Paper Folding

Carpe Diem #1079 folding paper

This prompt made me think of the Japanese legend of folding 1000 paper cranes.  It also made me think of a  children’s book  on Sadako Sasaki.  Sadako was a young girl affected by he atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. She has become a symbol of peace and reminds us of all the children victims of nuclear war .

 

 

 

paper folding  –
one thousand cranes
grant a wish

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644 cranes
flutter in the breeze
death comes too soon

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after you are gone
thousands of paper cranes
stir our hearts

 

 

Autumn Moon Rises

Carpe Diem Universal Jane #2 the moon rises each night (tanka)

 

Image from Pixbay

 

 

Autumn moon rises
swelling like an inflated balloon
resting on the horizon
memories unleashed
dreams imbued with hope

 

 

 

Universal Jane #1

Carpe Diem’s Universal Jane #1 Introduction “all my years”

 

sound of the river
a lilting flute cascading
through the forest

between  the peaks
setting sun kisses
the mountain river

Camellia

Carpe Diem #1068 camellia

Camellia -Chinese culture represents true love,  The petals represent the female and the calyx her male protector.  Unlike most flowers, when the flower petals fall so does the calyx.

walk in the garden
young lover selects blossom
sweet camellia