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We are now a Private but Visible Facebook Group. This helps us thrive as a more intimate and focused group where we hope people feel more supported when they post, especially those doing so for the first time. It also helps those who want to publish their haiku/other writing in journals that ask that their work has not been shared in a public group. Thank you for supporting these changes.
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We teeter on the brink of almost making 10000 members which I am beyond excited about. My passion for creating an invitational space in which people can create, connect and thrive seems to be striking a real chord with everyone across the world. I think, as many of you have commented before, TDH appeals by having a daily prompt that is easy to engage with that is accessible for diverse groups either newbies or experienced or returning writers too and can fit into busy schedules or last as long as you want it too. My interview about TDH with Bambo Soyinka the director of Paper Nations goes into more detail about TDH and its mission so do please read if you haven’t already.
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Field Notes on Writer Development: Is Haiku Your Cup of Tea? https://thegreatmargin.org/field-notes/field-notes-2/
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Thank you to Arthur Chappell for suggesting a new thread which started two weeks ago and is now after polling our new Weekly Photo Prompt. Do keep adding photographs to our image bank in Announcements.
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Here is our regular two weekly round-up of themes and prompts for you to enjoy all over again, showcase your favourites, share new and encourage friends who might not be able to engage with TDH on social media to do so here.
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Daily Themes:
Berries
Drift
Sail
Identity
Real
Footpath
Oblivion
A Light
Switch
Wrinkle
Piano
Lace
Roots
Moonlight
Memory
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Impromptu Themes
Father for Father’s Day 20th June 2021
Summer Solstice for 21st June 2021
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Bonus Themes
Success
Failure
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Weekly Themes:
Hiding
Fragile
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Seasonal Words:
#17 Barefoot
#18 Parasol
Photograph Prompt
Thank you to Arthur Chappell for suggesting this thread.
For our Photo #1 I chose Leslee Hackenson‘s beautiful photograph of a stream
For our Photo #2 Will Ford chosen by Wendy Houser Blomseth
Musical Themes
Hurt by Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
No Regrets/Non, Je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKSPOUEuqAE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88
Slow Renga
the slow path
or
photos in a drawer
or
friday nights
or
from my window
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Haiga
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3 Comments on “Conversation 98: THE DAILY HAIKU Themes 19 June – 2 July 2021”
My heart is breaking
At the kindness you’ve shown
To this blue planet
Turned into kindling
By two London based Folkies
The piano burns
I came from somewhere
That I’ve since moved away from
Carry it with me
It’s light on my back
Like a rucksack made of lace
Blowing in the wind
I stand in the rain
With no umberella
I regret nothing
Its not what it was…
Not what it was when…
When what was… what… when
Beautiful Richard love ‘a rucksack made of lace’ and standing in the rain with no umbrella – perfect example of no regrets
Some of my favourites from this time
each morning
making our bed – I smooth each
wrinkle lovingly
when I cannot see
the moon remember the child
knows it’s hiding
a new father
holds his son’s foot in his hand
strokes the life he made
summer solstice
years hinge on portions of
darkness and light
‘I wos here’
in caves, bark, desks and still
proof can’t match the stars
skinny dipping
moonlight skin
a kimono
leaving the beach
high tide swallows footprints
– were we really there….
I am a keepsake
my father chose to forget
lost in a drawer
after the rain
we pause to smell the sweet peas
I become a child
fragile seasons shift
foxgloves shed their petals – then
a single magpie…
too much – too little
sheltering from sun or rain
our goldilocks lives
early morning sun
beginnings and endings
of memory
early morning sun
I welcome you or is it
the other way round