Why now this strange mist?
When I thought that life was clear
Tears filling my eyes
Welcome to TJ’s Household Haiku challenge. The prompt words for this week are “Strange and Tears”
Respond if you would like to either the picture or the prompt and leave a link in the comments section. Do check out the links below to the poets who responded to the challenge last week.
Mick E Talbot has a haiku garden filled with good things growing
https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/haiku-garden-fill/
Dappled light from Image and Word
https://imageandword.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/tjs-household-challenge-garden-one/
Nature reacts in Reena’s poem this week
https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/unusual-2/
La vie en rose from Edwina’s Episodes
https://www.edwinasepisodes.com/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-garden-one/
A garden of memories from No Saint Augustine
https://nosaintaugustine.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/remembering-petey-girl/
Hell is green for Ritu this week
TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Garden & One
Nature triumphs from Annette Rochelle Aben
https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/tjs-household-haiku-garden-one/
Prairie Chat shows great pluck here
Three lovely blooms from Willowdot21
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-2/
Sarah has nature as a reward here
https://bysarahwhiley.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/a-gardens-reward/
An enchanted bower holds poetry magic here from Charmed Chaos
God’s Chair has a wonderful cascading haiku filled with poignancy and longing
https://godschair.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/garden-one/
Kat Myrman has potted out the essence of haiku here
To bee or not to bee? Oneta Hayes
Just one bloom from Stories
https://storiesto.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/haiku-24/
A great apology to Olga for missing her wonderful radishes!
https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/tjs-household-haiku-17-garden-one/
Life is too short to drink bad wine 
Beautiful photo! My contribution this week:
Strange Adventures – By Sarah
https://bysarahwhiley.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/strange-adventures/
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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/bursting-out/
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I hardly ever see the challenge, and now that I have, I must give it a try 🙂
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/haiku-stormy-summer/
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Lovely to have you on board! 🙂
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Your notifications tend to get dumped in the trash by WP. Not sure why…
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Oh dear! Maybe they have a “quality” checker and I have been deemed “trash”.
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You’re not alone. I wouldn’t take it personally 🙂
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Hello! Yesterday we had a rare visitor come calling:
http://wp.me/p8GM4F-qH
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I love the new look blog TJ! 🙂
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Cheers! I really like it too! 🙂
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http://wp.me/p4ayEo-2id My short link in case the ping back doesn’t work
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what fun and I’m curious what wine you like obviously. but in the mean time, words 😀 https://almondcoffeed.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/solicited-and-un-solicited/
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Thanks so much for participating. Any wine shared with friends is good. 🙂
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😀
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Liking the new look of your blog TIM!
Here’s mine!
https://butismileanyway.com/2017/07/23/tjs-household-haiku-strange-tears/
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Thanks so much! I finally bit the bullet and made a change. I liked the minimalism of the old blog theme but wanted a fresh look.
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I did that earlier this year too! Took guts but I’m glad I did!
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It just give a fresh outlook and I do like having a little more information easily seen. Hope you are enjoying a great week.
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First week of the holidays! So thankful !!!!
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Happy holidays!
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Thank You!
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Beautiful Haiku.
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My entry for this beautiful prompt this week is:
https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/haiku-strange-tears/
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Thank you so much!
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Hi Tim. I don’t see my haiku here. I’m sad! 😦
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Oh no! I am sooo sorry. I try my best to keep track of everyone. It was certainly not deliberate. Can you forgive? 🙂 Now corrected!
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Oh, I know it’s not deliberate, Tim. All is okay. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Your haiku is definitely a heart-grabber, TJ….look closely in that mist and see the not-so-strange hand waving distantly, smiling hope through tears. (Just in case I don’t get a valid haiku entry completed in time 🙂 )
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Thank you for the wave from across the sea! It might be far but the ripples are reaching me. Best wishes!
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Ripples are good 🙂
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Again thanks for hosting and commenting. Here my haiku for this week https://prairiechat.com/2017/07/24/alone-now/
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Hello TJ- Hope you are well. Here is my Haiku for the prompt. https://charmedchaoscom.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/haiku-43-lightning/
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I hope this one gets on the grid. Ha ha! https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/lifes-garden/
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I will not be so negligent again! Thanks for your understanding.
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Hi TJ! Love this week’s ethereal photo. Have a lovely week! 😊
https://katmyrman.com/2017/07/27/strange-mist/
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Thank you! I hope you have a lovely week too.
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Finally stopped coughing long enough to write a few Tanka lines, though they may be half delierious 😉
https://godschair.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/strange-tears/
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Oh no! So sorry to hear you are ill!
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Surely I will survive, it’s mostly quite annoying–Good Grief! 🙂
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It is a real pain. Now I seem to have acquired a cold in sympathy. Coughing in solidarity. TJ
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Oh Noooooo–and rats! you made me laugh, which triggers yet more coughing!! 🙂 Can you recommend a remedy? I pray you recover quickly and easily, that it doesn’t drag on…as you have students to enlighten–which, by the way, reminds me of a movie recommend: one of my purchased faves is “Saint Ralph”. Funny, heartwarming, Catholic school kids, young teens, wonderful cast… Healing prayers going up for you this instant.
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Oh dear. So sorry to provoke the cough. My French friend swears by a remedy involving reducing down two cups of champagne with a huge quantity of sugar on the stove and then drinking it down but I can’t say I have tried it.
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Well, that’s one I haven’t heard of 🙂 Google recommends honey, lemon and water–much cheaper than over-the-counter cough syrup, or the Rx I refused to purchase because the co-pay was $25…must be made with gold bouillon.
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