Persistence - haiku...

I tried and I tried

to hang on to what I had.

sanity slippery.

 

This Haiku Monday is hosted by Serendipity.

She chose "persistence" for this week's theme.

Visit her blog to read all the entries

and to leave one of your own.

Haiku Winner...

So many entries and so many variations on the theme.
I was tempted by several so I took a break and came back
this afternoon to read again with fresh eyes and rested
brain. One stood out as the one which most framed what
had been in my head...

Color arises,
though ground is hard, dry as bone.
Rock garden rainbow.

Thank you, Serendipity!
The photo she used for illustration is beautiful, too.

Serendipity will be next week's host for Haiku Monday.

All of you who took the time to create and enter your
haiku are wonderful, talented and thoughtful.
Bless you all.

Haiku Monday -- BLOOM...

The subject for Monday's Haiku challenge is -

******** BLOOM (noun or verb) *********

Format should be the old, reliable 5-7-5.

Please limit the number of your submissions for
judging to two. Leave your entries in comments here.

Lastly, do not use the word bloom in your haiku.

Posting an image on your blog for illustration is welcome.

Submission deadline is midnight Monday eastern time.

I'm looking forward to reading lots and lots of haiku.

Have fun!

Haiku Monday - Circle...

hoop skirts. Southern belles.
grand BBQ at Twelve Oaks.
the first hula hoops.

This week's Haiku Monday is hosted by the
thoughtful and creative Curmudgeon's Complaint.
The topic he chose is: CIRCLE.

Haiku Monday - Silence

when words die. when hearts
stop beating. when souls depart.
Silence takes life's place.

you won't see me or
hear me again. Be careful
asking for silence.

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This week's Haiku Monday contest
is hosted by the ever sweet Foam.
Her topic of choice: SILENCE.

Submission deadline is tonight at midnight.

Haiku Monday - Venture...

quilts and teddy bears,
pondering cards, mugs and shirts.
so far, all gone bust.

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This week's Haiku Monday contest
is being hosted by Karl.
The topic he chose is - VENTURE.

Be brave. It's open to all.

Haiku Monday - X ...

Yes, bloggy friends.
I know it isn't even close
to Monday but, I'm posting
now because I'm too tired to
think of anything else because
I haven't slept in two days.
Senior Insomnia? Perhaps.
Anyway, I'm planning ahead because
I hope to be sleeping soon and I may
miss Monday altogether.

The host for this week's Haiku Monday is
Moi.
(no, not me. Moi.)
The challenging topic she chose is:

X
Yes. X .Go to her blog to read the rules because
I'm too tired to 'splain.

These are mine. You write your own.

(1)
invisible is
really exvisible. Once
you were there, then not.

(2)
they're what your heart
gets when love goes running out
the door. exit wounds.

(3)
experience should
be insperience. absorbed
by us, not expelled.

(4)
exiled because of
profiled. accelerated
label-ization.

(5)
Excel. Be better
than you were before. Before
when? Before today.

(6)
Excavate the pain.
Exhume. Excommunicate.
Accelerate joy.

(7)
XYZ. not as
easy as ABC... I
got nuthin' for this.

(8)
like a trail of
rabbit turds. Excremental
expostulation.

(9)
Don't say shit. (You mean,
don't say anything?) No, you
stupid. Don't say shit!

(10)
this is my brain on
no sleep for forty-eight hours.
Exhaustion excites.

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yeah, yeah. I got a little carried away.

g'night.

Haiku Monday - Don't Mess With Mother Nature

Beautiful planet
Earth knows how to take care of
herself. Let her live.

*

what's happened to the
neighborhood? It used to be
so clean and quiet.

*

it should be a love
affair with yourself, not sad.
who needs bigger boobs??

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This week's Haiku Monday Contest
is hosted by the multi-talented
Fishy.

Her topic is:
Don't Mess With Mother Nature!

Just so ya know...

today is no time to be wearing flip-flops.
Or tomorrow, either.

Last night, here in sunny Florida, I had to use
artificial heat to stay warm. No, you say!
Yes, I say! Below freezing it was.
Even now, as I type with cold-stiffened fingers,
the 'net says it has only approached 40.
(That statement probably lost all sympathy from
any one of you north of Georgia.)

To distract you from my (temporary) misery, I'm
going to send you to Fishy's place so you can read
all the inspired haiku written by an ever-growing
league of haiku writers. Go ahead.
Be impressed. Be inspired. Be a player. (not playah)

My own attempts to impress will be posted here at
one minute after midnight Monday. woo hoo.

In other news... I am still looking for a job.
Actually, I've found lots of jobs but none of the bastards
in charge of hiring picked me. And, yes, I've continued
to look outside the box.

If you see a blonde, big-boobed woman on the news
carrying a sign that says "Hire Me. You won't be sorry!"
it might be me.

