1.*
A mi memoria
la sombra de la encina
siempre volvia

*Duna graciously left this haiku as a comment to my 12/19/09 post.


2.**
the nude oak
casts a lean shadow
winter fast

**Inspired by Duna's "A mi memoria" and my neighbor's oak.

white-out

snowflakes find my place
anyway 











_______________

*For One Single Impression, Prompt 96: Wanderlust ("a strong, inner desire to rove or travel about"). Please click here to visit other contributors to One Single Impression.

**Photo courtesy of lostintheattic.notepad.com

on our host's desk 
a qur'an and bible 
christmas truce 

loud rapping

just outside the door
young carolers 

winter storm

the porch chimes announce
first snowflakes 












_______________
*"From the Notebook," Asahi Haikuist Network, December 18, 2009.

the Bow Bridge
on the lake below
he meets his match 












For One Single Impression, Prompt 95: Junction (a place or point where two or more things meet or converge). Please click on the OSI link to see how others interpreted this prompt.


Photo of Bow Bridge courtesy of spicytuna at http://www.centralpark.com/

I.*

color brillante
del azulado abeto
sobre mi cielo

* A haiku by Duna. She left this haiku as a comment.

II.**
autumn sky
the brilliant blue
of a fir

**An adaptation in English of Duna's haiku above.

steaming cup

her warm words turn
into breath clouds 

peace sign 
early Christmas services
for war-bound troops 

ditched umbrella

raindrops blending
with her tears 

Unfettered wind*

1.
We were the dusky maya.
Sometimes we flitted
among the enameled branches
of the hacendado's cage.
We mostly skipped and hopped
with pruned wings.

2.
Then we read:

"Upon freedom
from men administering men
Man will evolve to the next Unity
in the realm of Nature.

"We will be the eagle
over the bluffs
sailing the currents
of the east wind --
our nature unfettered. 

"Our mind and body
uncaged."

3.
Meanwhile
we are growing back
our heart
and our wings.




*Chapter 10, Fractured Memories

Haiku 120309

old sweethearts
the cottonwoods creak
in the fall wind

Photo from boston.com

Haiku 120109

winded runners
red in their faces
wedding night