Friday afternoon!
doing 40 on the interstate
this Sunday driver
NaHaiWriMo 2/19 prompt = zirconium (atomic number: 40).
Ekphrasis: a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art.
Two new ekphrastic poems that riff on works by Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso at Bill Waters ~~ NOT Haiku. :- D
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spring training —
from third to home
the Canada goose
Inspired by a favorite poem by renowned haiku poet Arizona Zipper:
Hopping over the mound
and into the dugout —
the first robin.
NaHaiWriMo 2/18 prompt = zip / zipper.
so long ago
her mother’s zinnias . . .
midlife memories
NaHaiWriMo 2/17 prompt = zinnia.
freezing rain . . .
winging low
a single crow
Published in Haiku Presence, February 2016.
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beside the blue irises
one “red zinger” . . .
what it feels like to be sidelined
NaHaiWriMo 2/16 prompt = zinger.
dark-skinned grapes
storing up sunshine . . .
smell of rain on the wind
NaHaiWriMo 2/15 prompt = Zinfandel.
ring-and-run!
30 red roses
on the doorstep
NaHaiWriMo 2/14 prompt = zinc (atomic weight: 30).
hey sidewinder —
don’t come sidewinding
toward me!
NaHaiWriMo 2/13 prompt = zigzag.
wringing her hands
and her heart . . .
the telegram on the table
NaHaiWriMo 2/12 prompt = zeugma.
(I think this is an example of zeugma *and* syllepsis… LOL — whatever!- )
Bill Waters ~~ Haiku 