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September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread |
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Announcing the September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread The theme of the September / October 31, 2011 haiku thread will be anything to do with a "cemetery", of any kind in the northern or southern hemisphere. It is not necessary to use the word cemetery, but the meaning must be obvious. Writers may
post an unlimited number of haiku to the
"cemetery" Haiku Thread. Deadline: Midnight Wednesday, October 26, 2011
All Haiku received will be posted daily on-line at Sep / Oct 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread. The Sketchbook editors will select their Monthly Haiku Choices from this thread for publication in the Monday, October 31, 2011 Sketchbook. Index to past Haiku Threads: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October 2006 - Current
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Read the September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden
The following poets have contributed to the September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Thread
Forty-six haijin from thirteen countries contributed two hundred and sixteen haiku to the "cemetery" Haiku Thread.
Participants: Ramesh Anand, Malaysia (MY); Angelo Ancheta, PH; Karin Anderson, AU; Marg Beverland, NZ; Rhiannon Bond, NZ; Bouwe Brouwer, NL; S.E. Buffington, US; Kirsten Cliff, NZ; Kat Creighton, US; John Daleiden, US; Smajil Durmišević, BA; Bernard Gieske, US; Michele L. Harvey, US; Dan Hardison, US; Cara Holman, US; Tzetzka Ilieva, BG; Harvey Jenkins, CA; Agop Kevorkian, AM (Armenia); Munia Khan, BD; Evica Kraljic, CR; Chen-ou Liu, CA; Sandra Martyres, IN; Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL; Malvina Mileta, CR; Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO; Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR; Kathy Nguyen US; Karen O'Leary, US; Sergio A. Ortiz, US; Scott Owens, US; P K Padhy, IN; Stella Pierides, DE; Marija Pogorilić, CR; Vera Primorac, CR; Emily Romano, US ; Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR; Janak Sapkota, Nepal (NP); Radhey Shiam, IN; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Zeljko Spoljar, CR; Vania Stefanova, BG; Gheorghe Postelnicu Stops, RO; Irena Szewczyk, PL; Juhani Tikkanen, FN; Maria Tirenescu, RO; Angie Werren, US
Countries: Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, United States
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crematorium— an abandoned letter rustles # 02. Janak Sapkota, Nepal (NP) |
heaviest rain from the old crosses flows rust # 03. Vania Stefanova, BG |
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the cortege moves slowly a long black snake # 04. Sandra Martyres, IN |
the wind howls willow leaves cover two new graves # 05. Karen O'Leary, US |
broken tombstones— picking blackberries sunburnt children # 06. Marg Beverland, NZ |
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old cemetery— Gypsies thieving wooden crosses ... winter comes # 07. Gheorghe Postelnicu Stops, RO |
cemetery: a reminder “Life Doesn’t Pay” # 08. Munia Khan BD |
prayer threads— a gravedigger digs a little deeper # 09. Ramesh Anand, Malaysia (MY) |
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in the graveyard birds are clamorous graves are silent # 10. Radhey Shiam, IN |
I brush aside leaves to read their names… cold granite # 11. Cara Holman, US |
a bronze soldier under the setting sun angel of death # 12. Agop Kevorkian, AM (Armenia) |
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graveyard ginko the haijin writes his epitaph # 13. S.E. Buffington, US |
mother tenderly embracing her son's tombstone # 14. Marija Pogorilić, CR |
about to rain— tombstones touching lowering skies # 15. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR |
poppies bloom among the rows of crosses a fleeting cloud # 16. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
a promenade throughout the cemetery... nameless tombstones # 17. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
forgotten cemetery passing train riders nod in sleep # 18. Bernard Gieske, US |
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village cemetery— an apple tree bowed over the fence # 19. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO |
eventually rain runs down through everyone’s name # 20. Scott Owens, US |
9/11 morning memories of dear ones on swollen tears # 21. P K Padhy, IN |
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a death anniversary— on the tomb a single flower # 22. Vera Primorac, CR |
