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A Love Haiku Thread

 

 

 


You Be The Judge!

Announcing the February 2007 Haiku Thread

For February 2007 the theme of the monthly haiku thread was LOVE.

19 Members of the OutlawPoets posted 187 haiku to this thread between February 1 and February 22, 2007.

The editors are overwhelmed with your response to this topic.  So, we thought it would be an interesting challenge for each of you to put on the "editor's shoes" and walk along their haiku path.

Throughout March we ask you to take your time and read all 187 "Love haiku".  We invite each of you to select your three favorite haiku (do not choose your own) and send your choice to:

To: haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: 3 love haiku choices

Although this is optional, we hope you will take time to write a few comments explaining reasons why each of your choices is a favorite. Your responses will be featured in the March 31, 2007 Sketchbook.

An author list is included at the end of the haiku on this page.

We look forward to your comments and your choices.

Karina Klesko, Sketchbook editor

John Daleiden, Sketchbook editor

 

 

 

# 01.
around your body
my arms tightly wrapped
snow falls all night

jd

 

# 02.
in stealth we plan
our night out alone—
sunsets before kids

ts

 

# 03.
Sweet melody—
I drift into my memories
of the spring romance.

Zh.R.

 

# 04.
fuller than full the blue
china bowl
grandmother's twinkle

tm

 

# 05.
the memory
vanishes in evening mist
our last embrace

jd

 

# 06.
cocoa tree
heart shaped pods,
fruit of love

sbm

 

# 07.
your scent lingers
in the empty bedroom—
I sip morning tea

jd

 

# 08.
Valentine's blues—
cornflower eyes accented
by fresh cut roses

ts

 

#09.
love is mist
settles
on all hills

sbm

 

# 10.
these red roses
in a glass vase for you
what more can I say

jd

 

# 11.
timeless gifts
feathered kisses
at my temple

ts

 

# 12.
His light touch,
and the tinder ignites—
spring break...

Zh.R.

 

# 13.
a red heart box
and a chocolate smile—
present to Mom

bk

 

# 14.
His rose...
dreamingly, she lip-nibbles
on a petal.

Zh.R.

 

# 15.
I was claimed
with just one look—
a hunter's moon

ts

 

# 16.
With the moonrise,
they part; her delicate perfume
lingers in his car.

Zh. R.

 

# 17.
her kisses
are a fine vintage
bountiful harvest

ts

 

# 18.
How soft her skin
against his stroking hand—
summer vacations...

Zh. R.

 

# 19.
skipping stones—
the whisper of those
three words

Terra Martin (tm)

 

# 20.
it can't be love
in my neighbor's yard
snow lies deep

Rich Magahiz

 

 # 21.
February first
reading his love confession
by the stove

Rita Odeh

 

# 22.
sunshower hush—
your kiss, the double
rainbow

tm

 

# 23.
as we fall into slumber
so soft and sweet
the imaginations of love

karina klesko

 

# 24.
no lover for me
roses on all the desks
I send myself some

bk

 

# 25.
your open hand a
butterfly....
in my heart fourth of July

(tm)

 

# 26.
in the gazebo
after lovemaking
the scent of roses

jd

 

# 27.
spring garden—
reading his love line
eyes sparkle

ro

 

# 28.
in a shoe box
his love letters
tied with pink ribbon

bk

 

# 29.
Valentine day
I vow to be
a butterfly

ro

 

# 30.
she appears online!
I feel so happy about
this severe blizzard

cm

 

# 31.
shall I leave or stay
or send him far away—
the cry of a loon

jd

 

# 32.
awakened by:
I just called to say
I love you

ro

 

# 33.
the scent of love
laundry day can wait
a few more days

ts

 

# 34.
long winter evening—
her laughter, like a potion,
heals me, drop by drop
cm

 

# 35.
then we kiss
last summer's peaches
drenched with syrup

rm

 

# 36.
through new snow
she brings a memorial wreath
the open grave

jd

 

# 37.
swan dance
your nose finds
all the right places

ts

 

 # 38.
our eyes meet—
the coffee i am drinking
misses my mouth

tm

 

# 39.
sleepless, starry night
weighing words and silences:
jealous already?

cm

 

# 40.
your name
on this marble stone
something did not die

rm

 

# 41.
55th Anniversary
Mom helps tell Dad's
war stories

ts

 

# 42.
Wren's morning song—
she secretly sprays his pillow
with her perfume.

Zh.R.

