spring rain
the dogwood
half petals, half leaves
Friday, March 23, 2012
Friday, March 09, 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Announcement
There may be a poetic way of making this announcement, but I haven't found it. Our baby BOY will join our family on 7/25/2012. I am transitioning from morning sickness to ravenousness as I move into the second trimester. He appears healthy, and the genetic tests came back with low risk of defects. Your positive thoughts for us to have a healthy, full-term baby are appreciated!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
vernal equinox
vernal equinox
my days and nights now measured
not in hours
but by our time together
and apart
my days and nights now measured
not in hours
but by our time together
and apart
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Abide with Me
Only traditional hymns and classical music played on classical instruments were performed in the rural Mormon church of my childhood. "Special musical numbers" that intersperse a sacrament meeting and give the congregation a break from singing may be sung by the ward choir, a family harmonizing a capella, or a nervous girl accompanied by the piano, a violin, or even a flute. Anything raucous or modern as percussion, guitars, and most music written after the 19th century is still forbidden, as is applause.
One winter Sabbath, old Brother Humphries sat in a chair in front of family-filled pews and slowly opened a battered violin case. He tightened and rosined the bow and bent an ordinary handsaw on his knee.
dusting of rosin
the saw's quivering
Abide with Me
One winter Sabbath, old Brother Humphries sat in a chair in front of family-filled pews and slowly opened a battered violin case. He tightened and rosined the bow and bent an ordinary handsaw on his knee.
dusting of rosin
the saw's quivering
Abide with Me
Friday, March 11, 2011
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
JapanFest TODAY!
If you are attending JapanFest today, please be sure to stop by the haiku workshop at noon.
See you there!
See you there!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
JapanFest Saturday, 9/18, Gwinnett Center
Pinecone, The North Georgia Haiku Society is presenting a haiku workshop at the 23rd annual JapanFest at 12:00 noon next Saturday at the Gwinnett Center in suburban Atlanta.
We will be presenting on modern English haiku, reciting a few favorites, and helping participants to try their hand.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
We will be presenting on modern English haiku, reciting a few favorites, and helping participants to try their hand.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Monday, September 06, 2010
RIP Peggy Lyles 1939 - 2010
first cool morning
bluets
for her grave
My mentor and editor passed away on Friday.
Peggy's obituary
bluets
for her grave
My mentor and editor passed away on Friday.
Peggy's obituary
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
from dusk to dawn
from dusk to dawn
you and I
just like evening star
and morning star
one and the same
you and I
just like evening star
and morning star
one and the same
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
stone's last skip
stone's last skip
before sinking out of sight
wishing I had known
that farewell kiss
was really goodbye
before sinking out of sight
wishing I had known
that farewell kiss
was really goodbye
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
blue iris
I arrive at his hospital bedside to find him much closer in his harrowing and humiliating decline. Despite the pain that even morphine and dilaudid only dull, he welcomes a stream of visitors. His eyes fill with tears as I squeeze his hand and tell him I love him.
We always knew it would be lung cancer, yet we cannot believe when the diagnosis comes.
blue iris
the color of his eyes
fleeting as smoke
We always knew it would be lung cancer, yet we cannot believe when the diagnosis comes.
blue iris
the color of his eyes
fleeting as smoke
fire opal
I am wearing the beautiful fire opal earrings and necklace he gave me. This gem could be mistaken for turquoise except for its brilliance. Yet I am conflicted about wearing jewelry given to me by a man who presented them with such affection and who no longer returns my calls.
