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if i could give a name to this wind wild poppies

Frogpond 36.3

peep-toes haiga

 Have to share with you these two beautiful haiga by Jayashree Maniyil from Australia, which she did
based on my haiku published in DailyHaiku on December 8.I loved both the versions. You pick your favourite.

haiga: hoping

 A haiga I had done sometime ago and which just happened to match Neelam Dadhwal's prompt: "play" on IN haiku.

hoping 

to turn it around~

a nuthatch's world

NaHaiWriMO outdoor week - day 12

February 12 - Prompt - RIVER

anchored boat

the river

lapping

lapping

 

(This photo is from our trip to Ashtamudi, Kerala backwaters )

Haiga ( for 30 days of haiga)

Rick Daddario is having the 30 Days of Haiga bash on his blog 19 planets Art Blog just like last year in which I had participated. I would have loved nothing better than to do so this year too but have been incapacitated with circumstances beyond my control.On the other hand, I feel so wistful reading and looking at all the entries of the other participants and the ones Rick himself has been doing (which are awesome) that i thought i would post at least one haiga as a token participation for Rick's blog.So here is the one I did for September 7, the prompt word was "grandmother memories".

afternoon quiet-
she opens
her trinket box

Haiga- rifted

rifted night the cosmic call of the screech owl

Posted in Free haiga...the ku done in response to a nahairimo prompt: "cosmic".

Haiga - Flight

Another haiga I had done for NaHaiWriMo a few days ago. The prompt was "flight".

our
flight
path~
the wind
knows

Haiga - Repetition

Taking a break from Things with Wings today. Instead here is a haiga I did on NaHaiWriMo yesterday on June 8th, for the prompt "repetition". The prompter this month is Kathabela Wilson.

Doodle ku 20 - Things with Wings

March 20

old globe-
the blue of the oceans
fading

Doodle ku 16

old letters--
the yellowing scent
of decayed words

Though this one was not included in the collection, I loved doing it!

Haiga in collaboration - Krishnachura

Haiga done in collaboration.
Sumi-e painting by Linda L Ashok and the words by me.
You can see this and many other beautiful images and poems by Linda on her blog here.

Thank you, Linda, for the inspiration.

Moon haiga

image:Dion Paul

Haiku posted at Moon viewing party.

Haiga 17

where i stop,
they take off...
gulls at the pier's end

riverbank

riverbank~
dipping my toes
in winter clouds

(Sketchbook, Nov-Dec, 2010
'winter clouds' kukai,
2nd place)

Halloween "spirits"

night chill...
raiding the cellar
in search of spirits

Halloween or All Hallow's eve was celebrated in the West yesterday (Monday, 31st October).The prompt by Pris Campbell at NaHaiWriMo was 'ghosts or spirits' and this was my response .

Here's Michele Harvey on the same prompt at the same forum :

wind chill-
the creak on the stairs
when nobody's there

And this is what Stella Pierides had to say:

ghosts -
wherever you look
a double-burger

There is a great haiga by Sheila Windsor as well , but you better visit the NaHaiWriMo page for that.And you must go take a look at Rick Daddario's halloween haiga here.

lime pickle

An afternoon spent playing with colours, fonts and photo effects ... and this is the result of one of my efforts. The ku has been published in Frogpond.

between unkempt lawn

between unkempt lawn
and wildflowers, the lights of
my childhood home

one more haiga

I think I was dying to do this. So, as soon as I get a chance, off I go. Call it haiga, call it doodle-ku, here is my today's offering. The ku has been posted today at NaHaiWriMo, the prompt was '"courtship".
And here is the haiga:

Haiga -beyond twilight

The last day of haiga-a-day challenge and my last haiga, for the time being!

Boy, am i glad that I decided to participate! Though my efforts were amateurish, having had no drawing or haiga background and only the most rudimentary know-how in photoshop... the only application I had at my disposal... it was tough going, yet I had so much fun, even if it meant sitting bleary-eyed at the computer till late at night.

Because I always love experimenting with colours! And seeing something totally new emerge from a dull, flat picture or clipart was a reward in itself.Finally all the colours and shapes in the world to dabble in and splash, stretch and twirl, daub or spatter as I want! I discovered quite a few new online photo editors along the way and learnt a lot from the other participants as well.

Before I end, 'sorry' to those unsuspecting visitors to my blog whom I inundated day after day with my haiga and lotsa mahalo and aloha (even if i say so not in the right order) to all those who have encouraged and egged me on, not that I needed much encouragement though! Really and truly 'way fun' , Rick Daddario!

Haiga - cumulus