Haiku Calendar 2019 · This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world. Hope you will enjoy the calendar during the year 2019. Special thanks to Bernadette Duncan

Haiku Calendar 2019

Stefan Wolfschütz (Ed.)

English Edition

This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world.

Hope you will enjoy the calendarduring the year 2019.

Special thanks to Bernadette Duncan for translating the poems and to David Lanoue

for his editing skills.

Hamburg, October 2018Stefan Wolfschütz

HAIKU24

www.haiku24.de

Monday ThursdayWednesdayTuesday Friday Saturday Sunday

31 1 2 3 4 5 6December | January Week 1

first of the first no promise broken yet

Anke Holtz

yesterday just a scent in the wind

first snowWolfgang Gründer


7 8 19 10 11 12 13January Week 2

wintry woods echoing through the silence

facts and counter-factsDeborah Karl-Brandt


14 15 16 17 18 19 20January Week 3

a snowball hits me: angrily I look for culprits –

an angelic grinLothar Schwarz

behind the front door snowball in hand waiting for dadFranziska Beuershausen

warm from a brick in bed ice flowers on the window

mum’s goodnight kissBrigitte Schulze-van der Wal


21 22 23 24 25 26 27January Week 4

rolled up like a little snail shell

my sleeping catGerhild Michel


28 29 30 31 1 2 3January | February Week 5

deep winter – the dance of polar lights

in the mountain lakeGérard Krebs


4 5 6 7 8 9 10February Week 6

wing beat from the hazel bush a dusting of snow

Ilse Jacobson


11 12 13 14 15 16 17February Week 7

snow drops all those nosy questions of the little know-it-all

Marianne Kunz


18 19 20 21 22 23 24February Week 8

spring’s awakening – broken off bits of ice drift with the swan

Ulrike Schultz

broken river ice floating downstream without destination

Hildegund Sell


25 26 27 28 1 2 3February | March Week 9

February mood springtime fatigue takes over from

hibernationSonja Raab


4 5 6 7 8 9 10March Week 10

carnival we swap

last year’s masksDyrk-Olaf Schreiber

ash wednesday – under ice

shimmering confetti ...Ruth Guggenmos-Walter

carnival license to be jolly I’m doing my best

Theo Schmich


11 12 13 14 15 16 17March Week 11

early spring in birch branches

a tit trillingLidwina Bilgerig


18 19 20 21 22 23 24March Week 12

spring sun – the kingfisher sprays turquoise blue sparks

Susanne Kruse


25 26 27 28 29 30 31March Week 13

dried up wild stories growing around the old well

Angelika Knetsch

gasping and gurgling the old well

means springDyrk-Olaf Schreiber


1 2 3 4 5 6 7April Week 14

cherry blossoms ... guests arriving

the hum of beesPavle Mijuković

cherry tree orchestra – the bees‘ violins rise above

bumbling bassesWalther Stonet

April longing on our path

a blossom carpetAngelika Knetsch


8 9 10 11 12 13 14April Week 15

a green carpet small huddled islands –

ducks’ paradiseReinhard Lehmitz

close to the shore mandarin ducks

swim in spring lightIngrid Töbermann

spring outing the chicks from the playgroup

chirping pastSusanne Effert-Hartmann


15 16 17 18 19 20 21April Week 16

Good Friday the first cock

breaks the silenceGabriele Hartmann

Easter morning the chocolate eggs in the garden

are nibbled onHelga Schulz Blank

Easter promenade in the green field

hare’s earsChrista Beau


22 23 24 25 26 27 28April Week 17

daffodils make me see

starsHans-Jürgen Göhrung


29 30 1 2 3 4 5April | May Week 18

spring clean window by window

fresh lightSebastian Salie

nearly spring ants are running

through the kitchenGünter Gollmann


6 7 8 9 10 11 12May Week 19

from the distance the toll of evening bells

for May devotionsJoachim Maria Nauroth

May rain softer the sound

of the graveyard bellIsabella Kramer

sunny morning the bluebells are ringing and the world awakes