I didn't want to hurt him by returning his gifts, though I am unsure whether it is right for me to continue adorning myself with his love tokens.
fire opal
the spark
snuffed
I didn't want to hurt him by returning his gifts, though I am unsure whether it is right for me to continue adorning myself with his love tokens.
fire opal
the spark
snuffed
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Haiku Now! contest results
I love the word "apercu," so I'm happy Jim used it in his analysis of my poem. http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/contest/haiku-now-contest-2010/
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Snapshot Press Calendar 2011 Runner Up
Slightly disappointed about being "just" a runner-up in the Snapshot Press calendar contest for 2011, but the haiku will appear in the calendar nonetheless. I hate when the results are alphabetical, because it looks like I'm waaaay down at the bottom of runner-up-hood.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
the observer effect
Behavioral scientists have proven that people act more ethically when they believe they are being watched. In one study, students gave to an honor system kitty for coffee twice as often when a set of eyes was illustrated on the sign requesting a contribution.
cherry blossoms
the monk primes
his alms bowl
Understanding how to direct human behavior by perceived observation pre-dates psychology, as the author of Hebrews 4:13 knew: And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render account. The all-seeing eye is represented in religions as diverse as ancient Egyptian polytheism, Buddhism, and Christianity. It even appears on US currency.
if there were a god...
entering my full income
on the tax form
Most of us prefer to imagine the less Orwellian eye of a shepherd watching over his sheep or our very own guardian angel.
clear skies
my faithless prayers rise
unfettered
In quantum physics, the term observer effect means the act of observing influences the phenomenon being observed. The eye of the beholder, and even its perspective, directly affects the process.
the instant
of transubstantiation
paschal eucharist
cherry blossoms
the monk primes
his alms bowl
Understanding how to direct human behavior by perceived observation pre-dates psychology, as the author of Hebrews 4:13 knew: And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render account. The all-seeing eye is represented in religions as diverse as ancient Egyptian polytheism, Buddhism, and Christianity. It even appears on US currency.
if there were a god...
entering my full income
on the tax form
Most of us prefer to imagine the less Orwellian eye of a shepherd watching over his sheep or our very own guardian angel.
clear skies
my faithless prayers rise
unfettered
In quantum physics, the term observer effect means the act of observing influences the phenomenon being observed. The eye of the beholder, and even its perspective, directly affects the process.
the instant
of transubstantiation
paschal eucharist
Monday, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
knowing
cloudless sky
all the things
I don't know
this winding river
confluence of what I know
and what I don't
milky way
what I don't know
I don't know
all the things
I don't know
this winding river
confluence of what I know
and what I don't
milky way
what I don't know
I don't know
Sunday, February 21, 2010
first crocus
first crocus
the oncologist says
no hope
terminal cancer
the contrails end
midair
*my former father-in-law has been diagnosed with carcinoma.
the oncologist says
no hope
terminal cancer
the contrails end
midair
*my former father-in-law has been diagnosed with carcinoma.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
two views of V-Day
Valentine's Day
the first shoots
of tulips
Valentine's Day
thin ice covers
the pond
the first shoots
of tulips
Valentine's Day
thin ice covers
the pond
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Friday, January 08, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Words
Today a favorite poem that speaks of how language defines the world and always falls short. Very relevant to haiku's subtlety, its "pointing a jeweled finger at the moon."
The world does not need words. It articulates itself
in sunlight, leaves, and shadows. The stones on the path
are no less real for lying uncatalogued and uncounted.
The fluent leaves speak only the dialect of pure being.
The kiss is still fully itself though no words were spoken.
And one word transforms it into something less or other—
illicit, chaste, perfunctory, conjugal, covert.
Even calling it a kiss betrays the fluster of hands
glancing the skin or gripping a shoulder, the slow
arching of neck or knee, the silent touching of tongues.
Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot
name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica.
To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper—
metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa
carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember.
The sunlight needs no praise piercing the rainclouds,
painting the rocks and leaves with light, then dissolving
each lucent droplet back into the clouds that engendered it.
The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always—
greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon.
from Interrogations at Noon
© 2001 Dana Gioia
The world does not need words. It articulates itself
in sunlight, leaves, and shadows. The stones on the path
are no less real for lying uncatalogued and uncounted.
The fluent leaves speak only the dialect of pure being.
The kiss is still fully itself though no words were spoken.
And one word transforms it into something less or other—
illicit, chaste, perfunctory, conjugal, covert.
