AHS invites you to share with us your original haiku about Peace, a subject that is particularly pertinent at Christmas time. There are many associations with peace such as harmony, freedom and stillness. We invite you to explore these ideas in the String without using the word ‘peace’.
The haiku will be linked by the subject Peace. It is not necessary for each haiku to relate to the one before it.
Contributions are now closed, but please read the entries in the comments below this post. Thank you to all contributors.
- Please contribute up to three of your best haiku.
- Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
- Haiku posted must be original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name below each haiku as you wish it to appear.
Posting your work in the AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String 2017 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on AHS website and to republish it in any future online collections on the AHS website.
the earth from space
our hopes and dreams
veiled in blue
Simon Hanson
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heat wave
doves dip in each other’s
reflection
Carole Harrison
cicada dusk . . .
pine needles threading me
the moon
Carole Harrison
orange sky . . .
the taste of summer
unwrapping the day
Carole Harrison
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rainbow-
on the boundary line
red poppies
is different sunset
this evening-
white hydrangeas
wind-
the tender green
of faded cherry
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our hands together
only now that the winter wind
makes them wrinkled
Margherita Petriccione
one God
disputed with weapons –
Advent time
Margherita Petriccione
winter storm …
will the sea routes be
less desperate?
Margherita Petriccione
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winter solstice
throughout the longest night
hope shines
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams (USA)
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rope swing
in an empty garden –
moving
Sabrina Blom
cherry bark –
the sound of tea
being poured
Sabrina Blom
man nestles
cheek into hand –
distant rain
Sabrina Blom
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she gives me her hand
one thousand paper cranes
a gift of calm quietness
Sheryl Chandler
tranquility
the chatter stops
truce
Sheryl Chandler
looking for goodwill
the white dove is still circling
i hold out my palm
Sheryl Chandler
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Christmas Eve…
a child in the cradle
fast asleep
Mohammad Azim Khan
monsoon drizzle…
under the mango tree
a newly born calf
Mohammad Azim Khan
last winter storm
the old gardener arching…
spring flowers
Mohammad Azim Khan
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