Tonight’s Moon

Carpe Diem Special #168 Autumn “tonight’s moon”

tonight’s moon 
shines
brightly on my pillow
stealing my sleep

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the singing moon
 shines
through the trees
harvest festival

Chiyo-Ni

Carpe Diem My Favorite Haiku by … #2 Chiyo-Ni’s Morning Glory

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何となき物のいさみやほととぎす
nan to naki mono no isami ya hototogisu
Chiyo-Ni

Hokusai, Cuckoo and Azelias 1834

loneliness
lies within the listener—
a cuckoo’s call

© Chiyo-Ni    Tr.Donegan

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My attempt:

within each heart
the cuckoo’s call brings
it’s own solitude

My Favorite Haiku # 3

Carpe Diem My favorite haiku by … #3
I’ve been thinking about summer’s end and so I chose this simple yet vivid haiku filled with color and meaning by Margaret Chula

end of summer
the rust on my scissors
smells of marigolds

— Margaret Chula, from her 2004 collection

early autumn
my garden gloves still tinged
with rosemary