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May / June 2009 "wedding" Thread |
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Announcing May / June 2009 "Wedding" Thread The theme of the May / June 2009 haiku thread will be anything to do with weddings. Writers may post an unlimited number of
haiku to the "wedding" Thread. Deadline: Midnight Friday, June 26, 2009.
All Haiku received will be posted daily on-line at May - June 2009 "wedding" Haiku Thread. The
Sketchbook editors will select their
Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in
the Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Sketchbook.
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Read the June 30, 2009 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden
The following poets have contributed to the June 30, 2009 Wedding Haiku Thread
Participants: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22, 23,24
Corbelle Armando (Catbird55), US; Ed Baker, US; Robin Beshers, US; W. R. Bongcaron, PH; Pris Campbell, US; Armando Corbelle, US; Gillena Cox, TT; Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US; John Daleiden, US; Andrzej Dembończyk, PL; Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, RS; Garry Eaton, CA; Krzysztof Kokot, PL; Artur Lewandowski, PL; Jacek Margolak, PL; K. A. Martin, CA; Iga Gala Miemus, PL; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Mariusz Ogryzko, PL; Karen O'Leary, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Barbara A Taylor, AU; Maria Tirenescu, RO; Saša Važić, Serbia; Monika Wojtenka, PL; Rafal Zabratynski, PL
Countries: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
Australia, Canada, India, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
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trying moment the groom's mother casts a strained look # 02. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
bridal wreath blossoms entwine— garden wedding # 03. Karen O'Leary, US |
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you and I— on the wedding cake fresh strawberries # 04. Krzysztof Kokot, PL |
full moon half moon just another useless wedding # 05. Ed Baker, US |
old wedding photo of the grandparents— how beautiful they were! # 06. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL |
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wedding day I see stars in your eyes # 07. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
celebrity wedding on TV she sniffles while I snort # 08. Garry Eaton, CA |
wedding into the pond cold water birds all wet # 09. Ed Baker, US |
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may is at the door— clouds travel in wedding white # 10. Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, RS |
after the wedding all of this and heaven too # 11. Ed Baker, US |
June wedding a tyke in tuxedo falls out of line # 12. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
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performing another wedding a shot-gun for the center-piece # 13. Ed Baker, US |
open house wedding the neighbor’s dog appears through the cake # 14. Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US |
wedding party— the bride lost her garter # 15. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL |
moonlight sonata a row of sleepy guests attends the wedding # 16. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
I won't go to her wedding or her funeral! # 17. Ed Baker, US |
smiling couple waves to a church-full well wishers noontime wedding # 18. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
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bridal morning nose bent to cinnamon tea and Old Spice # 19. Pris Campbell, US |
the night before the wedding she elopes with the best man # 20. Garry Eaton, CA |
tomorrow's her wedding tonight she's with me # 21. Ed Baker, US |
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honeymoon getaway car the tin cans tear the bumper off # 22. Garry Eaton, CA |
wedding gift most of the attendees skip the soiree # 23. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
wedding soup the reflection of the bride’s father # 24. Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US |
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flu scare the church is near empty on a grand wedding # 25. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
exchanging vows before the altar at the nudist's chapel # 26. Garry Eaton, CA |
a thousand couples exchange vows and "I do's" mass wedding # 27. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
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church stairs with grains of rice... doves flutter 28. Jacek Margolak, PL |
June wedding smiles here and there for the photo op # 29. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
the march from Leerandgrin to the altar # 30. Garry Eaton, CA |
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pre-nuptials the paper that spoils the fun on wedding night # 31. W. R. Bongcaron, PH |
senior wedding the noise from the bridegroom’s children’s children # 32. Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US |
a commitment to love honour and respect: wedding vows # 33. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
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Wedding in the front of the altar a groom crosses his fingers # 34. Artur Lewandowski, PL |
wedding day— she puts into her hair white camelia 35. Jacek Margolak, PL |
soaring gold prices an increase in couples at weddings in May # 36. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
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sadness holds me beneath soft pillows wedding vow # 37. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH |
a quest for unity and strength... the wedding # 38. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
bachelor party the longest married stifles a yawn # 39. K. A. Martin, CA |
