life

 I had vowed to take a break from poetry two days back, hence no post from me in the past two days.
But along comes this prompt today from Michele Harvey on NaHaiWriMo and these lines follow. I don't know if you can call them poetry or haiku, but here they are for whatever they are!

August 25, 2013
Prompt: life

life            hung out to dry on the clothes-line

life

waiting huddled

at the bottom

of the stairs

life

coming home doused

with the scent of grass

life

I try you out

in front of the mirror

life 

leaping a little

 higher

life...

no loitering

 here

life  as soon as I forget about you

life    even without you    life

life

...because

you asked

 

 

August 21, 2013
(Prompt: favorite insect)

antsantsants...

the long line

of my peeves

August 20, 2013

(Prompt:favorite mineral/rock/stone)

emerald spring-

a curl of fern

under the rock

Seventeenth small stone

some days
a wayward wind enters
this darkened alley...
rattling the blue windows, it asks:
do you still remember me?

August 19, 2013
(Prompt:favorite plant/flower)

wildflower patch why ask my name

August 18, 2013
(Prompt: favorite animal)

watching 

the meteor shower

my cat and I

August 16, 2013
(Prompt: intuition/clairvoyance)

sixth sense-

a sudden chill down my spine

on a sunny day

August 15, 2013
(Prompt:touch)

Braille-

the baby's fingers

read my face

August 13. 2013
Prompt: (smell/nose)

smell of brewing tea

I open

the first mail 

August 14,2013

(Prompt: taste/mouth)

cave mouth

the taste of

fear 

 August 11, 2013
the theme this week is "senses". And the prompt for today :eyes/sight

 a flicker

in the cat's eyes-

blue butterfly

August 12, 2013

Prompt:sound/hearing

malhar notes...

the distinct sound

of each raindrop

August 10,2013
(Prompt: smoke/smog)

city smog-

the honkings from

ghost cars

August 9,2013
(Prompt: hail/ice)

hailstorm...

all the sounds 

of our cold war

August 7, 2013
(Prompt:clouds)

overcast sky-

minnows in and out

of the clouds

August 6, 2013
(Prompt:storm)

brewing storm-

the packed suitcase

at the door

 

August 4
(Prompt:windy)

   autumn afternoon

dry leaves ahead

of the wind

August 5
(Prompt:dry/drought)

parched field the bleached white of a raven's bones

August 3, 2013
(Prompt:sunny)

spring sun...

each daffodil holding

its echo

August 2, 2013
(Prompt:snow)

  Sshhh...

softly

  the      snow

              on       the     sidewalk       

August 1, 2013

Michele Harvey is the prompter this month for NaHaiWriMo.
I'm not sure how long I'll be able to follow her prompts, maybe one week or 2 weeks . Let's see.
But meanwhile the theme of the week is 'weather with its many moods'.

(Prompt:rain)

scent of rain...

he says he doesn't

remember