Kerkedijk: August 2012

Haiga window painting

window open

to summer feet bared

curtains dance

EDP publication hydrangea haiku

http://www.everydaypoets.com/untitled-haiku-6653-by-maire-morrissey-cummins

blowzy hydrangea
amid withered heads
a pink bud

Love Surfs the Waves EDP Publication

http://www.everydaypoets.com/love-surfs-the-waves-by-maire-morrissey-cummins/

Wrapped in the warmth of a June night
under the light of scintillating stars,
you point to the Milky Way,
my gaze follows yours
as I catch the moon in your eyes.

We walk hand in hand on the beach,
our whispers sprinkle the dim light.
Your smooth embrace tickles my face,
tumbles my hair,
tingles my toes
beneath an ebony sky.

The candy-sweet scent of Valerian *
weaves with the salty sea breeze.
It entangles our love,
unravels it
in the pulse of the waves
and binds us forever
in the surging surf.

*Valerian is a hardy perennial with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers which bloom in the summer months.

her old cane
leans by the door
once an oak tree

Máire Morrissey-Cummins

aging
the font on my laptop
bigger

Máire Morrissey-Cummins

A Hundred Gourds June 2012 published haiku

Link to publication June 2012
http://www.haikuhut.com/ahg/ahg13/index_haiku.html

kissing his forehead
for the last time
snow on the mountains

Máire Morrissey-Cummins - Ireland

spring rains
each drop a window
to the sky

Máire Morrissey-Cummins - Ireland

Published haiku in Sketchbook July 2012

http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook7-3MayJun2012-42/Sketchbook_7-3_MayJune_2012-42_Genre_Haiku_Authors.htm

summer sunshine
windows in the city
twinkle

powder tresses
of acacia blooms
yellow moon

Moselle valley
leaves unfurl
on the grapevine

vespers
from the monastery
evening stillness

cumulus clouds
form castles in the sky
summer noon

after a downpour
jasmine
scents the twilight

ancient city
buildings curve
new pavements

hand motionless
over a box of popcorn
suspense

silence
thickens the waiting room
the clock stutters

sunlight
illuminates a slate roof
thunder clouds loom

coal fires burn
smoking the city skies
pale moon

dawn chorus
birdsong competes
with his snoring

jets chalk
a cross in the sky
church bells toll

summer stroll
my shadow ahead
competes with me

wet woodland
footprints overlap
on the forest trail

Sketchbook Kukai Clouds July 2012 published

Link to all kukai

Two of mine came joint 7th place

http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook7-3MayJun2012-42/0_Results_Sketchbook_7-3_MayJune_2012_clouds_Kukai_Results.htm

sheets on the line
shape the breeze
billowing clouds

# 25. Maire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland

7th Place Tie

her dreams drift
into billowing clouds
castles in the air

# 57. Maire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland

7th Place Tie

published Sketchbook July 2012

Link to all of the Wedding haiku thread by all haijin
http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook7-2MarApr2012-41/0_Results_Sketchbook_7-3_MayJun_bride_wedding_Haiku_Thread_Results.htm

winter wedding
steps to her future
etched in virgin snow

Below haiku was mentioned in the Editors Choice with the significance of Lilac in wedding bouquets

lilac dawn
gathering a bouquet
for the bride