Write one single haiku every day for a month.
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1st May :
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old roots –
under the sunny leafage fragrance of the wood  *
Vincent Van Gogh
Girl in White in the Woods, (1882)
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2nd May :
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recycling king –
French people elect a new president  *
Bernard Pras
Anamorphosis Work
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3rd may :
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serene mother–
a sleeping angel in the cradle of light  *
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Maternal Admiration (1869)
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4th may :
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ruby sunset–
the flaming clouds drown in the sea  *
Edvard Munch
the scream (1893)
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5th may :
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harmony in blue –
mirrored in the waters hazy sunrise  *
Claude Monet
La Seine à Port-Villez, (1894)
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6th may :
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intimacy –
closer and closer the sweet smelling flower  *
Salvador Dali, 1937
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
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7th may :
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nightmare –
out of sleeping reason fearful monsters  *
John Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare, (1781)
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8th may :
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mountain landscape –
the painter overturns a glass of orange juice  *
André Derain
Mountains at Collioure, (1905)
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9th may :
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Milky Way –
little Hercules nourished with gods’ power  *
Jacopo Tintoretto
the origin of the Milky Way (1575-1580)
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10th may :
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gazing into a crystal ball
spell-bound young woman – vanity of love  *
John William Waterhouse
The Crystal Ball,(1902)
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11th may :
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Balthazar’s Feast –
terrified eyes stare at the justice hand  *
Rembrandt
Le Festin de Balthazar,1635
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12th may :
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early sunrise –
facing the rock and another day  *
Camille Pissarro :
Sunrise on the Sea,1883
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13th may :
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maid’s broken heart –
in Anne’s closed eyes noble resignation  *
Edouard Cibot, 1835
Anne Boleyn à la Tour de Londres
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14th may :
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forester’s girl –
fresh wild strawberries washed by the morning dew  *
Nicolae Tonitza, 1924
the forester’s daughter
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15th may :
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blossom tree –
climbing roses to the sun  *
Photo : Virginia Popescu
Giverny, 2010
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16th may :
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frenetic dance –
drum’s rhythmic sounds from far away  *
Henri Matisse :
The dance, 1909-10
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17th may :
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melancholic young girl –
listening to the voices of the wind  *
John William Waterhouse :
Boreas, 1903
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18th may :
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trompe-l’oeil –
the barlights in the mirror  *
Edouard Manet, 1882
Bar at the Folies Bergères
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19th may :
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transparent wings
in the thrilling light – morning tea  *
Delilah Smith
Morning Tea with dragonfly
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20th may :
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sunny beach –
all the blue sky in the runners’ eyes  *
Pablo Picasso, 1922
Women Running on the Beach
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21th may :
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open window –
dreaming of a long sea voyage  *
Henri Matisse, 1905
Open Window, Collioure
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22nd may :
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goose feather –
the mighty sultan defied in an ink letter  *
Ilya Repin, 1878-91
Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine
writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan |
23rd may :
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hydrangea Hortensia –
resting in peace in her plenitude of emptiness  *
Photo :
Hydrangea
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24th may :
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time perspective –
the little girl of yore in a bright dream  *
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876
La petite fille à l’arrosoir
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25th may :
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twilight –
releasing her flying dreams  *
Elaina Wagner :
peaceful meadows
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26th may :
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last rain drops –
the rainbow spread in the river  *
Georges Seurat, 1883
Bathing at Asnieres – Rainbow
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27th may :
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evening breeze –
the dragonflies wings ripple the drowsy waters  *
Pat Bullen-Whatling :
Water Lilies and Dragonflies
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28th may :
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spiral staircase –
the enlightened philosopher taming the darkness  *
Rembrandt, 1632
The Philosopher in meditation
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29th may :
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sweet touch kiss –
eternally burning in inferno’s flames  *
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1819
Gianciotto découvre Paolo et Francesca
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30th may :
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Absence –
that common cure of love  *
Juan Bielsa
absence
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31st may :
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wheatfield –
the smell of fresh bread in the air  *
Claude Monet, 1881
THe wheat field
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PHOENIX 
Wonderful collection, love it:))))))))))))) Maire x
Thank you very much, Maire !
Hi, Pat Bullen-Whatling here, the artist who painted ‘Water Lilies and Dragonflies’. I’d just like to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to the author for choosing my work to stand amongst such greats. I realise it means little more than me standing in a bus queue with those gentlemen but even the bus queue scenario would be sooo exciting! If you’d like to see a much larger picture of this work please visit this link: http://www.patbullenwhatlinggallery.co.uk/water%20lilies%20and%20dragonflies-ppmpm0007.html and thanks again. I loved the lines about the scene and all the others too. A great page, beautiful 🙂
Thank you a lot! You are really very kind to write me such wonderful words ! It’s a great surprise for me.
Virginia, I’ve put a link to your website on my Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/PatBullenWhatlingArtGallery
and will do the same on my own gallery website in a day or so – just loved your haiku poems – can I use your poem about the dragonfly on my own website please? Just love it! 🙂
It will be a great honour for me. Thanks again ! You are a great painter and I’m very proud you like my haiku.
Hi Virginia,
I’ve now put your haiku poem on my website with a link back to yours. You can see it here:
http://www.patbullenwhatlinggallery.co.uk/water%20lilies%20and%20dragonflies-ppmpm0007.html
Thank you once again for writing your beautiful words and if you ever want to feature another of my works with another of your beautiful haiku poems I’d be delighted and try to get that on on too.
Pat B-W