 

# 43.
ocean to ocean
brought together
in cyberspace

bk

 

# 44.
His tender look,
I lower my eyes with shiver—
April breeze...

Zh. R.

 

# 45.
(this is from my unfinished "Tiburtina Tales" project, slightly adapted):

work permit expired—
love and Roman spring dissolve
in the bus' fumes

cm

 

# 46.
Snowflakes melt
from your sweet breath,
I, from your touch.

Zh. R.

 

# 47.
old man,
bearded and thin, we shoot
because we love

rm

 

# 48.
heat wave—
starry sky surrenders
to dawn

tm

 

# 49.
pillow talk
fluffy clouds going places in
a bluer sky...

tm

 

# 50.
full moon
I think I'm in love
with a rock

Ed Baker-san

 

# 51.
Clear water—
our shadows in the shallow river bed
lie side by side.

Zh. R.

 

# 52.
pre-Christmas cleanup—
I thought I'd never feel
this sharp pain again...

cm

 

# 53.
hush, my dear,
it's just the wind
winding round your house

rm

 

# 54.
on the porch, violets
from Timbuktu....
she always knew

tm

 

# 55.
he loves me
he loves me not
but I love HIM

bk

 

# 56.
I send you roses
You make me a hand-made card
Love judged by effort

ag

 

# 57.
crimson sunset
reading old love letters
by the fire

ts

 

# 58.
Sharing soup,
side-by-side.
Single bowl and spoon

ag

 

# 59.
my wedding dress
and photos in the attic
our grandson's first tooth

ts

 

# 60.
She takes a bite
of each Valentine candy—
sweet on his tongue, her rejects.

Zh. R.

 

# 61.
gathering dust
in an attic hope chest—
fiery love letters

ts

 

# 62.
Woodpecker's drumming—
only my shadow on his pillow...
Will he return?

Zh. R.

 

# 63.
faded finery
no one attended
the spinster's grave

ts

 

# 64.
Dry river bed...
It does not miss its waters
as much as I miss you.

Zh.R.

 

# 65.
Valentine eve
counting the stars and
heart palpitations

ro

 

# 66.
Ice skating at night.
Hands held,
gloves discarded.

ag

 

# 67.
my head on your chest—
milkpod seeds sail in
the breeze

tm

 

# 68.
chemical basis—
his letter left her
walking on air

db

 

# 69.

our initials—
in the bend of
a tree

tm

 

# 70.
love's topography
my mother's hands rekindle
Dad's lost memories

ts

 

# 71.

love grows....
what used to be me
is now us

sbm

 

# 72.

two bodies merge
with the sultry night
forbidden love

vpg

 

# 73.
February storms
her smile kindles
my hearth

ts

 

# 74.
almost every seat
taken
the funeral mass

Gillena Cox, TT

 

# 75.
Evening beach—
we hold our whelk shells
to each other's ears.

Zh. R.

 

# 76.
home fires burning
sparked looks bring back
memories

ts

 

# 77.
A red poppy blooms,
he wants and does not want
to pluck it.

Zh. R.

 

# 78.
we bask
in the afterglow
no duvet at dawn

ts

 

# 79.
a kiss so gentle
this love—
must be divine

Gillena Cox, TT

 

# 80.
Winter moon...
Sealed in with a love letter,
spirits of her perfume.

Zh. R.

