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Here is a month’s worth of our themes and prompts for you to revisit again, showcase your favourites, share with friends not on social media and post new haiku.
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This month we had our first monthly challenge to produce humorous ku and you delighted us with your creations. Favourites were selected by Comedy director Andrew Gillman @andrewgillman and posted as an Announcement. The next month’s challenge is to post spooky haiku spooku with a nod to Halloween.
Daily Themes
REST
SCARCE
METEOR
STRANGE
FUTURE
STONE
COLOUR
FAREWELL
WATER
SILENCE
FIELDS
LOST
PAIN
CHAOS
CONNECTION
PERFUME
PINE CONE
ANSWER
SHY
VOICE/SOUND
TRACE
INSIDE
HONESTY
BLUE
CLOSE
COBWEB
GLACIER
OBSCURE
COAST
RISE/FALL
STEPS
SPAGHETTI
SIMPLE
SPIRIT
TRUTH
Special Theme:
CHOICE to celebrate National Poetry Day on 7th October
https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk
Bonus Themes:
BIRDS
FISH
Weekly Themes
WINDOWS
WINGS
SEASHELLS
STARS
Season Words
#31 Milk Way
#32 Rain
#33 Spider
#34 Mist
SLOW RENGA
I hear it now…
or
As the days go by…
or
There was a time when…
or
Colours I fashion…
or
My soul is searching…
Musical Themes
SO WHAT by Miles Davies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c
ANTHEM by Leonard Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-BT6y_wYg
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS by George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rVI7AMKiY
One Comment on “Conversation 113: THE DAILY HAIKU: Themes from 25 September to 22 October 2021”
Awake We Sleep
The stars rise at dusk
With their shy sister the moon
Waiting for the night
To serenade her softly
Without referencing true love
So now we take steps
Find a ladder to the stars
Climb on every rung
Not giving a single thought
To those needing ramped access
Our entangled lives
Now full of complications
Like cooked spaghetti
Dolloped onto serving bowls
Twisting and turning else where
Yet we stand united
In the eye of hurricanes
Together not defeated
Protesting against the sleep
Of apathetic people
You and me were true
True to one another then
It wasn’t our lies
But your inability
To be true about yourself