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July / August 31, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
 

 

 

 

Announcing the July / August 31, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread

The theme of the July / August 31, 2012-43 haiku thread will be anything to do with "vegetable(s)" in the northern or southern hemisphere. It is not necessary to use the words "vegetable(s)" but the concept must be obvious.

Writers may post an unlimited number of haiku to the "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread.

Subject Line: July / August 31, 2012 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread
To: haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org

Deadline: Midnight Friday, August 24, 2012

Haiku

Author, Country

All Haiku received will be posted daily on-line at July / August 31, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread.

The Sketchbook editors will select their Monthly Haiku Choices from this thread for publication in the Friday, August 31, 2012-43 Sketchbook.

Index to past Haiku Threads: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October 2006 - Current
 

 

Read the July / August 31, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)"  Haiku Editor's Choices:  Editor Karina Klesko, Editor John Daleiden

 


The following poets have contributed to the July / August 31, 2012-43 "vegetable(s)" Haiku Thread

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,

Participants: Ramesh Anand, IN; Karin Anderson, AU; Danica Bartulović, CR; Dawn Bruce, Australia;  Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR; John Daleiden, US; Tracy Davidson, UK; Smajil Durmisevic, BA; Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US; Anisoara Iordache, Romania; Evica Kraljić, CR; Chen-ou Liu, Canada; Štefanija Ludvig, CR; Vladimir Ludvig, CR; Sandra Martyres, IN; Karen O'Leary, US;  Pravat Kumar Padhy, India; Asim Kumar Paul, IN; Vania Stefanova, BG; Gheorghe Postelinicu Stops RO;  Rachel Sutcliffe, UK; Tad Wojnicki, US/TW

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,14,

Countries:  Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA), Canada, Bulgaria, Croatia, India, Ireland, Romania, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

brinjal; brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot; eggplant; greens, mushroom; olives, onions, sprouts; vegetables; vegetable garden;

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harvest moon
taproot of a carrot
shows up red

# 01. Ramesh Anand, IN
 
fruits, leafy and root
vegetables—
GREENPEACE fighters' lunch

# 02. Gheorghe Postelinicu Stops RO
 
two slightly bitter
olives in the dish...
he looks away

# XX. Vania Stefanova, BG
 

southern wind
he regrets
the brussels sprouts

# 04. Tracy Davidson, UK
 
market humming
gifts of Heaven—a delicious,
and mother begs

# 05. Smajil Durmisevic, BA
 
the last broccoli
from my garden
summer's end

# 06. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 

tears—
the fragrant first cut
into a red onion

# 07. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 
zucchini the size
of baseball bats
summer’s end

# 08. Cara Holman, US
 
Bloody Mary—
the taste improved with
red tomato

# 09. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 

vegetable stew
she masks the taste
with chicken stock

# 10. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
warm caress
of an april morning...
sway of carrot tops

# 11. Dawn Bruce, Australia
 
red peppers
on a cold evening…
her love

# 12. Karen O'Leary, US
 

soaked or simmered
it sets my teeth on edge—
the bitter gourd

# 13. Tad Wojnicki, US/TW
 
winter mist
another bowl
of veggie soup

# 14. Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 
turning the earth
planting corn
a robin hops closer

# 15. Bernard Gieske, US 
 

Flower-looking cauliflower,
Its curry palatable tide,
As if brown prawn on dishes.

# 16. Asim Kumar Paul, IN 
 
# 17. John Daleiden, US
 
green vegetables
my mother smiles with
morning freshness

# 18. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 

yellow melon
in the sky—
an old moon

# 19. Vania Stefanova, BG
 
To Zvonko
melons are the most tasty
he does not like watermelons

# 20. Evica Kraljić, CR
 
dinner party chill
a snap pea
cuts the silence

# 21. Karin Anderson, AU
 

picking tomatoes
off the leafy vines
her painted nails

# 22. Rachel Sutcliffe, UK
 
Toroidal breath:
vegetables exhibition—
the wine is quiet ...