 

# 81.
love with little hope—
treasuring this whole winter
and all her smiles

cm

 

# 82.
Unanswered love—
cold raindrops from your umbrella
slide down my face.

Zh.R.

 

# 83.
cemetery visit
we sat and read
Dad's love letters

ts

 

# 84.
Rare sailing for them now,
but lots of jacuzzi baths—
winter's arrived

Zh.R.

 

# 85.
Valentine day
unless rose petals lie:
he loves me

ro

 

# 86.
Plum tree in bloom—
the arousing fragrance
of her perfume

Zh.R.

 

# 87.
in the wilderness
I found out:
love is green

ro

 

# 88.
She scatters
pink rose petals on their bed—
honeymoon...

Zh.R.

 

# 89.
the cost of love
her long distance voice
fills my world

ts

 

# 90.
Valentine morning
time to release
the lovebirds

ro

 

# 91.
Day-dreaming of you—
the sun and the moon
in a cloudless sky.

Zh.R.

 

# 92.
her voice
on the telephone
melting icicles

ts

 

# 93.
Valentine's Day—
straw-sipping together
from the same glass.

Zh. R.

 

# 94.
candles are blown out
but he's forgotten why
faded maple leaf

ts

 

# 95.
The magic touch
of your fingertips—
moonlit fountains...

Zh.R.

 

# 96.
hearing her again—
talking about the spring rain
is never boring

cm

 

# 97.
Valentine's Day—
a pigeon running close
behind another one...

Zh. R.

 

# 98.
sharing the same bed—
two diamond anniversary rings
in a velvet case

db

 

# 99 .
Your glances
and the chemistry between us—
blossoming cherries.

Zh. R.

 

# 100.
she tried to do
bad, bad things—
now will he believe?

rm

 

# 101.
Pine candles—
she suggests
a candlelight dinner.

Zh. R.

 

# 102.
One hand utters softly
to the other one—
don't go away

Ginka Biliarska, BG

 

# 103.
two on a cushion
of lilacs
the milky way....

tm

 

# 104.
going out in search
of the word you didn't hear—
blizzard

Ginka Biliarska, BG

 

# 105.
your soothing words—
sunbeams shimmer on
still water

tm

 

# 106.
Niagara Falls
thinking about our
afternoon tryst

ts

 

# 107.
warmth of early spring:
even the cheated lover
is humming a tune

cm

 

# 108.
from blues to ballad
love lost
and then found

sbm

 

# 109.
it's in his kiss
tear-stained letters
read in moonlight

ts

 

# 110.
a misty moonless night
if i only had a match . . . .
I could find love

Karina

 

# 111.
Jasmine gazebo—
she lets me see
her thigh tattoo.

Zh.R.

 

# 112.
morning after
my flesh still burns
from your touch

ts

 

# 113.
Valentine dawn—
awakened by the chirps
of two lovebirds

ro

 

# 114.
As we tango,
my heartbeat - a woodpecker's
drumming

Zh. R.

 

# 115.
the beat of my heart
is measured by clock hands
the rooster crows my joy

ts

 

# 116.
You discover me:
I become softer, weaker...
a twining sweet pea...

Zh. R.

 

# 117.
fumbling with
the hook catch - don't even
know my name...

rm

 

# 118.
Trampled grass—
guarded by a caterpillar,
her lost pearl earring...

Zh. R.

 

# 119.
very early spring—
my haiku become tanka
when thinking of her...

cm

 

# 120.
Teach me,
passion flower,
all you know.

Zh. R.

 

# 121.
stop me embracing you—
wrong place, wrong time
wrong me

Ginka Biliarska, BG

 

# 122.
Newlyweds' garden—
this time, he leaves his love note
in the jasmines.

Zh. R.

