By the water’s edge
Inside the speckled pebbles
A tiny tapping
How to Participate
If you would like to participate in the weekly Household Haiku Challenge then please write your haiku on your own blog as a post (we love to see your own photos too!), add your contribution as a link to your post in the comment section here and put “TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge” on your tag list on your own post so others can find you! Just click on the speech bubble at the end of this post to access comments.
You can use any aspect of the prompt. “Eggs or Egg Separator” could be the object itself, its appearance what your use it for…or something inspired by it as in the example I have written. Anywhere that the concept leads you! It is all about having fun.
If you would like more information about the challenge then you can view the instructions page HERE
Also don’t hesitate to make suggestions for future household objects in the comments section! I need ideas!!!!
You can check out any of the past posts by visiting the Household Haiku Home Page HERE
If you participate but do not see your name in the lists just let me know and I will be sure to add you.
Bon Weekend everyone and Happy Haikuing!
Thanks to Darklight Harbor for the suggestion this week – “Egg Separator” I do not have an egg separator so have gone for egg this week but if you can use “Egg Separator” I would be delighted to see your compositions.
Thanks for the great Haiku shared for last week’s prompt – Tea Cosy
Edwina’s Episodes was the inspiration for this week and here is here great haiku
http://edwinasepisodes.com/2015/10/10/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-teacosy/
Elusive Trope has produced a mindful tanka this week. Brilliant!
http://elusivetrope.com/2015/10/10/that-which-brings-mindfulness-tanka/
Darklight Harbor has written both a haiku and a poem on the theme. Do have a read.
https://darklightharbor.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/tea-cosy-no-need/
Tucked Into a Corner has produced a warming trio of tea cosy haiku here!
https://tuckedintoacorner.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/tea-cozy/
Al the Author has produced a poignant haiku this week. Wonderful.
https://altheauthor.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/haiku-tea-cosy/
Pat B has finished our collection this week with her double take on the cosy prompt! Thanks Pat!
http://aseasonandatime.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-tea-cozy.html
Life is too short to drink bad wine 
Brilliant.
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My Halloween Offering: http://elusivetrope.com/2015/10/17/retribution/
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Oooh, marvelous haiku, TJ–and a lovely prompt 🙂 I’m so surprised you don’t have an egg separator–I must still have in mind that you’re a celeb chef…they’re quite handy for some recipes!
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I manipulate eggs shells with great dexterity to divide the yolk from the white. Thanks again for the prompt idea and for liking the egg haiku. Hope your weekend is going swimmingly.
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Well, see there? You’re so adept, you have no need for an egg separator…I don’t suppose you have any sure-fire advice for peeling hard boiled eggs?? I LOVE egg salad sandwiches–but I dare say I was swearing a bit yesterday, as I tried everything I’ve read, yet still lost much of my “whites” in the peeling process….arrgghh!
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Boil them from cold and when done plunge them into cold water just after boiling and change the water a few times to let them get quite cold. Then roll it gently on the bench top to crack all the shell into small sections and then start peeling. Unfortunately it is then still likely to adhere but, you never know. I think some eggs are just “stickers”.
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Stickers, indeed 🙂
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Plunging into cold water just after boiling and changing the water a few times to let them get quite cold. Then roll it gently on the bench top to crack all the shell into small sections and then start peeling. Unfortunately it is then still likely to adhere but, you never know.
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Yes–it seems there’s no guarantee; also, patience is an asset which I usually can’t find in the drawer…
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I manipulate the egg shells too for separating the yolk from the white, but if one made a lot of Angel Food Cakes, or other dishes requiring a lot of egg whites the separator would probably come in handy. I really like the haiku you wrote with the expectation of chicks soon to arrive.
Here is my link. http://aseasonandatime.blogspot.com/2015/10/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-eggs-or.html
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Thanks so much Pat B! Great haiku and thanks so much for participating in the challenge. TJ
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Hey! Here’s my hat-trick for the week: https://tuckedintoacorner.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-eggs/
Also, I wondered: have you prompted ‘garden’ before?
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Garden has not come up yet! Great idea! Many thanks for the brilliant haiku. I like the last one best but they are all great. Thanks so much for participating each week! 🙂
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Here you go, an acrostic haiku, plus a regular one:
https://darklightharbor.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/eggs-haiku/
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Brilliant! I love the both. One of the world’s shortest acrostics. So good. 🙂
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Thank you very much, TJ–glad you were pleased.
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https://theyyouandme.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/ubiquitous/
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Thanks so much for joining in Al. The last one is very deep! I am with you on the scrambled eggs and bacon. 🙂
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Thanks TJ. I struggled to get going for some reason this week, but once I got the first one down (#3) the others flowed 🙂
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