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September 2008 "bazaar"  Thread
 

 

 

 

Announcing September 2008 "bazaar"  Thread

For September 2008 the theme of the monthly haiku thread is "bazaar", or "church bazaar"—communicate the idea of a bazaar.  Writers may post an unlimited number of haiku to the Thread.


Subject Line: Sep08
"bazaar" haiku thread.
To: haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
Deadline: Midnight Sunday, September 28, 2008.

needle point,
the scent of cinnamon rolls—
church bazaar

# 01. John Daleiden, US

All Haiku received will be posted on-line at September 2008 "bazaar"  Haiku Thread.

The Sketchbook editors will select their Monthly Haiku Choice from this thread for publication in the Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Sketchbook.
 

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Read the September 30, 2008 Editor's Choices:  Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden

 


The following poets have contributed to the September 30, 2008 "bazaar"  Haiku Thread

Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden, US; Jacek Margolak, PL; Tracy McPherson, US; Iga Gala Miemus, PL; Vasile Moldovan, RO; Kristin Reynolds, US; Trish Shields, CA; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Kim Tairi, AU; A. Thiagarajan, IN

Australia, Canada, India, Poland, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
 

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needle point,
the scent of cinnamon rolls—
church bazaar

# 01. John Daleiden, US
 


raffle tickets
on a hand crafted quilt—
one dollar

# 02. Tracy McPherson, US
 

finally letting go
of her husband's clothes
church bazaar

# 03. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

at the Fall Bazaar
we stop at each booth
Gesundheit!

# 04. Trish Shields, CA
 

people chatting
people purchasing:
a church bazaar

# 05. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

after closing—
a single empty trolley
at the bazaar

# 06. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

voices rising
from the various stalls...
a bazaar

# 07. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

church bazaar
old clothes
this weeks offering

# 08. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

a bazaar...
smiling well-wishers
with heavy bags

# 09. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

fighting over
the last cross
church bazaar

# 10. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

at every stall
a swarm of buyers:
Saturday bazaar

# 11. Keith A. Simmonds, TT

sudden drizzle—
getting wet she covers the ware
platform bazaar

# 12. A. Thiagarajan, IN

for a second
forgetting the sales pitch
her entry into the bazaar

# 13. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

Grandmother's fingers
sing her praises—
church bazaar

# 14. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

hot dogs
and a merry-go-round—
autumn bazaar

# 15. John Daleiden, US
 

church bazaar
her prayers answered—
BINGO!

# 16. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

start of the day
the vendor girl lights an incense
at the bazaar

# 17. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

church bazaar
all the dolls
smile

# 18. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

* Grand Bazaar—
lost for hours shopping for you,
gold and jewels

*Istanbul

# 19. John Daleiden, US
 

church bazaar
behind the bedding
grandpa steals a kiss

# 20. Kristin Reynolds, US
 

village bazaar—
the vendor surveys
the incoming crowd

# 21. A. Thiagarajan, IN


strains of music
crowds of busy shoppers...
Sunday bazaar

# 22. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

we sell dreams—
she asks for seconds
roadside bazaar

# 23. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

sale of articles
in the form of charity:
church bazaar

# 24. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

he asks for the price
she adjusts her saree
roadside bazaar

# 25. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

rows of stalls
overflowing with goods...
lively bazaar

# 26. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

bazaar—
she tries to sell
he wants something different

# 27. A. Thiagarajan, IN
 

a church bazaar
with rows of shops and stalls:
gifts of charity

# 28. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

trying to bake
my grandma's cookies
church bazaar

# 29. Jacek Margolak, PL
 

church bazaar
offers used dreams
without the halo

# 30. Iga Gala Miemus, PL
 

after the bazaar
a bounce castle's shadow
smaller and smaller

# 31. Jacek Margolak, PL
 

Buzz of a fly
among the things of worship—
church bazaar

# 32. Vasile Moldovan, RO
 

vibrant voices float
upon the afternoon wind:
a church bazaar

# 33. Keith A. Simmonds, TT

Tower in Babylon and
Noah's Ark in the same space—
Levantine bazaar

# 34. Vasile Moldovan, RO
 

a summer bazaar:
in the blueness of the sky
strains of music

# 35. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

Neurosis of spring—
rustling of the whole world
in a small bazaar

# 36. Vasile Moldovan, RO
 

medley of sounds
in a maze of colours...
the grand bazaar

# 37. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

Gold and silver
among so many trinkets—
oriental bazaar

# 38. Vasile Moldovan, RO
 

the sun glistening
on myriad rows of shops:
glorious bazaar

# 39. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

our annual bazaar
in September
the rains

# 40. Gillena Cox, TT
 

a mongrel running
among a maze of stalls...
noisy bazaar

# 41. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 

festival of sales
for poor children of the world:
a church bazaar

# 42. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
 
 
sound of tiny bells
and the scent of sandalwood
Grand Bazaar

# 43. Karina Klesko, US
 
 

 

Read the September 30 2008 Editor's Choices:  Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden

 

 

 

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