 

# 123.
intent on the birds
no cuckoos singing today—
I won't be alone

cm

 

# 124.
thoughts of spring
her breath warms
my hands

ts

 

# 125.
dreaming of you...
even a cuckoo's cry
is a hymn

ro

 

# 126.
love for mankind
an obligation
to survival

sbm

 

# 127.
Willow limbs
caressing the brook's surface—
my skin aches for your touch.

Zh.R.

 

# 128.
each day
you are the scent—
happy valentine

ro

 

# 129.
Drought-stricken willow—
your tender kisses
moisten my lips.

Zh.R.

 

# 130.
darkness
of unrequited love—
the howl of a wolf

tm

 


The OutlawPoets continue their "love" haiku thread below.  This time the thread has been reversed to facilitate easier posting.  Poems # 187 - # 131.
 


# 187.
nights spent on the road...
to be home
with her dear wife

rm

 

 

# 186.
His letter—
I breath in the garden air
and notice the plum blossoms.

Zh.R.

 

 

# 185.
seeing what I
can't touch—
the torture of the rack

rm

 

 

# 184.
when the last rose fades
the imprint of your kisses—
memory’s keepsakes

John Daleiden

 

 

# 183.
late February
the Valentine
never sent

rm

 

 

# 182.

Secret love—
he envies even the spring dress
that hugs her young body.

Zh.R.

 

 

# 181.
life journey—
a cycle within
the circles we wear

ts

 

 

# 180.
Mere a thought of you
sends a shiver down my spine—
spring night...

Zh. R.

 

 

# 179.
visitation
memories of her touch
remain

ts

 

 

# 178.
Budding trees—
their Internet romance
gets warmer.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 177.
unopened letters
sit in a bottom drawer
dreams unfulfilled

ts

 

 

# 176.
twenty years now
his threadbare suit
in her closet

rm

 

 

# 175.
Leaf-fall—
you leave me, and my life
is a blank page.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 174.
the call
of the nightingale
moonlight madness

ts

 

 

# 173.
Jontue? Jovan?
Which perfume to choose?
Class reunion, old flame...

Zh.R.

 

 

# 172.
Valentine day
an old couple enjoys
the seesaw

ro

 

 

# 171.
a deep red color
of roses fills my mind—
the scent of your kiss

John Daleiden

 

 

# 170.
Big blizzard—
we romance each other
by the firelight.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 169.
hidden rock cave
outside the snow falls
sweet corruption of your mouth

michael kleiza, CA

 

 

# 168.
an old poet
offers me a plastic rose—
Valentine day

ro

 

 

# 167.
Valentine day
a beggar surprises his wife
with red slippers

ro

 

 

# 166.
midnight moon
from its secret bower
a night bird calls

gerry b

 

 

# 165.
rummaging
an envelope full of poems
I never sent

gerry b

 

 

# 164.
troubled waters
the pond smooth as glass
until we met

gerry b

 

 

# 163.
how eagerly
they become one
two shadows

gerry b

 

 

# 162.
the fire brigade and paramedics
sirens are going off—
my heart is burning

db

 

 

#161
Waking
to your kiss on my cheek—
breakfast in bed...

Zh. R.

 

 

#160
chess king
one more step towards
her heart

ro

 

 

# 158.

Dreaming of a red-haired girl,
Charlie Brown waits
by an empty mailbox

ag

 

 

#157.
crossing the street—
in her brown hand
a small white one

rm

 

 

# 156.
He kisses her cheek
under the mistletoe—
she seeks his lips.

Zh.R.

 

 

#155.
she looks down
a drop on one cheek
the sky so clear

rm

 

 

# 154.
Spring colors,
taking over the gloom—
her restless heart...

Zh.R.

 

 

# 153.
a satin pillow
does not leave its partner's side—
the hazy moon

Jeffrey Woodward, US

 

 

#152.
Honeymoon—
the tap and the clock
in unison...

Zh. R.