# 23. Anisoara Iordache, Romania
 
a slice of melon
in the boy's mouth
melting moon

# 24. Danica Bartulović, CR
 

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art class
children peeling brinjal
into penguins

# 31. Ramesh Anand, IN
 
spring wind
how onions
repeat on me

# 32. Tracy Davidson, UK
 
new year’s wishes
sprouts between the
concrete slabs

# 33. Ramesh Anand, IN.
 

digging up
my vegetable garden...
the twister

# 34. Tracy Davidson, UK
 
lingering heat
rainwater’s clarity
in a mushroom

# 35. Ramesh Anand, IN
 
summer picnic
eating up his greens
on the pizza

# 36. Tracy Davidson, UK

 

runner beans
the colour of
my cat's eyes

# 37. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 
cabbage patch
on the compost heap
my old doll

# 38. Tracy Davidson, UK
 
wet summer
beans hang heavy
with rain

# 39. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 

my daughter
watches the eggplant
waiting for eggs

# 40. Tracy Davidson, UK
 
after a deluge
raindrops cupped
in courgette flowers

# 41. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 
our vegan caviar...
smell of garlic
under my nails

# 42. Vania Stefanova, BG
 

allotments
verdant rows of yellow blooms
taste of pumpkin soup

# 43. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 
in my mouth
a raw, sweet flavor—
crispy carrot

# 44. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 
the shiny skin
of peppers
rosy day

# 45. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 

lettuce—
a tasty snack to the snail
and butterfly grub

# 46. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 
harvesting carrots
the tiny fingers
of a baby

# 47. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 
on my face
slices of green cucumber—
all for beauty

# 48. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 

shelling peas
the pop of freedom
from each pod

# 49. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 
gourmet delights—
in the pod five small peas
and a well fed worm

# 50. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 
cutting back rhubarb
cupped in the stems
a blackbirds nest

# 51. Máire Morrissey-Cummins, IR
 

breath of July—
the scent of fresh carrots
served in a salad

# 52. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 
farmer’s market
a ladybug crawls
out of the lettuce

# 53. Cara Holman, US
 
from the blender
green vitamin juices—
keeping fit

# 54. Vladimir Ludvig, CRh
 

the color
of the twilit sky
aubergine

# 55. Cara Holman, US
 
a caterpillar
peeps out of the broccoli
screams follow

# 56. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
getting acquainted
the tender heart
of an artichoke

# 57. Cara Holman, US
 

asparagus soup
chef's own delicacy
remains untouched

# 58. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
heart scare...
from this day forward
year of the vegetable

#59. Dawn Bruce, Australia
 
says the cauliflower
to the over-size cabbage—
you need to lose weight

# 60. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

it is not lipstick:
she is just eating
boiled beetroots.

# 61. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
power juices
the vendor's
dispigmented skin

# 62. Tad Wojnicki, US/TW.
 
he is a vegan,
animal products are out.
he'd rather eat grass.

# 63. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

they sit close
to each other
two peas in a pod

# 64. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
the sun
breaks through clouds...
first pickings

# 65. Dawn Bruce, Australia
 
tomato puree
her standard curry sauce
Gran never changes

# 66. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

still life...
the row of pumpkins
on a tin roof

# 67. Dawn Bruce, Australia
 
red chilly peppers,
to garnish his dish
my tongue's on fire!

# 68. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
new coolness
we pick the last
of the crop

# 69. Dawn Bruce, Australia
 

carrots and parsnips:
set in a salad bowl
his diet lunch.

# 70. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
"Not bok choy,"
she says, "It's
the spoon vegetable."

# 71. Tad Wojnicki, US/TW
 
veggie dumplings...
I wrap myself
in her scent

# 72. Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 

in prayer
all that remains unsaid
sprouting beans

# 73. Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 
spring onions
decorate his salad
a dainty dish

# 74.  Sandra Martyres, IN
 
long sunny day
the sunflower
bows its head

# 75. Bernard Gieske, US
 

black beans in gravy
perhaps I'll skip dinner
tonight!

# 76. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
in the cornfield
half hidden in the fog
early visitors

# 77. Bernard Gieske, US
 
In its long form, red,
With all the hot taste in spicy cooking,
Food to food.

# 78. Asim Kumar Paul, IN
 

his favorite
vegetable soup
no brocholi

# 79. Bernard Gieske, US 
 
Green leaves within,
Like onion, form of leafy wheels,
Our food and curry.

# 80. Asim Kumar Paul, IN
 
from bean leaf to bean leaf
looping caterpillar
space walker

# 81. Bernard Gieske, US
 

Mostly round, grey vine,
It offers presence in all cooked dreams,
Grown in all soils.

