Sudden Transition ~ #013 February 2014 – Haiga/Haibun for #FWF Free Write Friday: Time and Place Scenario (Plus) NaHaiWriMo Days 25 to 28
Crystal Transition
sudden transition. i know this. it’s not the first time. oh. beautiful. the light through that umbrella. i watch her walk away. the tight squeak of damp snow with each step. she is not hurrying. she must not be in a hurry to get away. she either doesn’t know i’m here or it doesn’t matter. i watch the light through umbrella colors beneath the next lamppost halo.
i watch. look up. the snow drifting down. it does not melt on my face. i am not cold. it is not cold. i catch a snowflake on my tongue. on my hands. the snow does not melt. strange. maybe this is angel snow?
i look down. i’m in a tee-shirt and cut-offs. flip-flops. no coat. and still i am not cold. England? Northern Italy? no. the Right Coast USA? the Mid-West? no. otherworldly. yes. another planet. ah. of course. which other planet? the 16th planet? possibly. no. a satellite moon of the 16th planet. yes. maybe. one of three.
she is almost out of sight. i turn the other way. nothing. darkness. yet that is the direction she must have come from moments ago. i turn back. she is walking away again. the light through the umbrella. i watch and listen. the squeak of snow. the second lamppost. the third. i turn.
i turn back. groundhog day. she is walking away again. the snow falls. the squeak of footsteps in angel snow. sudden transition. repeating. sudden transition. night. no cars. sudden transition. repeating. the material of dreams.
i turn to follow.
snow crystals
through lamppost light
the color of dreams
February 28, 2014
8:33 PM to 8:45 PM
Kailua, Hawaii
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My response (with a few minor edites) to the #FWF Free Write Friday: Time and Place Scenario prompt in words (and visual on Kellie Elmore’s Blog):
“You suddenly find yourself standing alone on an unknown sidewalk in an unknown place. It’s night and snowing and the only other person around is walking away from you….” – Kellie Elmore
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Some of my haiku on days 25 to 28 for Michael Dylan Welch’s NaHaiWriMo (National Haiku Writing Month on Facebook) follow. Through NaHaiWriMo we are encouraged to write at least one haiku a day for the month of February (or all year long as the prompts continue all year long too). Prompts can be found on Facebook—which are optional. I have posted my daily haiku as I post, which means I’ve often posted several days together in one post. This is the last of the days for February. The haiku are from the days as indicated although they may not represent all I wrote on these days.
NaHaiWriMo
National Haiku Writing Month Feb. 2014
1 haiku per day or more
2-25-2014
BRAID is the prompt for February 25, 2014
butterfly trail
among the blossoms
a braided path
a thousand butterflies
among the early blossoms
this braided path
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2-26-2014
BREW is the prompt for February 26, 2014
sweet brew
stevia and lemon grass
in my tea
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winter brew
in the dog’s dish
I break the ice
morning brew
in the dog’s dish
I break the ice
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evening brew
added to my tea
the moon
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2-27-2014
BUTTON is the prompt for February 27, 2014
late winter
the last coat on the rack
missing several buttons
new moon button
a click marks the day
on my iPad
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2-28-2014
BRIDGE is the prompt for February 28, 2014
coat pockets
the bridge between home
and these seeds I find
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