 

 

# 151.
tawny forms
ghost over the hills
breakfast in bed

ts

 

 

# 150.
Office coffee break—
lovers, careful to avoid
each other's gaze.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 149.
without a word—
tiny blue flowers say
forget-me-not

tm

 

 

# 148.
his lips sweet
with the taste of fruit
the garden of discovery

Karina Klesko, US

 

 

# 147.
the Garden is here
but nonetheless I walk on—
one day in spring

Jeffrey Woodward, US

 

 

# 146.
scent of roses
wind god of love
rustling the petals

sbm

 

 

# 145.
rumpled sheets
long after she leaves
her perfume lingers

bk

 

 

# 144.
eclipse of the moon—
my yin veils
your yang

tm

 

 

# 143.
Violets pinned
to her low-decollete dress—
he says they're gorgeous.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 142.
evening rendezvous
a quilt of stars warms me
beyong measure
ts

 

 

# 141.
you laugh
and I'm lost: helpless little
monkey thoughts
rm

 

 

# 140.
Chocolate hearts
in her pink-polished fingers...
the rose loses a petal.

Zh. R.

 

 

# 139.
red roses for you
my pretty valentine
new snow tonight

jd

 

 

# 138.
the sound of the four winds
and prayers of love, intertwined
which is which?

bk

 

 

# 137.
a transparent map
of my life , somewhere
in the stars

kk

 

 

# 136.
champagne
chocolate dipped strawberries
her lips slowly part

bk

 

 

# 135.
Fast fingers
unfasten the golden pendant—
her rose-scented nape...

Zh.R.

 

 

# 134.
feast day wine,
sweet on my palate
our first kiss


ts

 

 

# 133.
My lips and tongue
stained with blueberries—
still, your passionate kiss.

Zh.R.

 

 

# 132.
serenade—
"I just called to say
I love you"

bk

 

 

# 131.
ice slowly melting—
miles away, the two of them
pray to St. Raphael*


*St. Raphael—in the Catholic tradition, the patron saint of those "single and looking"

cm
 

 


Alphabetical author list and haiku number

eb = Ed Baker, US: 50
gb = Ginka Biliarska, 102, 104, 121
Gb = Gerry Bravi, CA: 163, 164, 165, 165, 166
db = Daniela Bullas, UK: 68, 98, 162
gc = Gillena Cox, TT: 74, 79
jd = John Daleiden, US: 01, 05, 07, 10, 26, 31, 36, 139, 171, 184
vpg = Victor P. Gendrano: 72
ag = Andreas Gripp, CA : 56, 58, 66
bk = Betty Kaplan, US: 13, 24, 43, 55, 132, 136, 138, 145
kk = Karina Klesko, US: 23, 110, 137, 148
Mk - Michael Kleiza, CA: 169
rm = Rich Magahiz, US: 20, 35, 40, 47, 53, 100, 117, 141, 155, 176, 183, 185, 187
tm = Terra Martin, CA : 04, 19, 22, 25, 38, 49, 54, 67, 69, 103, 105,
130, 144, 149
cm = Cristian Mocanu, RO: 30, 34, 39, 45, 52, 81, 96, 107, 119, 123, 131
sbm = Shanna Baldwin Moore, US: 06, 09, 108 , 126, 146
ro = Rita Odeh, IL: 21, 27, 29, 32 ,65, 85, 87, 90, 113, 125,128, 160,
167, 168, 172
Zh.R.= Zhanna P. Rader, US: 03, 12, 14, 16, 18, 42, 44, 46, 51, 60,
62, 64, 75, 77, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 111,
114,116, 118, 120, 173, 175, 178, 180, 182
ts = Trish Shields, CA : 02, 08, 11, 15, 17, 33, 37, 41, 57, 59, 61,
63, 70, 73, 76, 78, 83, 89, 92, 94, 106, 109, 112, 115, 124, 134, 142,
144, 174, 177, 179, 181, 186
jw = Jeffrey Woodward, US: 147, 153

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