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Marilyn Ward
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A captured Haijin enjoying Japanese short form, haiku, senryu, photography and reading
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3m
#DailyHaikuPrompt #geese #misty
migrating...
flocks of geese and my thoughts
in a misty sky
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 1d
#dailyhaikuprompt #hyacinths

winters end...
awaiting the awakening
of blue hyacinths
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 1d
www.nahaiwrimo.com/why-no-5-7-5

I have sent a link it explains why haiku doesn't need to be 5-7-5
Although there is nothing wrong with writing that way if yo so desire
NaHaiWriMo - Why “No 5-7-5”?
Okay, this essay is long, but give it a read to better understand why it’s an urban myth to think of English-language haiku merely in terms of 5-7-5 syllables. National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo...
www.nahaiwrimo.com
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #

spring morning...
seedlings poke through
after the rain
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you for the re post
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, autumn arrives, and all goes quiet ,but they will return
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
#dailyhaikuprompt #nightchill

night chill
surrounding a late rose
glittering hoarfrost
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
#completethehaiga 119 @completethehaiga.bsky.social
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #latefrost
late frost
the chirp of a cricket
silenced
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 4d
#dailyhaikuprompt #fillingthevoid
autumn breeze
the stir of verbena
ruffles a hawkmoth
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 5d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #yellow

autumn storm...
a single yellow leaf
on the aspen tree
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 5d
first sleepover...
excited giggles from girls
in pink pyjamas
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 6d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #calf #frost

spring frost
three crows and a calf
turn white
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 7d
#dailyhaikuprompt #drizzle #grain
in the barley grain
an idle combine...
light drizzle
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 7d
Thank you very much 😊
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
#dailyhaikuprompt #huntersmoon
hunters moon
the changing colours
of a cotton tail
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
Thanks so much
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #shoots #HighTide

high tide
a cold wave shoots
multicoloured pebbles
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 10d
#complete the haiga 118 @completethehaiga.bsky.social
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 10d
#dailyhaikuprompt #till

deep sleep
til the neighbours dog
barks at nothing
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 10d
Thank you
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 11d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #eaves #red

virginia creeper
the twisting of autumn red
painting old eaves
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 12d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #lowTide
low tide
the sound of the sea
in every shell
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 13d
#dailyhaikuprompt #dapple #strand

dappled light...
a strand of apple trees
perfume the breeze
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