old tomb— the butterfly away from lizard’s reach # 23. P K Padhy, IN |
a tombstone— prestige without woe and the mirror of might # 24. Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR |
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a lone silence pacing over the cemetery— tear in the eye # 25. Evica Kraljic, CR |
barefoot she runs to her boyfriend’s grave pine needles # 26. Karin Anderson, AU |
wind picking up the cemetery alive with leaves # 27. Michele L. Harvey, US |
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a tombstone gilded angels dance on grey marble # 28. Zeljko Spoljar, CR |
Life at the cemetery— from a tiny bush of dry grass peering primroses # 29. Smajil Durmišević, BA |
last wish— on my gravestone gendai haiku # 30. Stella Pierides, DE |
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march against violence cherubs view the orchid blossom # 31. Sergio A. Ortiz, US |
a single red rose on his grave his lover's last gift # 32. Sandra Martyres, IN |
chrysanthemums beside Buddha’s picture… field of bones # 33. Sergio A. Ortiz, US |
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black veil red eyes she joins the mourners # 34. Sandra Martyres, IN |
seeing . . . not seeing . . . my sister's name carved in stone # 35. Marg Beverland, NZ |
from afar a glow in the cemetry a ghost's party? # 36. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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bodydownpour ... as if will set sail even tombstones # 37. Vania Stefanova, BG |
cold marble like the remains it covers death freezes # 38. Sandra Martyres, IN |
a cruel invitation to the other side cemetery # 39. Munia Khan, BD |
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death and despair go hand in hand she cries # 40. Sandra Martyres, IN |
cemetery ultimate destination towards the unknown # 41. Munia Khan, BD |
grandparents die gravestones stand testimony to sad memories # 42. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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I’m still standing six feet from the edge— a cool cemetery # 43. Munia Khan, BD |
sitting on his grave she sheds bitter tears at night the owls listen # 44. Sandra Martyres, IN |
sinner’s grave saint’s earth cemetery # 45. Munia Khan, BD |
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all souls' day— white rose posies decorate the graves # 46. Sandra Martyres, IN |
all the beds narrow as a knife— the cemetery #47. Munia Khan, BD |
a pool of tears refreshes the flowers a freshly dug grave # 48. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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cemetery: better than a sty once you’re dead # 49. Munia Khan, BD |
a discarded ring lies next to his grave she is moving on # 50. Sandra Martyres, IN |
rally of tombstones to defend death— a cemetery # 51. Munia Khan, BD |
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a hooting owl in the cemetery the call of death # 52. Sandra Martyres, IN |
forty steps from here the gate of my burial blue cemetery # 53. Munia Khan BD |
a dark cloud over the cemetery heaven mourns his death # 54. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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a designated land of soulless bodies cemetery # 55. Munia Khan, BD |
saints and sinners death makes not a difference same cemetery # 56. Sandra Martyres, IN |
the crematorium— life dares to accept a cemetery # 57. Munia Khan, BD |
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his dog protects him even in death barking at his grave # 58. Sandra Martyres, IN |
ceremony of death on a misty ground floral cemetery # 59. Munia Khan, BD |
cemetery mice scamper around freely the dead do not care # 60. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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calmest place on earth cemetery # 61. Munia Khan, BD |
black veil and red nose she walks to the cemetery a young widow # 62. Sandra Martyres, IN |
bright moon a faded headstone in the cemetery # 63. Ramesh Anand, Malaysia (MY) |
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flowers bloom around the graves none to praise # 64. Radhey Shiam, IN |
she visits the park to buy …her boneyard # 65. Ramesh Anand, Malaysia (MY) |
in the graveyard whispers of ghosts people in awe # 66. Radhey Shiam, IN |
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autumn leaves— grave markers blanketed in heavy fog # 67. Cara Holman, US |
he lays a wreath on his wife’s grave tears tickle down # 68. Radhey Shiam, IN |
graveside service the whisper of wind through the pines # 69. Cara Holman, US |
