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INTRO . MY HAIKU IN JOURNALS . HAIKU DIALOGUE SUCCESSES . COMPETITION SUCCESSES . OTHER HAIKU
My Other Haiku
These have been published on Facebook or Twitter, but not selected by a Journal Editor. Photography is one of my hobbies and I like to pair my own images with my haiku.
Christmas countdown ♪♫♪
♫♪♫ and a kereru
in a kowhai tree
© words / image Sue Courtney
23 Dec 2022
The kereru | kerekū | New Zealand Pigeon is endemic to New Zealand.
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NZ's native kowhai trees have stunning yellow blooms most commonly in spring.
first of December . . .
the old pohutukawa
blooms on cue
words / photo © Sue Courtney
1 Dec 2022
The pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) is also known as New Zealand's Christmas tree as it is often in bloom at christmas time.
new year's morning
a river of sunlight
parts the sea
words / photo © Sue Courtney
1 Jan 2022
#haiku at sunrise, Orewa Beach, New Zealand
drive thru car wash . . .
imagining I’m driving
through a snowstorm
words / photo © Sue Courtney
30 Nov 2021
#haiku for winter in Auckland's early summer
water restrictions lifted
after 18 months . . .
spring rain
24 October 2021. The first weekend sprinklers are allowed to be used in the garden again after an 18-month ban (in Auckland), it rains and rains and rains. My apple tree in blossom is brightening up an otherwise gloomy grey day.
words / photo © Sue Courtney
tuturiwhatu:
hey – look at me, look at me …
new orange robes
Loosely based on a haiku by Issa, the tuturiwhatu is the New Zealand dotterel, with the males colouring up splendidly for breeding.
More here.
words / photo © Sue Courtney