along the horizon
a dust cloud rises and swoops
a strange bird of prey
Carpe Diem haiku Kai: Sunday Time Challenge #2: rainbow
weeding the garden
foreboding afternoon sky
graced with a rainbow
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misstep in puddle
a rainbow swirls and clings
to my new boots
Sunday morning
my grandchild ask me to sew
a rainbow tie
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quiet evening
through bare branches
a pale rainbow
early evening
three fish swim though
rainbow on my floor
Hopefully this is the return of regular postings at Carpe Diem. Playing catch up since I was not aware Kristjaan was posting again.
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1857: a meditation.
stormy weather
with the dawn a fallen oak
cry of a new grandchild
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Weekend Meditation #100: waves of love
sleepless night
dark shadows mock the moon
shivering with cold
suddenly warm arms reach out
waves of love enfolding me
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1856: Restarting?
smoldering rubble
all the crazies
spread conspiracies
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1358 Clouds
down the beach
at the height of winter waves
mist clouds © Jane Reichhold
summer sands carried back to sea
my heart shrinks with the beach © Dolores Fegan
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1854 morning awakenings
morning awakenings:
among window curtains’ flower
a blade of gray sky
© Alexey Andreyev
another day ends
reaching for the stars and the moon
into the dreamworld
© Chèvrefeuille
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task to create a “crossroads” haiku.
stars and the moon
merge into dream world flowers
morning sky seems gray
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1853 Sparkling Dew (Tan Renga)
morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew © Jane Reichhold
my grandson pours the contents
from one leaf to another. © Dolores Fegan
Carpe Diem’s Sunday Time Challenge #1: Pebbles
fallen bird seed
among the fresh laid pebbles
sunflowers sprout
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1850 dried grass
tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru
falling sick on a journey
my dream goes wandering
over a field of dried grass
© Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)
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Pandemic lockdown
hospice patients pass
without witness
Autumn walk
decapitated mushrooms
line the path
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Unending rain
Black spot and root rot
Embrace the garden
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Autumn cold
my thoughts swimming
in lemon tea
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Changing seasons
another leave released
to the wind
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autumn tears
an oak tree drowns
in a mushroom cap
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Pandemic scare
my dreams mired
in stagnant pool
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Autumn prayers
a monarch Butterfly lands
on my outstretched hand
changing weather
burnished fields of gold
reflect autumn sky
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morning dew
goldfinch echo autumn’s joy
exploring garden
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whirr of locust
intensity matching afternoon heat
sip of cool water
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