A sliver ~ a haibun

A sliver of winter. That's all we get in the tropics. Closets come out. A pride of colours. Colours that stripe my woolen scarf, check that flowy overcoat and dot the quirky high boots I bought just for this season. I step out, wishing for snowflakes, like the ones that fell from the sky to clothe mighty mountains up north.


white fluffy overcoat
crystal drops sparkling starlight
~ winter's couture woos

Mindfills for dVerse’s Haibun Monday hosted by Frank Tassone ~ winter

Linking it also to #vss365

natsu no tsuki ~ a haiku

wind's caress
summer moon streams 
unsettling

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Mindfills for Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge – natsu no tsuki (summer moon
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samidare ~ a haiku

midsummer rain
leaving unquenched earth’s desire
steaming, wanting more

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Mindfills for
Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge – samidare (midsummer rain)

sprigs of spring ~ a haibun

I was there just last week. Walking up The Dayara Bugyal trail, through rhododendron forests, a gentle climb to high altitude meadows nestled in the heart of the Himalayas.

Bare walnut trees, waking up, were sprouting baby green leaves. Wheat fields swayed to the rhythm of sunlight. Birds stopped to suck nectar from red rhododendrons. Dotting the landscape were these artistically gnarled leafless trees covered in pink sprays of inflorescence. Cherry? I asked in my botanic ignorance. Haha No they said. We’re not in Japan. This is Tilini.

when cherry blossoms'

pink evanescence pauses

to breathe in Spring

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Mindfills of s.s. for

dVerse – Frank Tassone’s Haibun challenge – cherry blossoms

dVerse OLN – hosted by Lillian

waters warming ~ a haiku

spring~ waters warming,
longing to float desires
on new paper boats

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Mindfills by s.s. for

Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge – 3/6 waters warming (mizu nurumu)

Colleen’s Tanka Tuesdays – eager(longing) and hope ( desire) – synonyms only

stars ~ a haibun

On air. I’ve got to watch my words. Every single prejudice out there is a landmine. Every policy however democratic, seems to be more divisive than ever. What can I say? what words will work for all? Are we United in name only?

soaring on thin air
bald eagle paints skies blue
stars hide in bright light

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dVerse – Frank Tassone hosts Haibun Monday

hawk and the wolf moon ~ a tanka

insomniac hawk
wakes winter frosted forest
wanting warm nightcap
wolf moon lights up dark chances
curling talons for a bite

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Mindfills of s.s. for

Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge #167 #175 – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that allude to either the Wolf Moon (Ōkami no tsuki) or the hawk (taka)