Mait Buttgereit


13 14 15 16 17 18 19May Week 20

The sun has dipped into dark clouds

rainbowKerstin Hoffmann


20 21 22 23 24 25 26May Week 21

off season in the spa park the music

of nightingale and frogSusanne Effert-Hartmann


27 28 29 30 31 1 2May | June Week 22

through all cracks dandelions are sprouting

secret winnersGerhild Michel


3 4 5 6 7 8 9June Week 23

Whitsunday how the wind tears at the grass

and blows where it wantsSulamith Sommerfeld

high grass this side and the other

of the fenceSebastian Salie


10 11 12 13 14 15 16June Week 24

springtime rush hour at the entrance

to the toad tunnelFriedrich Winzer


17 18 19 20 21 22 23June Week 25

how the moment is lifted

peewits courtingHelga Stania


24 25 26 27 28 29 30June Week 26

rain at last on the pavement the company

of snailsRenate Küppers

the salad snailiciousTobias Tiefensee

a snail on the ground that crunch under my shoe

was a lifeJael Backe


1 2 3 4 5 6 7July Week 27

two young ladies cycling down the avenue –

one admirerTobias Roth

evening breeze – by bike slowly through

lime blossom scentAngelica Seithe


8 9 10 11 12 13 14July Week 28

dog days – the carp in the pond

gulping for airSilvia Kempen

summer dress– holidays by the North Sea

in fluttering frillsGrazyna Werner


15 16 17 18 19 20 21July Week 29

sultry summer day the board games deserted –

checkmate for the kingBrigitte Fuchs

butterfly greeting a kiss on the hand

and goodbyeSiegfried Ohl


22 23 24 25 26 27 28July Week 30

swallow fledglings the safety of

swaying grainBernadette Duncan

summer‘s day your straw hat’s ribbons

keep a steady beatSigrid Gebauer


29 30 31 1 2 3 4July | August Week 31

fresh hay all the way to the horizon

waves of scent …Ruth Guggenmos-Walter

old farming village cows in the pasture time standing still

Wolfgang Bittner


5 6 7 8 9 10 11August Week 32

just one, unseen so many stars in the gras –

white daisiesDoris Seibert


12 13 14 15 16 17 18August Week 33

wind and rain lash summer grass. squeals of joy

hover in the airSabine Engertsberger

rainy day someone sings with all his heart

little wrenBirgit Lockheimer


19 20 21 22 23 24 25August Week 34

Provence – this scent of trees, shrubs, herbs

and then – the sun!Theo Schmich

my five fingers brushed over mint

empty handful of scentFranz Weiland

in time with the cicadas sage bush swinging

in the heatHans Egerer


26 27 28 29 30 31 1August | September Week 35

dazzling the rose garden blossoming

on your skinBeate Waszner

flowering and wilting roses in the round bed wilting and flowering

Ellen Althaus-Rojas


2 3 4 5 6 7 8September Week 36

whispering woods the summer of my childhood

in mossy scentsSonja Raab

a mossy plank across the forest brook –

whispering steps…Ruth Guggenmos-Walter


9 10 11 12 13 14 15September Week 37

ur sound ur music

at the AtlanticLidwina Bilgerig


16 17 18 19 20 21 22September Week 38

barefoot through the dewy grass

no four-leafed cloverSigrid Mertens

a ladybird crossing a window

walks across the skyKlaus-Dieter Wirth


23 24 25 26 27 28 29September Week 39

a day by the sea – my thoughts

fill a blank pageGerd Börner

sunset five hundred miles

from the beachWolfgang Rödig

on the sandy beach my dog

stretching out Yuko Igarashi


30 1 2 3 4 5 6September | October Week 40

a rustle in the bush – gathering fruit once more

before hibernationUlrike Schultz

by the light of a street lamp a hedgehog crossing the road –

lucky himRenate Küppers


7 8 9 10 11 12 13October Week 41

salty winds a sunny green in the shadow

of the olive treeJoachim Maria Nauroth


14 15 16 17 18 19 20October Week 42

as if it had rained suns

pumpkins in the greenReinhard Lehmitz

