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
Carpe Diem #1846 Trying to restart again
wet spring
discarding drown plants
setting new seedlings
replacing flowers
by the cold wet stone
spring hatchlings chirp
tears dried, visits lessen
conversation growing thin
Carpe Diem #1845 Troiku Challenge: Summertime
at the seashore
wind of summer through my hair
the shortest night
© Chèvrefeuille ummer through my hair
at the seashore
last embers of sunset
dance on the water
wind of summer through my hair
mixture of lotion and brine
engulf the shore
the shortest night
blazing stars give way
to fiery sunrise
Carpe Diem #1844 Returning Back To Normal (I Hope)
cautious journey
meeting newest grandson
ten months late
summertime journey
obscure paths explored
still social distancing
Carpe Diem #1843 Troiku Challenge 1: Mist Clouds
roaring down the beach
at the height of winter waves
mist clouds
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
roaring down the beach
tufts of white foam
flapping in the wind
at the height of winter waves
surfers gearing up to catch
wind fetch gracing coast
mist clouds
ramble the rock face
heightening the surge
