The Furl

Olympic Run

Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago Silver Medalist; 2008 Bejing Olympics.

Bright Morning

Another

Setting Sun

Drenched

Morning Light 2008

Fashion Statement

Xanthosoma

Caladium Leaves

This

Blossom Fall

'Blossom Fall' a haiga done in 2004

Sunny Day

sunny day/ the furl of bougainvillea/ bracts

Stained Glass

Sculptured

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Mother's Day Renku 2008

mothers day
taste of
beauty and elegance /gc


visit to mom
she wears clothes made
from my cloths /jtc


Mother’s Day--
a bouquet of white lilies
beside your tombstone /jd


mothers day--
her favorite blue flowers
placed at the grave /jg


lovely as a rose
Mama's love will never die
fragrant years later /nf


Hail Mary
prayer of salvation
angelic salutation /gc


face of an angel
from earth to heaven she went
each day Mother's day /nf


her smile
when I thought they were sisters --
Mothers Day /tm


Mother understands
Though the knee hurts so very much
Wipes the tears away /qc


my heart was broken
Dr. Mom to the rescue
Krazy-Glue and love /rp


smile would light a room
a love that keeps on giving
Mama's precious love /nf


love caressed her cheek
sunlight danced upon her skin
berry picking time /nf


oh, Mama my dear
pink peony bloomed for you
my first blooms this year /nf


lilacs
begin in each new mother
these blooms /_m


sweet iris
a part of mother's garden
in mine /b'oki


Mother's day
listening the sound of tape
her Koto Harp /sn


everyday
someone else calls her
mum /gc


Those years
you were there, today
with you. /vs


twisted and gnarled
digits write beautifully
mother's eighty-eight /jbc


mother's day
something sexy
for his wife /bill



bill - US
b'oki - Bette Norcross Wappner - US
gc - Gillena Cox - TT
jbc - Joseph B. Connolly - US
jd - John Daleiden - US
jg - Judith Gorgone -US
jtc - John Tiong Chunghoo - MY
_m - magyar - US
nf - Nan Forehand - US
qc - Quentin Clingerman - US
rp - Ruth Poteet - US
sn - Sakuo Nakamura - JP
tm - Tyrone McDonald - US
vs - Vaughn Seward - CA

Renku Editor - Gillena Cox

Any additional haiku, sent; from Mother's Day 11th May 2008
to Sunday 18th May 2008, will be added to the Renku.

Mothers day renku 2007

Mango

may day program
pickled mango
broke the mouth

pidgen haiku - Shanna Baldwin-Moore - Hawaii
photo - Gillena Cox - Trinidad and Tobago
haiga design - Gillena Cox

haiku used with Shanna's permission

Earth Day 2008

soft summer wings
this greener cocktail flies
above the dust /_m


earth day haiku --
writer's block ...
clouds roll pass me /tm


earth day 2008
we the mouthpiece
for trees, the sea, the wind/tc

Long icicle -
a drop of water falls,
toward her centre. /vs


smell of rain
a shiver through the trees--
sound of windchimes/gc


life to love - -
arms wide
hug a tree /fb


earth day
each day I walk
over all this life /kr


walking the trail
I pause by the chaparral--
Earth Day /jd


earth day
celebration
for the earthits /sm


small hours
shuffling bedtime
and earth hour/as


as - Alan Summers
fb - Famida Basheer
gc - Gillena Cox
jd - John Daleiden
kr - Kala Ramesh
_m - magyar
sm - Shanna Baldwin-Moore
tc - Tiong Chunghoo
tm - Tyrone McDonald
vs - Vaughn Seward

Renku editor -- Gillena Cox
Photo -- Gillena Cox

From April 22nd to 25th you can email me or post as a comment your 'earth day haiku'
and i'll add it to the renku

Some environmentalists have grown critical of Earth Day, particularly those in the Bright green environmentalism camp. They charge that Earth Day has come to symbolize the marginalization of environmental sustainability, and that the celebration itself has outlived its usefulness
Earth Day

Rainy Saturday

Morning Light