Sunday, January 25, 2015

January nahaiwrimo - week three

Mist, Mint,Match, Mosquito, Magpie, Mothball and Mud-- these were the prompts on NaHaiWriMo in the third week of January and here is what I managed to write.


estranged...
the mist
in his voice



mint leaf
a raindrop
turns green




striking a match
in the dark room
the leap of a wasp




drifting off...
this unfinished business
with mosquitoes





monochrome light
the chatter of magpies
at dawn




ma's closet
the scent of mothballs
almost a patina




football field
the squeals as high
as the mud splatter




Tuesday, January 20, 2015

January NaHaiWriMo - week two

The second week at NaHaiWriMo...the prompts were: Mesh,Mango, Manhole, Mosaic,Maze, Meadow and Mantel.

And the ku I wrote were:

window mesh-
the spider weaves 
a sunbeam



paisleys-
a whiff of summer
in the swish of her skirt




manhole night the beginning of another world



cracked mosaic--
a gnarled branch
against the sky



corn maze
the wind will have
its way



morning fog
the meadow lost
in cowbells



shrugging off
the mantle of clouds
Eucalypts


Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January nahaiwrimo, week one

NaHaiWriMo is always fun.Since I've not been able to get down to writing small stones, I started doing Chrissi Villa's prompts on nahaiwrimo this month and this is my first week's harvest. The prompts were :Mirror, Marmalade,Murmur,Morsel,Melody, Magnolia and Mask.


gleaming mirror
my questions thrown back
at me



black currant jam
I scoop out a spoonful
of darkness



snaking
across the forest floor
the murmur
of a fire



first morsel-
a mouthful
of toothless smile



windchimes
one or two ripples
in the pond



magnolia buds...
the words you write
on the window-pane


halloween night
everywhere
the raccoon eyes

Friday, January 2, 2015

missing the small stones

This January I’m definitely going to miss my annual ritual of writing a small stone everyday that I had been doing for the past few years and enjoying so much.Fiona Robyn, the founder of small stones has gone on a hiatus and any imminent comeback does not seem to be in the offing. But maybe I can still stop by to watch a moment and write a stone now and then, if not daily?


begging to be walked-
the old dog fetches
its leash

(Shiki kukai, December 2014)