smoke from the chimney spiderwebs at the window

first pumpkin soupMarta Budna-Lamla


21 22 23 24 25 26 27October Week 43

harvest moon – a stray cat

scrounging for foodEva Limbach

overly large moon tonight it’s an estranged friend

so near and so farAndreas Graf


28 29 30 31 1 2 3October | November Week 44

lost yesterday long looked for today

never found againRoland Lenz


4 5 6 7 8 9 10November Week 45

November in the historic town center

mist on the noseMarta Budna-Lamla

shrunken the world foggy dayMarita Bagdahn


11 12 13 14 15 16 17November Week 46

grief counselling the creaking of roof beams

in the winter nightHans-Jürgen Göhrung

November time to paint

with bright colorsMartin Berner


18 19 20 21 22 23 24November Week 47

im kies stiefmütterchen –

aus den gräbern gewandert …Ruth Guggenmos-Walter

at the old grave the peace of the dead

and a toadstoolTobias Krissel


25 26 27 28 29 30 1November | December Week 48

Christmas market two angels taking

a breakEleonore Nickolay

the gingerbread man left with only one leg

and his smileTobias Tiefensee

the neighbor knocks to give me a box of edible starsSusanne Staudinger


2 3 4 5 6 7 8December Week 49

Hallelujah the little Christmas angel

loses its balanceIsabella Kramer


9 10 11 12 13 14 15December Week 50

candles reflect in a double-glazed window

sixth day of AdventRené Possél


16 17 18 19 20 21 22December Week 51

Twelve Nights, quiet time. fragrance of herbs in the nose

I forge a planIra Bräuer

in fresh snow the cat tracks end

in fresh snowDyrk-Olaf Schreiber


23 24 25 26 27 28 29December Week 52

Holy Night– why did we come here?

the barman asksEva Limbach

Holy Silent Night: the dreams of the world falling

from fir treesOtmar Matthes

Christmas our memories

fall softly at nightEleonore Nickolay


30 31 1 2 3 4 5December | January Week 1

end of year the weights of the grandfather clock

in my handsEleonore Nickolay

after the fireworks we listen to the whisper

of starsChristof Blumentrath

Imprint

Copyright © 2018 Stefan Wolfschütz. All Rights reserved

Concept & production: Stefan Wolfschütz

Photos: Week 1–26 und 28–53 PIXABAY | Week 27 Wikipedia, Creative Commons

Internet: www.haiku24.de

Authors

Ellen Althaus-Rojas, Jael Backe, Marita Bagdahn, Christa Beau, Martin Berner, Franziska Beuershausen, Lidwina Bilgerig, Wolfgang Bittner, Christof Blumentrath, Gerd Börner, Ira Bräuer, Marta Budna-Lamla, Mait Buttgereit, Bernadette Duncan, Susanne Effert-Hartmann, Kerstin Hoffmann, Hans Egerer, Sabine Engertsberger, Brigitte Fuchs, Sigrid Gebauer, Hans-Jürgen Göhrung, Günter Gollmann, Andreas Graf, Wolfgang Gründer, Ruth Guggenmos-Walter, Gabriele Hartmann, Anke Holtz, Yuko Igarashi, Ilse Jacobson, Deborah Karl-Brandt, Silvia Kempen, Angelika Knetsch, Isabella Kramer, Gérard Krebs, Tobias Krissel, Susanne Kruse, Marianne Kunz, Renate Küppers, Reinhard Lehmitz, Roland Lenz, Eva Limbach, Birgit Lockheimer, Otmar Matthes, Sigrid Mertens, Gerhild Michel, Pavle Mijuković, Joachim Maria Nauroth, Eleonore Nickolay, Siegfried Ohl, René Possél, Sonja Raab, Wolfgang Rödig, Tobias Roth, Sebastian Salie, Theo Schmich, Dyrk-Olaf Schreiber, Ulrike Schultz, Helga Schulz Blank, Brigitte Schulze-van der Wal, Lothar Schwarz, Doris Seibert, Angelica Seithe, Hildegund Sell, Sulamith Sommerfeld, Helga Stania, Susanne Staudinger, Walther Stonet, Tobias Tiefensee, Ingrid Töbermann, Beate Waszner, Franz Weiland, Grazyna Werner, Friedrich Winzer, Klaus-Dieter Wirth

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Haiku Calendar 2019 · This calendar is dedicated to my Haiku-Friends all around the world. Hope you will enjoy the calendar during the year 2019. Special thanks to Bernadette Duncan