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Jade-Pandora — Spring Haikuthon Mar 1-31 2008
Published: 2008-03-02 03:55:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 3976; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 26
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March 31 - haiku/senryua brief life
serenades from the reeds-
eternal spring
March 30 - haiku/senryu
start stop start stop
two squirrels hide and seek
to the treetop
March 29 - haiku/senryu
spring fever-
I cut my jeans
very short
March 28 - haiku/senryu
I trod barefoot
on the path
to his sandals
March 27 - haiku/senryu
hands trembling
I press his note into
origami folds
March 26 - haiku/senryu
waning moon, low tide
sand shifts from my feet
to my lover's
March 25 - haiku/senryu
the scent of rain
the scent of him-
one and the same
March 24 - senryu/senryu
at the zoo
sneaking a grope
by the python cage
March 23 - haiku/senryu
freshly washed hair
drying in the spring air-
I think of him
March 22 - haiku/haiku
bathroom window
moonlight
voyeur
March 21 - haiku/senryu
before dawn
he wakes me
in prayer
March 20 - haiku/senryu
moonless night
my lover's eyes
the only light
March 19 - haiku/senryu
I anticipate
his breath on my nape-
spring dusk
March 18 - haiku/senryu
cloudburst-
his clothes and mine
drip-dry in the tub
March 17 - haiku/senryu
blood oranges
pried open
bleeding down my chin
March 16 - haiku/haiku
melon flesh yields
green gourds hang-
afternoon banquet
March 15 - haiku/haiku
curbside run-off
graceful silhouette
the flight of a crane
March 14 - haiku/senryu
camp raid-
not a single egg
or raccoon left
March 13 - haiku/senryu
wasp nest
in my mailbox-
unpaid bills
March 12 - haiku/senryu
a tabby preens
on the porch-
ant queue
March 11 - haiku/haiku
daybreak-
empty and unbroken
a lone snail shell
March 10 - haiku/haiku
spring showers
woven boughs
nut hatchlings sleep
March 9 - haiku/senryu
cacophony-
returning geese
catch up on gossip
March 8 - senryu/senryu
sun bonnets in vogue-
a bee attends
high tea
March 7 - haiku/senryu
morning dew-
ladybug
reflections
March 6 - haiku/senryu
swollen stream-
bears' midday forage
the twins wrestle
March 5 - haiku/haiku
death rattle-
gulls loiter inland
from the last storm
March 4 - haiku/senryu
coitus-
two otters
underwater
March 3 - haiku/haiku
dream catchers
at dawn's first light-
cocoon remnants
March 2 - haiku/senryu
scalloped leaves-
a caterpillar's
overbite
March 1 - haiku/haiku
snow melts-
bones of winter
grin from the grass
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Comments: 299
If only we could correct caterpillars' overbites with braces...
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3/7- Ladybug reflections! I love the bugface distortion you put in my head!
(no fair all you guys have rain and bugs and I have snow and ice and arctic winds still 
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lol you visualize #7 perfectly!
yes i see how cold weather might cramp your spring haikus - i couldn't handle such conditions-- unless i could stay wrapped warm in front of a hearth with a mug of hot chocolate and a good read mmmm
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it would be hard to get to work like that . . heh
(hi squeaky! 
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my writing will make me independent never to have to commute when snowed in 
hi! *waves back*
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I enjoy the mot recent lady bug piece and the courage to g haiku that is not 5/7/5 syllables - which some argue a haiku doesn't really have to be.
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Your haikus are wonderful, you're definitely off to a fantastic start. Though I've gotta ask...
You saw otters going at it? XD
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and thank you for your lovely comment, btw
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I haven't. XD
No worries. ^^
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Swollen stream - what interesting imagery, I like it.
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imma say..this about change and growing with the seasons..?then again i dunno !!! but me like it 
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creepy but pretty - i'd love to have a t-shirt that says that!
i'm glad you like, sweetie!
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your welcome
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I like the ambiguity of the bears/twins - are they one in the same, does the human mirror the natural ... cool, meditative without being disruptive.
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well...
like siblings will do when they've been cooped up hybernating in a cave all winter, they'll rough-and-tumble every chance they get. In this case, it's while they're out with mom as she gets the fam' lunch.
As i'm want to do however, there's always layers of other things going on too. Thanks for your comments.
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GAASP BEARS <3
=3 I love bears and i didnt understand the twins thing until i just wrote i heart bears
I'm so hopeless and that was so awesome
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Thank you!
i'm so glad you picked up on the 'twins'
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lol yeah it took me a while
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March 2 made me smile. Great description.
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The gulls here are always inland. Lured by French fries and easy living. I wonder why they moved here from the coast?
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i wonder too? *softly chuckles*
where is 'here' btw?
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Iowa - believe it or not! Silly gulls. That is why I am so surprised.
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wow!...
you folks must have awesome french fries!
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wierdly these flow together nicely...I like the spring images made by these! (sorry Ive not been commenting deviant art went wierd on me when I got a sub!)
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flow is a good thing
and thank you for finally making it through so i could hear from you!
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glad to be seeing your work again! when I got a sub it unchecked getting deviations from anyone I was watching before I got a sub!
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Thank you!
There's lots more to come
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26, to be exact!
Much luck and love...~
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I have to say, March 3rd and 4th are my favorites so far.
I enjoy the manner in which the 3rd combines Native American spirituality with the process of rebirth (caterpillars turning to moths/or butterflies).The symbolism is excellent; comparing newly broken cocoons to dream catchers. I also like the duality in this piece. The cocoon serves as a womb; the mother who encloses her offspring in nurturing darkness. From a Pagan standpoint, the cocoon also (for the same reason) represents the "earth" element. The dawn on the other hand seems to represent the energy of the father...extroverted and (gently in this case) beckoning. Very nice!
As for the 4th, this is just a crisp image!! The picture of two lovers "soaking" in their passion for one another. However, that passion (due to the nature of otters) is blissfully playful...innocent in their love-making.
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Thank you so much, YG... you understand so often the way i perceive & then communicate that through these pieces, and many others i write
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Of course SG, that is because you are a clear, vivid, and fluid writer!
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the first one really blows me away!! a stunning image and delivery. wonderful.
the second is a great image also. I love the sudden shifts in scale, from the size of leaf to my finger (seeing the leaves) to the size of my mouth (which becomes the size of a caterpillar).
lovely.
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why thank you so much, Dick! any of my writing you find praise with is certainly a wonderful gift for me!
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no - you have it the wring way round.
the reason I comment is because your poetry is a gift for me. I merely return the favour...
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i'm so very touched
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I wasn't watching you- how did that happen- whatever.
The grinning bones
and the overbite 
do you have a tooth theme going here? heh
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Always better late than never - and i hope you're feeling better.
*chuckles @ tooth theme* thanks so much for your comments!
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The March 1 and March 2 are amazing. The grinning bones of winter made me grin myself and the caterpillar's overbite, wow, I love it, I wish my mind worked liked that. This is going to be such an exciting month because Imma get to read a lot of new haiku everyday!
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You will see lots of wonderful possibilities -
it's a good thing that we don't all have minds that work exactly alike - and thanks so much for your sweet comment!
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in all ways... thank you, dear!
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