonlight

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
iPad 2

Although my Internet has been down for over a week I continued to write and create around haiku during that time. My hope is to post this work and new work in the next few days as my net service has now been repaired. Fun on. Aloha.

#19 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Clay Pots

clay pots
one seed at a time
spring

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting

Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
ScratchCam App
iPad 2

#18 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ A Blossom Note

a note left
on each blossom
butterfly

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting

Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
ScratchCam App
iPad 2

#17 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Butterfly Lightness

blossom to blossom
the journey of lightness
butterfly

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting

Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
iPad 2

#16 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Moon Boat

ocean night
moon boat sails
into universe

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

• Digital Drawing and Painting
• Zen Brush App
• iPad 2

#15 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Lavender Moon Rise

end of the day
a lavender moon rise
tea

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

• Digital Drawing and Painting
• Zen Brush App
• iPad 2

 

#14 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ The Long Sky*

a walk
the color of breeze
in the long sky

*For the last couple of days I’ve had no Internet connection. Repair is scheduled for sometime in the next week or two. …So I’m experimenting on the fly on a walk, to see if I can post in hotspots on the street with ku and haiga creation as I walk. Hey, just like camping out. Fun. Aloha.

#13 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo with ABC Prompts; Etegami ~ Laundry Dance

laundry dance
beach towel music
in the wind

Etegami ~ a simple postcard size drawing (with or without color as I see it) with words often evoking season.

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
iPad 2

NaHaiWriMo ABC Prompt Haiku:

Ff Frame

February 6, 2012 – Monday

the empty space
between bare branches
a sky frame

*

Hh Hat

February 8, 2012 – Wednesday

departure
on an empty hatrack
the moon

*

Ll Laundry

February 12, 2012 – Sunday

laundry bird
a mother with clothespins
in the yard

*

river laundry
on the rocks a pile
of white sheets

Weekly Photo Challenge: Regret; NaHaiWriMo #12 February 2012 ~ Locked Gate

a locked gate

that begins to rust

regret

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Photograph

• 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Digital Photography
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

 

#11 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Slipper Story

slipper story

Cinderella in the street

twisted

Haiga ~ one work, image with haiku.

Digital Photograph

• 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

More and more shoes seem to be showing up on my walks.  May be I’m just noticing them more.  Sometimes one shoe sometimes a pair.  They often make me wonder about the story behind them and how they got to where I see them.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Ready; NaHaiWriMo #10 – Haiga ~ Blossom Ready

mountain laughter

beneath the rain clouds

blossom ready

Haiga ~ Image with Haiku as one work.

Photograph

• 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Digital Photography
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

#09 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Etegami ~ Spring Teaser

February nine
a new sprout in an old pot
spring teaser

Etegami ~ a simple postcard size drawing (with or without color as I see it) with words often evoking season.

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
ScratchCam App
iPad 2

NaHaiWriMo ABC Prompt Haiku:

Ee Egg

February 5, 2012 – Sunday

egg treasure
a thousand spiders
in a silk sac

#08 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Finger Tip on a Planet

white paper moon
drawn with a finger tip
on a planet

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
ScratchCam App
iPad 2

NaHaiWriMo ABC Prompt Haiku:

Cc Catfish

February 3, 2012 – Friday

catfish whiskers
the old watercolor brush
still useful

*

Dd Dog

February 4, 2012 – Saturday

dog stain
this heart greeting
each time

#07 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ Jellyfish Moon

jellyfish moon
in the winter ink sky
my breath

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
iPad 2

Haiga ~ image with haiku as one work.

The above haiku was first published on the Haiku Bandit Society Blog for the February 2012 Moon Viewing Party – where you can also submit work.

The NaHaiWriMo Facebook page also posts prompts – one a day – which can be used as departure points for writing daily haiku each month. You are encouraged to post one of your haiku there each day. This month the prompts are by Michael Dylan Welch and follow an alphabet theme.

I find exploring prompts will often take my haiku where it might not otherwise go. The following are haiku I’ve written in response to the NaHaiWriMo alphabet theme prompts:

Aa Apple

February 1, 2012 – Wednesday

stored in the cellar
the crunch of autumn
a crisp apple

*

how odd
to throw away the core
life

(the way I see it the haiku response need not always include the actual word in the haiku as long as I have a sense that the haiku is in some way connected to the prompt)

*

Bb Boat

February 2, 2012 – Thursday

a monkey boat
in this velvet ink sky
the banana moon

#06 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo; Haiga ~ A Path into Spring

red maple

the first leaves open

a path into spring

Haiga ~ Image with Haiku as one work.

Slightly Altered Photograph

• 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
• Nikon D80 Digital Camera
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

Play in Michael Dylan Welch’s NaHaiWriMo, post on Facebook and read what others are doing there.

Although I’ve used the words “red maple” (loosely) in this haiku, this is actually a Japanese Maple.   Red Maple leaves are more known for their bright red in autumn.  The leaves on this Japanese Maple are a brilliant red when they first come out and then gradually turn green running through an amazing  range of  red and green on each leaf.  This photo was taken on Friday – February 3, 2012.

Related articles

• NaHaiWriMo Day 4 (tasmith1122.wordpress.com)

#05 February 2012: NaHaiWriMo ~ Etegami; Winter Tea

winter
the tea cools too fast
this morning

Etegami ~ A simple postcard size drawing (with or without color as i see it) with words often evoking season.

Haiga ~ Image with Haiku as one work.

Digital Drawing and Painting
Zen Brush App
ArtStudio App
iPad 2