# 82. Asim Kumar Paul, IN
 
behind the scarecrow
a murder of crows
ganging up

# 83. Bernard Gieske, US 
 
glowing sun
on ripe tomatoes—
her tender cheeks

# 84. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 

zucchini
its green──darker than
Irish grass

# 85. Bernard Gieske, US
 
newly wed—
she picks up her favorite
ladies fingers

# 86. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 
from the corn field
thunder clap
cloud of crows

# 87. Bernard Gieske, US
 

winter morning
market crowded with
green faces

# 88. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 
yellow melon
in the sky—
an old moon

# 89. Vania Stefanova, BG
 
early sun—
the wind caresses
plantain flowers

# 90. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

 

beet wine
grandma’s giggles dance
in my heart

# 91. Karen O'Leary, US
 
hawker’s proud—
the seasonal flavor
on the street

# 92. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India.
 
ripe watermelon
cracking like the dawn
the sweet fragrance…

# 93. Evica Kraljić, CR
 

mist of clouds—
garden of vegetables
tenderly refrigerated

# 94. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

 
boiled beetroot
in see-through jars
waiting for the winter

# 95. Evica Kraljić, CR
 
kindergarten—
kids spread colors on
earthen pumpkins

# 96. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 

zucchini—
godly dinner
for the palate

# 97. Evica Kraljić, CR
 
winter soup—
the spinaches with
cluster beans

# 98. Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
 
green beans—
I'll make a salad
with garlic

# 99. Evica Kraljić, CR
 

vegetable soup day
the cold homeless queue
tasting the steam

# 100. Karin Anderson, AU
 
carrot vitamins
swimming—
a plate of soup

# 101. Evica Kraljić, CR
 
lettuce spinner
my granddaughter gasps
at pink frilled skirts

# 102. Karin Anderson, AU
 

I fill the glass jars
with small cucumbers—
great pleasure

# 103. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 
rat stripped corn
raped silk hair
kinks to tailwinds

# 104. Karin Anderson, AU
 
full garden of
heart shaped tomatoes—
summer love

# 105. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 

a thin lentil soup
boiled vegetables and rice
prisoner's food

# 106. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
rhapsody flavour—
a mix of pumpkin,soy, eggs
and cheese on the steak

# 107. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 
shredded cabbage
caterpillar wriggles-bathed
in salad dressing

# 108. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

fresh beetroot salad—
with olive oil and no salt
for my sweet man

# 109. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 
his dream meal
a bunch of juicy carrots
the hungry rabbit

# 110. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
cold tomato juice
served in a crystal glass—
joy for tongue taste buds

# 111. Štefanija Ludvig, CR
 

fresh mint and basil
to flavour his soup
chef's special treat!

# 112. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
a rotund debate
watermelons gift fruits
and vegetables

# 113. Karin Anderson, AU.
 
cucumber slices
a natural remedy
for tired eyes

# 114. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

heaven’s gold gates
burst open
mother’s pumpkin pie

# 115. Karin Anderson, AU
 
he dines on beans
hopes to scale the bean stalk
his name is Jack

# 116. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
bell peppers
gold purple red hues
chime in summer

# 117. Karin Anderson, AU
 

just a tiny pea
can leave her sleepless
she is a princess

# 118. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
summer love’s slice
we bite watermelon
flesh together

# 119. Karin Anderson, AU
 
roast duck
on a bed of peas
birthday treat

# 120. Sandra Martyres, IN
 

cabbage head
having a headache
sometime

# 121. Danica Bartulović, CR
 
new wonder drug
medical discovery
ginger extract

# 122. Sandra Martyres, IN
 
hot sun
red with passion
the tomato

# 123. Danica Bartulović, CR
 

baked beans on toast
his standard breakfast
fried eggs on feast days

# 124. Sandra Martyres, IN.
 
cucumber
as per doctor's advice
full of water

# 125. Danica Bartulović, CR
 
summer game—
a rainbow on my carrots
and I with a hose

# 126. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 

protesting carrot
so uncomfortable
in this dry soil

# 127. Danica Bartulović, CR
 
two butterflies flutter
over the cabbage field—
flying sex

# 128. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 
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our garden green beans
became dry yellow pods—
lack of water

# 130. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 
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in our stainless bowl
a lot of potato chips—
TV movie on

# 132. Vladimir Ludvig, CR
 

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