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a ghost reads the cenotaph... its smiles in silence # 70. Radhey Shiam, IN |
pioneer cemetery soft moss clings to the headstones # 71. Cara Holman, US |
sounds of crockery in the graveyard the watchman puzzled # 72. Radhey Shiam, IN |
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side by side their names, in stone… evergreen # 73. Cara Holman, US |
near the graves sounds of shoes... no one visible # 74. Radhey Shiam, IN |
a river stone still warm from my pocket on their grave # 75. Cara Holman, US |
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the spirit leaves an inert body undertaker smiles # 76. Sandra Martyres, IN |
an eternal resting place— even the last tomb dives into autumn fog # 77. Marija Pogorilić, CR |
grave diggers stand by each new fatality fresh business # 78. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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requiem— from the cemetery chapel fragrance of wax # 79. Marija Pogorilić, CR |
black coats and strong arms pall bearers in uniform # 80. Sandra Martyres, IN |
poeple by the tomb interested in a young widow # 81. Marija Pogorilić, CR |
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autumn sunset tombstones' shadows lower down the hill # 82. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR |
an open tomb grave digger under a cypress waits for the coffin # 83. Marija Pogorilić, CR |
old cemetery— the wind whistles among loose stony teeth # 84. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR |
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a new row of white crosses... sunlit Arlington # 85. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
between the gravestones black ants march in file # 86. Bernard Gieske, US |
“Carpe Diem” on his gravestone winter light # 87. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
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wintry day baby’s tombstone etched in white # 88. Bernard Gieske, US |
church graveyard a cloud of crows hover over stone angels # 89. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
from the bouquet on the grave black bird steals a ribbon # 90. Bernard Gieske, US |
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alone by her grave gazing at the autumn moon silence between us # 91. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
by the tombstone soldier boots final journey # 92. Bernard Gieske, US |
graveyard— peaceful rendezvous with my sleepy father # 93. Munia Khan, BD |
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after the storm at the grave site lingering rain drops # 94. Bernard Gieske, US |
cemetery at noon… your shadow beside mine # 95. Vania Stefanova, BG |
at the burial thunder fills the void # 96. Bernard Gieske, US |
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tall fir in the graveyard— a broken angel's wing underneath # 97. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO |
abandoned cemetery one trumpet lily still blooms # 98. Bernard Gieske, US |
bright moon all in the cemetery rest in peace # 99. Karen O'Leary, US |
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overgrown cemetery bees, spiders, and snakes Reside In Peace # 100. Bernard Gieske, US |
a lanky dog by his master's grave: the long wait # 101. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
I sit alone at her sunlit grave site two white butterflies # 102. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
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teary-eyed mourners gather round the grave ... a final farewell # 103. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
For Sale sign on a cemetery plot winter wind # 104. Chen-ou Liu, CA |
a wet cemetery ... wind blowing through the willow trees #105. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
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crescent moon the old man returns from no where # 106. P K Padhy, IN |
spruced-up graves upon spruced-up graves ... All Saints' glow # 107. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
floral offerings— the butterfly tenders its condolences # 108. P K Padhy, IN |
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beyond the grave ... looking for answers to today's questions # 109. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
cemetery— dead lives in silence # 110. P K Padhy, IN |
a glimmer upon the cemetery ... the full moon # 111. Keith A. Simmonds, TT |
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solitary tomb— darkness veils on lone bird # 112. P K Padhy, IN |
a dead day dear Lord, such peace! # 113. Vera Primorac, CR |
shadow of a fruit-laden tree— teenager’s tomb # 114. P K Padhy, IN |