Even calling it a kiss betrays the fluster of hands
glancing the skin or gripping a shoulder, the slow
arching of neck or knee, the silent touching of tongues.
Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot
name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica.
To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper—
metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa
carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember.
The sunlight needs no praise piercing the rainclouds,
painting the rocks and leaves with light, then dissolving
each lucent droplet back into the clouds that engendered it.
The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always—
greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon.
from Interrogations at Noon
© 2001 Dana Gioia
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
biodiversity
Sometimes, a picture really is worth a thousand words. I thought this pictorial in the NYT titled "biodiversity" was particularly poetic and humorous. You'll see autumn leaves in a new light.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Transitions
I started this blog, appropriately, on April 1, 2007, with the intent of writing one haiku a day for a year, which I did for well over 2 years. Most haiku experts will admit that none of those first verses qualifies as haiku. It has been a journey, one I am deeply grateful to have your friendship and kindness as I made my way.
Writing a daily haiku feels more like work than an interesting challenge these days. I need to be untethered from the calendar and write as moved, which I hope doesn't become too infrequent. I have felt anxiety, not wanting to let my readers down. I am so grateful for your support.
I have another challenge I am not sure how to approach. Most journals are now accepting haiku that have not appeared in print or on line in any forum. I need to think about whether the day-to-day camaraderie and support I get is more important to me than publishing. I could post here the haiku I don't intend on submitting, but a) it's hard to know how good a poem is sometimes when it's fresh, whether it's a keeper or not, and b) I don't want the quality of my blog to consist only of the sub-par haiku. I welcome your advice. I don't like feeling like I have to choose between my blog and publishing. Suggestions?
I've renamed the blog to break from the daily commitment. I am using a line from a haibun and what will be the title of my book, the rising mist. The URL remains the same.
Warmest thanks,
Nora
Writing a daily haiku feels more like work than an interesting challenge these days. I need to be untethered from the calendar and write as moved, which I hope doesn't become too infrequent. I have felt anxiety, not wanting to let my readers down. I am so grateful for your support.
I have another challenge I am not sure how to approach. Most journals are now accepting haiku that have not appeared in print or on line in any forum. I need to think about whether the day-to-day camaraderie and support I get is more important to me than publishing. I could post here the haiku I don't intend on submitting, but a) it's hard to know how good a poem is sometimes when it's fresh, whether it's a keeper or not, and b) I don't want the quality of my blog to consist only of the sub-par haiku. I welcome your advice. I don't like feeling like I have to choose between my blog and publishing. Suggestions?
I've renamed the blog to break from the daily commitment. I am using a line from a haibun and what will be the title of my book, the rising mist. The URL remains the same.
Warmest thanks,
Nora
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Notes from the Gean Tree
My latest haiku published here.
Hi, Alan! I see we're "following" each other again in the publications. Great work!
Hi, Alan! I see we're "following" each other again in the publications. Great work!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
August heat
August heat
the pregnancy test results
become clear
this is not an announcement; it's just an image. :-)
the pregnancy test results
become clear
this is not an announcement; it's just an image. :-)
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
morning dew
morning dew--
in layered chiffon and pearls
grandma's burial dress
is the finest
she ever wore
in layered chiffon and pearls
grandma's burial dress
is the finest
she ever wore
Sunday, July 26, 2009
A note
I have hit 800 virtually daily haiku, and I want to thank all of you, my friends, for your comments and kindness. I might have given up at some point without them. As a result of both of our constancy, I will be publishing a collection around year-end. Stay tuned...
Also, Alan hasn't posted the results to the contest page yet, but he notified the contestants by e-mail, and I was short-listed for the annual With Words Haiku Competition for this haiku:
pink dawn
the wingbeats of geese
returning
Thank you, Alan. And thank you all!
Also, Alan hasn't posted the results to the contest page yet, but he notified the contestants by e-mail, and I was short-listed for the annual With Words Haiku Competition for this haiku:
pink dawn
the wingbeats of geese
returning
Thank you, Alan. And thank you all!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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