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wedding oaths... a sunbeam falls on her veil 40. Jacek Margolak, PL |
on bended knee she proposed on tv for her hand # 41. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
wedding bells: marring the bride's make-up a torrent of tears # 42. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
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a wasp alights from her scented bouquet of hearts # 43. Barbara A Taylor, AU |
joyful guests amidst the flash of cameras... wedding procession # 44. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
cathedral stairs the fog lays on the veil's curve 45. Jacek Margolak, PL |
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curtain of rain among drenched gifts and flowers a wedding garter # 46. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH |
wedding thread thins in time but plastic enough to last, though fragile # 47. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
the bridegroom fumbling with the ring... a chuckle from his bride # 48. Keith Simmonds, TT |
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fading out my wedding memory— relationship grows # 49. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
a packed church... the bride's father is all smiles walking down the aisle # 50. Keith Simmonds, TT |
evening finale a blanket of silence in the wedding suite # 51. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH |
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beads of sweat run down the groom's brow... unpunctual bride # 52. Keith Simmonds, TT |
country wedding an old maid pushes a tear under her kerchief # 53. Saša Važić, Serbia |
crossing the wedding bridge, paying the taxes, he hopes to live peacefully # 54. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN |
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a line of cars decorated with smiles— a girl by the church # 55. Saša Važić, Serbia |
an old couple whispering sweet nothings... here comes the bride # 56. Keith Simmonds, TT |
rushing and sounding horns—the whole village at the wedding # 57. Saša Važić, Serbia |
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new bride chatting with her old flame: the groom looks on # 58. Keith Simmonds, TT |
wedding ceremony— a petal from the bunch of roses in front of the bride's feet # 59. Saša Važić, Serbia |
June downpour the bride in tears... her groom says "I do" # 60. Keith Simmonds, TT |
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everyone stops dancing the cake split in a hundred small pieces # 61. Saša Važić, Serbia |
tremblng hands exchange rings— tuxedo and lace # 62. Robin Beshers, US |
taking off her wedding dress, the bride looks at her mother's photo # 63. Saša Važić, Serbia |
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afternoon in June— will the bride arrive in time still no rain # 64. Gillena Cox, TT |
small bedroom window— a maid follows the wedding procession # 65. Saša Važić, Serbia |
the brides's bouquet— gloved hands clasp tightly white lilies # 66. Gillena Cox, TT |
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the wedding gown as white as the country road in the store window # 67. Saša Važić, Serbia |
two brides, two grooms one Saturday morning wedding # 68. Gillena Cox, TT |
a wedding to pay for love may be priceless until the bills come # 69. Corbelle Armando (Catbird55), US |
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50th wedding anniversary— grandmother's head all in white yet again # 70. Iga Gala Miemus, PL |
she missed the bouquet but caught the best man a better catch # 71. Corbelle Armando (Catbird55), US |
for better or for worse... a shotgun wedding # 72. Keith Simmonds, TT |
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wedding vows this light in her eyes ... till death us do part # 73. Rafal Zabratynski, PL |
Wedding morning— his smell on my skin. # 74. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
lively wedding— the bride without the shoe and the thief smiling # 75. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
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Sunny wedding day— in my mother's hand a wet handkerchief. # 76. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
he and she are waiting for the silver wedding— it is snowing # 77. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
Wedding anniversary— the sparkling bride's eyes in the mirror. # 78. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
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among the mountains the wedding procession— it is raining with sun # 79. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
Wedding night— red wine on her white dress. # 80. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
golden wedding— the bridegroom and the bride snowed from the years # 81. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
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Wedding anniversary— a lot of flowers on the gravestone. # 82. Monika Wojtenka, PL |
bride’s coronet from the wild flowers— the barely wedding # 83. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
wedding morning chaffinches chirping more joyful # 84. Mariusz Ogryzko, PL |
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first day of Spring— in her wedding bouquet cherry blossoms # 85. John Daleiden, US |
wedding day white lillies in bloom # 86. Mariusz Ogryzko, PL |
a wedding to pay for— love may be priceless until the bills come # 85. Armando Corbelle, US |
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wedding waltz step by step making mistakes # 88. Mariusz Ogryzko, PL |
she missed the bouquet but caught the best man a better catch # 89. Armando Corbelle, US |
one red rose dried and pressed in her Bible-- sixty years of bliss # 90. John Daleiden, US |
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Read the June 30, 2009 Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden |