WHR August 2001
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Photo-haiku
In 1999 Mitty (Mitsugu) Abe developed the first interactive website for photographers and haiku poets to do something new and collaborate with their arts: “Overcoming Time and Distance”. Along with others around the world, WHC members have enjoyed Mitty’s sites by writing haiku for a wide variety of photographs of nature, people and places. Recently Mitty created Beacons, a web site in which people submit photos and haiku about the seasons related to the places where they live. Already this site enjoys submissions from the U.S., Canada, UK, Japan and Italy.
Calla Lily Image
by Carol Raisfeld
don’t you hear
the music
of the trumpeteer?
peigi ann sway
how dark
the shade of sun in the light
of a calla lily
hortensia anderson
golden sword
in white linen shroud
calla lily
deborah russell
wrapped in white
your core of pollen
waits for the bees
carlos fleitas
carrier of light
calla lily in bloom
the whole day
marjorie buettner
early morning –
a calla lily
open for business
carol raisfeld
Ladder Image
by Max Verhart
my childhood dreams!
what a small place,
this tree house —
Michael McClintock
a widow’s thoughts
climbing up into
apple blossoms
Paul Conneally
forgotten ladder
the son hurries home
with the cat
Carmen Sterba
tall ladder
against taller tree
the climber daydreams
peigi ann sway
I will accept
its invitation
silver ladder
Linda Robeck
spring orchard —
blossoms are turning
into apples
Max Verhart
Monastery
by Ena Linares
evensong-
the faint shuffling
of sandalled feet
Sue Mill
at the end of
a monk’s silent walk:
light
Sheila Windsor
evening prayer
in a monastery
a chant echoes
Robert Leechford
hallowed eve
a silence broken
only by footsteps
Kathi Rudawsky
let’s step inside
this cool colonnade,
little sparrow
Michael McClintock
around the arches
echoes
of meditations
ena
Morning Silhouette
by soji (Gary Barnes)
morning silhouette
a shadow becomes
the tree
Darrell Byrd
sunrise-
the first lark’s
hesitant notes
Sue Mill
releasing the tree
from its shadow
morning light
Linda Robeck
clouds part
for a moment in time
morning silhouette
Carol Raisfeld
dim morning
my every thought shadowed
by your absence
naia
storm warning
a bruised sky
threatens revenge
soji (Gary Barnes)
Morning Dew
by Carol Raisfeld
first morning alone
teardrops
even the roses
Jeanne Marie Booth
newspaper delivery
the dew on the roses
quivers
Carmen Sterba
in the dew drop
an unseen universe-
worlds collide
Sue Mill
her lips
sweet as the dew
on the morning rose
Darrell Byrd
summer rose –
the dew soaking
in coral pink
Robert Leechford
a dewy rose
this morning
the scent of summer
Carol Raisfeld
New Leaves
by Ray Rasmussen
giving away
the youngest of my daughters –
new spring leaves
Linda Robeck
leaves hold
small ballet shoes
dance yet to come
Carol Sircoulomb
spring leaves
the mellow tinkle
of windchimes
Sue Mill
sycamore seeds
my son slides down
the banister
Paul Conneally
winged seeds –
flight for
life
Rita Summers
spring leaves–
new growth covers
old burdens
Ray Rasmussen
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