Carpe Diem #1804 New Beginnings … candlelight
Candlelight -Fusion-ku
a new year
rising from wild seas
a few stars
filling
the glass with candlelight
champagne
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
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beyond wild seas
champagne colored stars rising
filling the new year
beyond wild seas
searching for your vessel
disquieted heart
champagne colored stars rising
shinning upon the waves
bringing light and hope
filling the new year
with songs and prayers of joy
as you approach
Carpe Diem #1803 New Beginnings … snowdrops
new patch of snowdrops
rushing to pick springs first blooms
barefoot on fresh snow
sparse strip of green grass
dotted with white gravel
\Carpe Diem #1802 New Beginnings … without beginning
Without Beginning -ēnso
day after day
waves break upon the rock
as first light spreads
single enos
found in the empty circle
all I didn’t know
before you nothing
your love all encompassing
forever one
……………………………………..
without a clue
naked and mysterious
enos paining
meanings ebb and flow
in the beholder’s eyes
Carpe Diem #1801 New Beginnings … first cry
halfway through winter
first cry of migrating geese
pierces the sky
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mother’s passing
heartbreaks first cry
soaking the pillow
Carpe Diem #1800 New Beginnings … first leaf falling
changing seasons
sky turning crimson
first leaf lets go
Carpe Diem #1799 New Beginnings … a huge wave (Crossroads feature)
a huge wave
thundering across the beach
my birthday
sky-clad
the new-born comes wrapped
in previous lives . Jane Reichhold
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sky – clad dreams
thundering wave crashes
wrapped in memories
sky – clad dreams
fill the air with excitement
newborns first cry
thundering wave crashes
emotions run rampant
new parents
wrapped in memories
grandparents kindly smile
treasure-trove of love
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #112 Transformation … sketching from life (Shiki’s Shasei technique)
kaboocha yori nasu muzukashiki shasei kana
Sketching from life —
\eggplants are harder to do
than pumpkins. © Masaoka Shiki (Tr. Burton Watson)
in the hot afternoon sun
fruits wither before capturing
Carpe Diem #1797 New Beginnings … First Snow
mid January
we have yet to see
the first snow
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children rejoice
house bubbles with laughter
first snow flurries
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #111 Troiku … New Beginnings … Lotus starts to bloom
in deep prayer
eyes closed in devotion –
Lotus starts to bloom
in deep prayer
grandmother chants
a favorite verse
eyes closed in devotion
she slowly nods
mother smiles faintly
lotus starts to bloom
whistling kettle, sweet aroma
draw her back again
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