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Friday, August 03, 2012

Moon Viewing Haiku

Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of August, 2012.


I'm honored to announce that this was one of the three. For more details, and to meet Dottie, go to


http://haikubanditsociety.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-2012-dottie-dot-awards.html


summer solitude
nothing between
the moon and me

13 Comments:

Anonymous Monika said...

great ! love it !!

5:48 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thank you, Monika. I felt pretty good about this one, and Dottie has impeccable taste. Also, a good sense of smell.

11:15 AM  
Blogger Adelaide said...

This is great, Bill.

Adelaide

5:13 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, Adelaide.

8:11 PM  
Blogger Kristin Riggs said...

Fantastic, Bill. :)

-Kristin

11:23 PM  
Blogger John McDonald said...

well deserved Bill
john

11:52 PM  
Blogger Crafty Green Poet said...

congratulations and a lovely haiku

Thanks for your comment on my blog about August beign summer in the US, it's summer in the Uk too, but for most of this year we haven't felt like it's been summer at all. Just the occasional day like yesterday

5:54 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, Kristin and John.

Strange weather everywhere you look, Juliet. Thanks for the visit.

4:53 PM  
Blogger Magyar said...

I've caught up! Three haiku, stought with thought! I set upward among them, your line... "a patch of blue in the puddle."

3:23 PM  
Blogger Frank... said...

There is a sense of freedom in this haiku. Nice one Bill...

3:08 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

M and Frank, much appreciated.

8:25 AM  
Blogger Danaelle said...

Congratulations, Bill. A very fine one.

11:06 AM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

one happy-moon for you, bill:

bathing
in a bright puddle -
a happy moon


I guess that's perhaps a variation from ... (Not Olson's anyway .-)

1:44 AM  

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