Haiku Monday - metallic sound...

wind chime music played
by soft finger breeze drifting
through the open porch.

*

This week's Haiku Monday is hosted by
Serendipity
who came up with a most unique topic:
'metallic sound'.
The variety of haiku for this is impressive.
Add yours to the collection.

Haiku Monday - Rain...

eye rain. eyes rain tears
from heavy heart cloud cover.
watching for sunshine.

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have you ever watched
the sun shine while it's raining?
Sunshower blessing.

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the tick-tick-tick on
thirsty leaves and dusty grass.
soothing lullaby.

***

it's raining haiku
like it does every Monday.
come get your pen wet.

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Anonymous Boxer is hosting this week's
Haiku Monday.
The topic is RAIN and she's having a
published poet do the judging.

You're not gonna let a little rain keep you away, are you?

Haiku Monday - beauty...

This week's Haiku Monday is
hosted by the lovely Anya.
The topic she chose is: beauty.

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Can you hear beauty?
Listen to a loved one's laugh.
That's hearing beauty.

*

the first time I saw
your eyes, your sky blue eyes, I
fell into beauty.

*

Haiku Monday - treasure...

Words. Masterfully
composed. Expressed vibrantly.
Finessed image. Words.
*

Mel Fisher, late of
Key West, found his hidden in
a sunken ship's ribs.
*

Follow the yellow
brick road. But stay away from
fields of poppies.

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This week's Haiku Monday is being hosted by
Chickory.

The deadline to submit haiku is 9 pm Monday.
There will be voting (until 6 pm Tuesday)to determine
the winner.
Click on the link to read all the details for the contest
and go to comments to read the entries.

Oh, yeah... the theme she chose is - Treasure.
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(more but without visuals)

one treasure is that
it could be worse. Cherishing
breath, health, sanity.

*

oh, if I were to
walk the path that leads to you,
would X mark the spot?

*

Love that remains through
fire and storm and pain and fear.
Everlasting light.

*

at the age I am,
treasures change from those of youth.
Closer and smaller.

*

It may not look like
much from there but, from this view,
it is a fortune.

*

When you wish upon
a star, don't be blind to what
might already be.

Haiku Monday - Nocturnal...

someone is awake
somewhere. writing, perhaps, or
just wondering why.
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morning glory sleeps
while moonflower opens to
her night moth feeding.

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night falling on the
horizon, pushes away
last arms of the sun.
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This week's Haiku Monday is hosted by Scout
and she chose the topic - Nocturnal.
Seventeen syllables divided into
three lines of 5-7-5.

Everyone is welcome to play.

Haiku Monday - new beginnings...

with any minute
of any day in our life,
we can start anew.

*

every midnight ends
one and begins another.
repeats endlessly.

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This week's Haiku Monday challenge is hosted by
Aunty Belle and the topic she chose is:
New Beginnings.

Certainly appropriate for the first week of 2012,
wouldn't you say? Click on the link to her blog
up there, read her rules and join in the fun.

Haiku Monday - sweet...

pink cotton candy
clouds greet the new day's sunrise.
welcoming promise.
*

moonlight and music.
slow dancing and romancing.
don't knock it, try it.
*

Oompa Loompas have
the sweetest job. Nothing but
choc-o-late all day.
*

it goes to my hips
and thighs and tummy and cheeks.
nothing escapes bulge.
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The topic for this week's Haiku Monday is
'sweet'.
Curm is the host.

You have until midnight, his time, to
submit your entries.
Dare.

Haiku Monday - spin...

it's all in how you
see it, feel it, believe it.
that's your spin on it.
*

flattened against the
wall, lights streaking overhead.
ride life's tilt-a-whirl.
*

It's Haiku Monday time and the topic
is spin.
This week's host is Fleur.

Haiku Monday - silver...

Angel waiting for
ringing bells conferring wings.
Atta boy, Clarence.
*

As the Lone Ranger
said, "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!"
Don't forget Tonto.
*

two-winged silver bells
aren't silver at all. a
delicate flower.

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This week's Haiku Monday is hosted by Fishy.
The topic is 'silver'.
C'mon and play.

Haiku Monday - time...

time out of mind was
or yet to be remembered
in one-thought pieces.

*
once upon a time
this time seemed neverending.
all time is not ours.

*
winding, winding down
flash-flash path of memory
exhale one last time.

*
love it this time more
than last time. there may not be
another time here.

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Karl is this week's Haiku Monday host.
Use the 5-7-5 format and join in.
Fun group of peeps.

Haiku Monday energy/energize...

intimidation
takes the wind from people's sails.
floating dull adrift.

First deep breath in the
morning. Yawn and stretch and smile.
Let the day begin!

I found a haiku contest through Boxer's blog.
This week Haiku Monday is being hosted by Serendipity.
Follow the links, read the entries and join in the fun, why doncha?