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cemetery— among the pine trees memories # 115. Vera Primorac, CR |
dead silence— conversing myself with broken voice # 116. P K Padhy, IN |
all Saint's Day— bouquet next to a bouquet and bouquet of memories # 117. Vera Primorac, CR |
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burial ground— wild grasses between the family graveyards # 118. P K Padhy, IN |
the tombstone even on it ravages of time # 119. Vera Primorac, CR |
salt crystals on a black tombstone tears of remorse # 120. Sandra Martyres, IN |
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graves of beloved ones where is my resting place? # 121. Vera Primorac, CR |
an owl hoots in the graveyard the ghost passes by # 122. Sandra Martyres, IN |
flowers on the grave a prayer for mother and father # 123. Vera Primorac, CR |
broken white lilies lie around the grave mice at play # 124. Sandra Martyres, IN |
at the cemetery— from birth to death only a breath and sigh # 125. Vera Primorac, CR |
a shroud of smoke burning candles, growing silence the fragrance of chrysantemums # 126. Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR |
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after the cemetery in the front of birth house memories overgrown by weeds # 127. Vera Primorac, CR |
candle's flame mirrored in the tombstone mitigated pain # 128. Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR |
a hero’s tomb overgrown by weeds to oblivion # 129. Vera Primorac, CR |
silence and dark the cemetery full life, crickets and fireflies # 130. Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR. |
Italian marble covering his remains white chrysanthemums # 131. Sandra Martyres, IN |
shaking lanterns for sleeping souls— trembling for us # 132. Ljudmila Milena Mršić CR |
chrysanthemums for all gone souls— trembling hands # 133. Evica Kraljic, CR |
Her dead doll’s birthday grave’s cupcake and dandelion puff # 134. Karin Anderson, AU |
you, my friend— let the dream of eternity spread your arms # 135. Evica Kraljic, CR |
ghost gum creaks to turning dead grave’s midnight shift # 136. Karin Anderson, AU |
a broken heart— watering flowers on her son's tomb with her tears # 137. Evica Kraljic, CR |
cemetery‘s blood moon cannibal bat flies on owl’s whoos # 138. Karin Anderson, AU |
creaking bones— the graveyard gate swings wide # 139. Michele L. Harvey, US |
his bride’s grave he covers it with passion flowers # 140. Karin Anderson, AU |
graveside funeral a robin listens to the grass # 141. Michele L. Harvey, US |
bruised cloud drift children play knuckle bones on gravestones # 142. Karin Anderson, AU |
mother's tomb covered with the snow —moonshine # 143. Zeljko Spoljar, CR |
drought cracked land tombs for Spring lambs # 144. Karin Anderson, AU |
an old cemetery with many cypresses on guard # 145. Zeljko Spoljar, CR |
song colour of love drains the corpse funeral service # 146. Karin Anderson, AU |
misty morning the bell wakes silence of the cemetery # 147. Zeljko Spoljar, CR |
cardboard grave wind’s rain rips bark to pulp # 148. Karin Anderson, AU |
Near a roaring river Žepa tombstones, flowers and trash our signs! # 149. Smajil Durmišević, BA |
cemetery upright cypress for counter-balance # 150. Stella Pierides, DE |
Sad graves, lonely among many, there in a deserted village! # 151. Smajil Durmišević, BA |
lying deep— only the daffodils push up from below # 152. Stella Pierides, DE |
A fallen leaf lying on an old marble tomb, to become the stone # 153. Smajil Durmišević, BA |
marking the distance travelled— gravestone # 154. Stella Pierides, DE |
Old marble tombstones drowning into the birthplace with Bosnia # 155. Smajil Durmišević, BA |
planting crocuses— at the grave she meets her new love # 156. Stella Pierides, DE |
gravestones the scent of wilting flowers # 157. Rhiannon Bond, NZ |
a candle flame illuminates your smile— photo on your tomb # 158. Irena Szewczyk, PL |
war cemetery— at every grave a heavy stone # 159. Bouwe Brouwer, NL |
a dull thud deadened by the screaming bird— falling soil # 160. Irena Szewczyk, PL |
seaside church— in between the graves wild oats # 161. Bouwe Brouwer, NL |
children playing hide and seek in the same cemetery # 162. Liudmila Petrova, UA (Ukraine) |
a lamb on a headstone... April clouds # 163. Michele L. Harvey, US |
yellow leaves— a raking-man trying to catch all of them # 164. Juhani Tikkanen, FN |
moment of silence... a mourning dove's call fills the cemetery # 165. Michele L. Harvey, US |
old cemetery crowded with fresh yellow leaves # 166. Juhani Tikkanen, FN |
man and wife their stones incline toward each other # 167. Michele L. Harvey, US |
granite marker such a complex life summed up in so few words # 168. Harvey Jenkins, CA |
startled pigeons we try to find our footing around the graveside # 169. Harvey Jenkins, CA |
gravestone where a hyphen means so much # 170. Dan Hardison, US |
the moon shows me how lichen has cushioned your chiseled name # 171. Emily Romano, US |
a hawk circles as the funeral ends final farewell # 172. Dan Hardison, US |
family plot— between Mom and Dad three small stones # 173. S.E. Buffington, US |
scattered autumn the old man’s gravestone covered with trumpet vine # 174. Angie Werren, US |
Halloween I leave a treat on Grampa's grave # 175. S.E. Buffington, US |
reading you between the lines... inscriptions # 176. Angelo Ancheta, PH |
Arlington— on our second date I meet your best friend # 177. S.E. Buffington |
Catholic graveyard... ants crawl in the cracks # 178. Kirsten Cliff, NZ |
mother's day fog follows me home from the cemetery # 179. Kat Creighton, US |
churchyard graves... a fresh bunch of flowers beside the fallen angel # 180. Kirsten Cliff, NZ |
grave tending the mistress makes peace with her past # 181. Kat Creighton, US |
at his headstone the wife waters the grass with his favorite beer # 182. Kathy Nguyen, US |
carved in stone my first boyfriend's name . . . home town cemetery # 183. Marg Beverland, NZ |
the first crack from the gravedigger's shovel a mesh of earthworms # 184. Kathy Nguye, US |
church bells we surround the burial site with silence # 185. Harvey Jenkins, CA |
All Souls' Day I breathe in the incense of every gravestone # 186. Kathy Nguyen, US |
her pale face against the sunset memorial park # 187. Tzetzka Ilieva, BG |
at sister's funeral... even the doves refold their wings in prayer # 188. Kathy Nguyen, US |
remembering... Día de los Muertos flowers and sweets # 189. John Daleiden, US |
Old cemetery— willow with catkins on the grave # 190. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
morning cold on the churchyard fence three starlings # 191. Angie Werren, US |
Flowers near the grave— in the grandma’s flock of wool a moth # 192. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
a dry leaf and the wind stopped by a tomb at the same time # 193. Malvina Mileta, CR |
old cemetery— among demolished crosses violets bloom # 194. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
village cemetery— slow steps pacing over silence # 195. Malvina Mileta, CR |
Violets cluster— no name on the cross full of muscle # 196. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
photograph on a tomb grandpa sleeps with eyes wide open # 197. Malvina Mileta, CR |
Some violets on the cross from another century— cemetery in the country # 198. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
repose of souls— this night with a candle visiting cemeteries # 199. Malvina Mileta, CR |
Cherry petals fall on the wooden cross— moon rising # 200. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
dead silence a coffin pushed autumn into a tomb # 201. Malvina Mileta, CR |
Titmouse singing into a blossomed plum— near the cemetery # 202. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
All Soul's Day— cemetery in the evening not so scary # 203. Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL |
It was evening— the neighbor's tomb lilac flowers # 204. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
All Souls' Day— saddest graves those without candles # 205. Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL |
Dawn in the cemetery— the jasmine’s flowers shaking # 206. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
necropolis— from ants to birds life goes on # 207. Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL |
at the roadway edge a wood cross and plastic blooms— they perished here # 208. John Daleiden, US |
necropolis— birds singing ants working # 209. Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL |
Cloudless night— the neighbor's tomb a chrysanthemum # 210. Maria Tirenescu, RO |
cemetery paths— best for a walk in complete silence # 211. Małgorzata Miksiewicz, PL |
a tombstone tom cat in the pet cemetery loyal feral friend # 212. John Daleiden, US |
wild lilacs... he sits by her grave until the colors blur # 213. Tzetzka Ilieva, BG |
Cloudless sky— chicory possesses old cemetery # 214. Maria Tirenescu, RO. |
into my Dad's grave pressed four-leaf clover - always he found one, always # 215. Marg Beverland, NZ |
with her finger she traces his engraved name— waiting for sunset # 216. John Daleiden, US |
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Read the September / October 31, 2011 "cemetery" Haiku Editor's Choices: Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden |